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In July, Oregon’s nonfarm payroll employment grew by 5,900 jobs, following a gain of 8,700 in June, the state Employment Department reported…

Better Together announces that Volunteer Central Oregon, our regional volunteer center, now offers a new pathway for young volunteers to get…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Two 19-year-old women are dead after a fall from the Pacific Crest Trail about six miles northwest of Timberline…

The Oregon Department of Transportation has applied for three noise permits for major highway projects planned next year. ODOT spokesman Peter Murphy…

A 24-year-old Portland man who fell ill on a hike up South Sister was rescued Monday afternoon by Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue…

(Update: Monday evening report on fire progress) The Central Oregon Dispatch Center received several reports of smoke on Monday, but only one new…

The Pilot Butte Canal: Downtown Redmond Segment Historic District is among Oregon’s latest entries in the National Register of Historic Places,…

A Portland man injured in a rock collapse while climbing North Sister on Saturday was rescued by Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue,…

Linn County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue and deputies were completing a nearly day-long rescue Monday of a Sisters woman and her older brother…

On Friday, our KTVZ.COM Poll asked if all the forest closures and campfire bans, etc., have affected your late-summer trips outdoors. Here ares the…

Nearly 450 firefighters have brought the now-40,000-acre Nena Springs Fire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation to 60 percent containment, and…

SEATTLE (AP) – Seattle police say they arrested three men as hundreds of demonstrators and counter-protesters converged in downtown Seattle,…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Officials in states like Oregon where marijuana is legal are trying to curtail smuggling of pot to other states.…

An 18-year-old Bend driver was killed and his 19-year-old passenger was critically injured early Saturday in a high-speed crash into a tree along…

A 28-year-old La Pine man drowned Saturday after jumping from a rock face over 100 feet into the Prineville Reservoir, Crook County sheriff’s…

An unoccupied rental home at Crooked River Ranch was destroyed by a fire Saturday night that spread to nearby trees and grass, prompting hours of…

Many animals found a new home in Central Oregon during Saturday’s big Clear the Shelters event. The Humane Society of Central Oregon in Bend,…

A 38-year-old Bend man was arrested Friday night on DUII, assault and reckless driving charges in a motorcycle crash earlier this month that…

Gov. Kate Brown announced Saturday she has authorized the Oregon National Guard to provide additional resources to support fire suppression across…

Neighbors and Bend police used garden hoses to put out a fire on the attached patio of a northeast Bend home early Saturday, officials said. The fire…