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SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon is set to become the first state in the nation to impose mandatory rent control. Senate Bill 608 passed the…

Some Oregon lawmakers want to extend and increase a tax credit for working families. House Bill 3028 would boost the state’s Earned Income Tax…

The High Desert Museum is now offering free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve, all…

Redmond residents soon will be able to access electronic state court documents without traveling to the Deschutes County Courthouse in downtown Bend,…

(Update: NWS extends winter storm warnings to early Thursday; all school districts, COCC, OSU-Cascades again closed) Plows, shovels, snowblowers and…

City of Bend officials say they’ll have plowed through each of the 850 miles of roads in Bend by Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. Twelve…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., made the following initial statement at Tuesday’s hearing with pharmaceutical companies’ about rising drug…

As part of Cascades East Transit’s 2040 Transit Master Plan, six community open house events will be held throughout Central Oregon in March.…

Bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., to better protect Crooked River Ranch from wildfire is part of major public lands…

Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Tina Smith , D-Minn, on Tuesday introduced the Residential Rent-to-Own Protection Act , legislation they said would…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Two men suspected in crimes across several Western states, including a deadly carjacking in Colorado, have been charged…

The Oregon Department of Transportation said Tuesday its crews and contractors have opened a “lifeline” route to the town of Oakridge in…

Good evening Central Oregon! More snow on the way for the High Desert overnight and Wednesday! With more snow expected, the Winter Storm Warning…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A railroad trestle trains use to cross the Columbia River from Oregon to Washington state was shut down after fire…

The city of Bend offered some advice Tuesday on downtown parking as crews work to remove the heavy snowfall. Here’s the city’s…

A Prineville-area man shot and killed his 70-year-old father, then his 11-year-old son before taking his own life. Their bodies were found last…

An electrical fire in the attic caused more than $15,000 damage to a southeast Bend home Monday night, officials said. The fire was reported around…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland jury has awarded $15 million to a woman whose leg was severed by a MAX light rail train as she tried to run…

The Bend Park and Recreation District said it will keep all recreation facilities closed on Tuesday, Feb. 26 due to the snowy weather impacts. This…

(Update: Airport flights canceled until Wednesday AM) Redmond Municipal Airport announced Tuesday that its reopening has been pushed back to…