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Eight Oregon legislators — four Republicans and four Democrats — introduced a bill Tuesday that they say is “designed to make…

Energy and natural resources brought Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., to Central Oregon on Tuesday for presentations and open discussions at a Bend middle…

So far, 2013 has been a dry year for Central Oregon. Since Jan. 1, Roberts Field in Redmond has received only 0.75 inches of liquid precipitation.…

A Bend man was injured Tuesday when his motorcycle struck a deer that ran out in front of him in La Pine, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies…

Getting distracted while you’re driving can be catastrophic: from 2009 – 2011, in Oregon, 41 people died in distracted driving crashes. Even…

Karin Morris will be joining the city of Bend as its new accessibility manager. The city’s Accessibility Program strives to improve access to…

The Meyer Memorial Trust’s board of trustees announced Monday they awarded three grants totaling more than $435,000 to three Central Oregon…

The Oregon Department of Transportation is inviting public comment on proposed electric vehicle (EV) charging station locations in 11 new locations…

Breathing freely is a luxury Mark Shearer of Prineville simply doesn’t have. He is awaiting a lifesaving double-lung transplant, and the costs…

Now that spring has officially arrived, Oregon veterinarians are reminding equine owners that this is the season to make sure your horses have been…

Deschutes County Health Services and St. Charles Health System – in partnership with the Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division —…

As spring-like weather continues across Central Oregon, Deschutes and Ochoco National Forest Service fuels specialists intend to begin burning in two…

Tomorrow, Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Deschutes County Road Department will be doing a one-day road closure of 61 st St between S.…

A telephoned bomb threat prompted evacuation of the Jefferson County Courthouse for about an hour Monday morning, but a search turned up no problems,…

Miraculously, a Culver man is alive and out of the hospital, two days after a pickup truck came barreling through his bedroom with a suspected drunk…

Cole Fuller, an 8 th -grader from the Bend Science Station scientific research program, won first place in the Animal Science category before going…

A fire apparently sparked by firewood too close to a wood stove destroyed a home in Deschutes River Woods Monday morning, causing no injuries but…

Please join Bend staff members as they provide an update on improvements made to permitting procedures provided by the Community Development…

United Way of Deschutes County is very grateful to be an April beneficiary of the Mt. Bachelor 5th Annual Charity Ski Week Fundraiser. Mt. Bachelor…

Brooks Resources Corporation is the first Business Partner for a new 2013 fundraising initiative at Start Making a Reader Today (SMART) of Central…