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Bend Park & Recreation District’s Quail and Harvest parks will be temporarily closed Friday through Sunday due to asphalt maintenance…

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A problem with electrical wiring beneath the front steps apparently sparked a fire that heavily damaged a Metolius home while the owners were away at…

While the Aurora, Colorado tragedy has caused the public to grieve, mental health professionals are not immune from the grieving process. One…

A juvenile playing with fireworks sparked a brushfire along the railroad tracks behind a southeast Bend home Monday afternoon, but neighbors with…

Driving on Oregon Highway 101, you can stop for the views, the beach or the lighthouses — or just keep going, to one of the state’s most…

Thomas Bray, a 38-year-old ex-COCC anatomy teacher, is accused of raping two Bend women in February of last year. On Monday, another woman who burst…

A popular recreation area on the Sisters Ranger District northwest of Sisters is getting added protections — including boulders in campsites…

About 100 slots are available for area high school students to be screened Wednesday night for life-threatening heart defects. The free screenings…

The Deschutes County Road Department will be chip sealing Deschutes Market Road from Highway 97 to the Bend city limits near Yeoman, beginning at…

Central Oregon jobless rates stayed stuck in place in June, the state Employment Department reported Monday — still well below year-ago levels,…

Two California men arrested late last week in a drug bust in a Madras Safeway parking lot remained in the Jefferson County Jail Monday, held for…

A free document shredding/drug disposal event will take place at the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Substation in Sisters, 703 N. Larch, on…

The Family Access Network is the recipient of a $1,000 grant from the Pacific Power Foundation to help support a FAN advocate. “We are very…

Have you ever wanted to played the ukulele? A group of ukulele players threw a festival over the weekend to help you learn. The inaugural…

While the adults were racing in the Cascade Cycling Classic all this week, on Sunday kids got their turn to compete in a race. Cyclists from 2- to…

Oregon voters will have a chance to legalize marijuana for anyone over 21 years of age. Last week the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act got enough petition…

Central Oregon Lowe’s Home Improvement employees were in Redmond Saturday, helping to improve a local disc golf course. Last year, the Redmond…

Did you know Central Oregon has its own off-road race track? If you didn’t, organizers of the Off-Road Race Track want you to come out to one…

Three statewide GOP candidates visited Central Oregon on Saturday, the candidates for attorney general, state treasurer and labor commissioner. The…