In two of the three Central Oregon counties, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged last month, ...

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At the end of 2023, Oregon Community Foundation President and CEO Lisa Mensah had just wrapped up her first year on the job ...

As winter moves into Central Oregon, it’s never too early to start thinking about next summer’s outdoor concert season.

Oregon has added to its emergency supply of the abortion drug mifepristone, Gov. Tina Kotek announced Monday, but most of the ...

When the Legislature created a special 100-acre exception to the state’s land use laws for new housing, the city of Bend was ...

The sun shines through smoke and trees in Bend on Sept. 10. Fires burning to the east and west of Bend led to poor air ...

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Central Oregon residents wanting to avoid the Black Friday sales can instead burn off some Thanksgiving Day calories at a state park. The Oregon Park and Recreation Department is offering free day-use ...

The sheriff’s race in Deschutes County was one of the most hotly contested local bouts on the ballot in the Nov. 5 election, ...

Deschutes Brewery recently introduced two new certified organic beers brewed in collaboration with Patagonia Provisions — ...

Nov 8, 2024 Nov 8, 2024 Updated Nov 8, 2024 0 Matt Wiederholt remembers the boom days of the sawmills in Prineville. Trucks hauled logs out of the Ochoco National Forest to seven mills in town.