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The Oregon State Legislature will put off for another 2 years any chance of tackling the issue of tax reform or reform for the Public Employees Retirement System. Democrats didn’t have the votes [...]

The Bend La Pine School Board ratified a new contract yesterday for the nearly 1 thousand teachers in the district. The contract for members of the Bend Education Association will increase [...]

Improperly disposed of smoking materials have been determined to be the cause of 2 separate fires that burned 3 homes, a mobile home, 2 campers, 3 camp trailers and a shed. According to Bend [...]

A 16-year-old female from Florida who was part of a class from the outdoor adventure school Outward Bound was injured yesterday afternoon while climbing the South Sister. According to Deschutes [...]

2 people died on Central Oregon Highways yesterday afternoon and 8 more were injured. According to the Oregon State Police an accident around 1;30 yesterday north of Redmond on Highway 97 took [...]

2 homes, a mobile home, 2 campers, 3 camp trailers and a shed were all destroyed in a fire last night on SE Miller south of the 3rd street underpass in Bend. The fire was called in at 6;40 pm [...]

The Oregon Ethics Commission is restarting its investigation of former Governor John Kitzhaber and 1st lady Cylvia Hayes. The investigation was put on hold while both the state and federal [...]

A 28-year-old Sisters man was sentenced to 3 years in prison in Deschutes County Circuit Court yesterday after accepting a plea bargain last week. Peter Kanzig was arrested on December 29th after [...]

Job growth remains strong in Central Oregon as unemployment rates are at record lows. Crook County’s unemployment rate is at 5-point 6 percent, Jefferson County sits at 4-point 9 percent and [...]

Avion Water Company has asked the Public Utility Commission for a rate hike. The increase which is under review would be for 12-point 8 percent. The additional revenue would help Avion to keep up [...]