EUGENE — The only thing that could have wiped the smile from Neil Chaney’s face, he said, would be if he had broken both of his legs falling down the stairs. Even then, the Crook ...MORE

Lauren Sprang held a modest lead late Tuesday night in the race for an open seat on the Bend Park & Recreation District board of directors. Sprang, a technical writer and first-time candidate, was leading ...MORE

Voters approved a record-setting Bend-La Pine school bond in Tuesday’s special district election, according to unofficial election results. The $268.3 million general construction bond, which is more than twice as large as the district’s previous ...MORE

Bend-La Pine Schools will see a set of familiar faces on its school board following Tuesday’s special district election. As of late Tuesday night, all incumbents were expected to return to seats on the board ...MORE

Mt. Bachelor ski area plans to open for three days in July for skiing and snowboarding, the first scheduled summer snow sports there in five years, a ski area executive said Monday. The Sunrise and ...MORE

Central Oregon will see another round of controlled burns this week, including more than 100 acres ignited on Monday near Cascade Lakes Highway. Fuels specialists for the Deschutes National Forest began burning 108 acres along ...MORE

Central Oregon Community College’s public safety officers needed to change the way they operate. Do the changes measure up? Some do. Some may not. In 2015, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel and Bend Police ...MORE

Over three decades, Marjorie Carmen had helped her husband, Milton, through many of his health issues. From heart surgery to cancer to a hip replacement, they had survived each of them. But in 2007, as ...MORE