Central Oregon

Crook County is the only one in Oregon still experiencing "exceptional drought" conditions.

We learn more about what the conditions mean for the region.

The Crook County Library Board of Trustees voted Thursday night not to label LGBTQ-friendly children’s books or segregate them into a separate section.

More than 200 local businesses responded to the survey, with 81% saying that the sky-high cost of housing in Bend has made it difficult to hire workers.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will be offering free well testing in Deschutes County next year to collect more data for a statewide groundwater contamination study.

Emotions ran high as the council debated the new code, which will limit how unhoused people can camp in Bend.

Despite the new statement, the future between the district and camp remains uncertain.

Central Oregon’s beer boom has relied on an abundance of clean water. As water becomes more scarce in the high desert, one brewery shares how it hopes to sustain its business.

It’s been three months since the Cedar Creek Fire started burning in the Willamette National Forest east of Oakridge. Fire managers now say the blaze is mostly out.

We hear from an instructor and from a student who recently completed a peer support specialist training course in Central Oregon. Peer support programs seek to help people experiencing mental health struggles and substance use disorder.