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Tips for creating flex spaces for kids in your Central Oregon home

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Pushing limits and managing risk with Deschutes County Search and Rescue

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Photos Jeff Kennedy

Indoor Gardens Bring The Outdoors Inside

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Raising rabbits for 4-h competition keeps these teens hopping all year

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Photos Carol Sternkopf

Four Day Hikes on the Oregon Desert Trail

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Exploring the Oregon Desert Trail

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Where to Find the Real Haunted Houses of Bend

It was a dark and stormy night…” goes the often-mocked cliché used by wannabe mystery writers.

The Other Quarantine: A Bend Family’s Fight to Overcome Polio

Like coronavirus, the first major outbreak of polio in the U.S. struck in New York, in 1916. The scourge spread west, gripping the country with fear along its trajectory.

The stories behind the Deschutes National Forest’s historic guard stations

Today, the Deschutes National Forest’s natural landscape is known for awesome beauty and plenty of recreational opportunity.

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