Friday firefighters responded to an additional 19 wildfires while continuing to contain 50 existing wildfires that started over Wednesday and Thursday. Despite the Red Flag warning across Central ...

Editorial cartoon for 7/23 ...

The state of Oregon may drill a hole thousands of feet down to find out if it would be a good place to store carbon. It’s called geologic carbon sequestration. Oversimplified: Dig a hole. Inject ...

Colorado author Chelsea Iversen will visit Bend Tuesday, the same day her latest book, “The Whisper,” sees the light of day. The novel is set in the fictional town of Whisper Ridge, the childhood home ...

Hitting the trail at Big Obsidian Flow before noon in the summer can bring an unexpected amount of sweat to the start of your day. The rocky trail has no points of shade and with the summer sun baking ...

Oregon’s congressional incumbents outraised their challengers over the past two months, except in one race. Monique DeSpain, a U.S. Air Force veteran, attorney and Republican vying to represent Oregon ...

Visit any elementary school field in Bend and you’ll see a sign posted near the gate with Bend-La Pine Schools’ (BLPS) community use guidelines. In essence, they say the fields are open to the public ...

An Argentinian man wanted for the alleged murder of his girlfriend was arrested in Deschutes County by the U.S. Marshals Service Thursday morning. The U.S. Marshals Service, Interpol Washington, ...

Services: A celebration of life will take place on Saturday August 8, 2026 @1:00 at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in the Middle Sister building in Redmond ...

I’ve been blessed with a few people I’d call my best friend at various points in my life. But there’s only one I’d credit with changing the direction of my life. Danny Pawlak. He goes by Dan now, but ...

A Bend woman died Thursday after being hit by a car in the parking of a Bend Safeway. According to Bend Police, Melinda Ann Lyons, 85, died after attempting to cross the parking lot to enter the ...

A new retail and job training center operated by Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette is set to open April 9 in north Bend, expanding the nonprofit’s footprint in Central Oregon. The store, ...