Wildfire smoke that has blanketed Central Oregon in recent days has sent many residents indoors — dusting off air purifiers and pulling N95 masks out of drawers — as air quality deteriorated across ...

After an all-time worst winter of skiing in Bend, and during a summer in which wildfires are blanketing the upper Midwest and Northeast under unprecedented levels of smoke, the decision by the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On a warm afternoon near Bend’s new Central Library, property developer Gary Miller stood beside a stretch of freshly-graded land and pointed in nearly every direction. A hospital over there.

Phil Kolkow of Bend is likely one of the few people in the world who punched someone back to life in an aircraft on a remote runway in frontier Oregon. The air nurse, 74, began his career in the skies ...

ALFALFA — In last month’s primary election, Alfalfa Fire District voters rejected a levy that would have funded two firefighter and EMT positions in the rural department. A large majority — 77% — were ...

The best hope for progress on southern Deschutes County’s groundwater contamination could be the polite feud between Commissioners Phil Chang and Tony DeBone that flared up at Wednesday’s Deschutes ...

Central Oregon is home to some of the most renowned singletrack mountain biking trails in the country. It also boasts a few of the best hikes for alpine scenery. What if you could combine some of this ...

The Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder started in 2019 and the Central Oregon race has quickly grown to become perhaps the most competitive gravel cycling event on the West Coast. The five-day gravel cycling ...