State officials said they are working on a public access, safety and operations plan for the future recreation site. A popular 92-foot waterfall formerly at risk of being closed to the public is ...

We wonder if Oregon has the balance right on K-12 education on cheerleaders versus critics. Here is how the Oregon Department of Education headlined an email about a new state audit of Oregon ...

ClearPath Healthcare, a hospice leader in Central Oregon for more than 40 years, launched its in-home primary in May and demand has been through the roof due to the overwhelming amount of home-bound ...

Today I set out in my car with two destinations in mind — both of which turned out to be blocked by construction — so I was forced to find a circuitous route to each of them. A mild inconvenience, ...

High-elevation hiking in the Central Oregon Cascades does not have to come to an end with the onset of autumn. In fact, with another El Niño forecasted, we could be able to access the high country ...

Bend will soon say goodbye to Rapa Nui’s original mai tais and painkiller cocktails as the tiki bar in the Old Mill District closes after its last day this Friday. The bar is closing because the Old ...

Rajinder Kumar, the Indian-born truck driver involved in a fatal Highway 20 crash in 2025, was likely deported — meaning he will not face a trial and instead evade manslaughter charges in Deschutes ...

The computers will say that the Intermountain Conference football opener between Summit and Mountain View has lost its luster. Friday’s 7 p.m. kickoff at Mountain View’s Jack Harris Stadium was ...

Redmond’s new $49 million recreation center opened Thursday. After construction delays pushed back the center’s intended opening from July to September, Katie Hammer, executive director at Redmond ...

What do thousands of empty homes cost the people who actually live here? According to Deschutes County’s 2024 Rural Housing Profile, approximately 7% of homes in Bend sit vacant for most of the year ...

A Southern Oregon woman convicted of killing her 86-year-old neighbor with a shovel has died in prison, the Oregon Department of Corrections announced Wednesday. Patti Sue Fields, 64, died Wednesday, ...

A La Pine woman accused of aiding in the kidnapping, cutting off of a finger and tattooing a victim says she was forced to do it at gunpoint. “In this case (Chelsey) Moore is also a victim,” Aaron ...