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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The United States — like all democracies — is centered around the basic premise that a representative system of governance reflects public preferences. This is not and has never been true, however. As ...

With sorrow and a heavy heart, the family of Thomas R. Gorman announces his passing on July 14, 2026, at the age of 90. He succumbed to cancer, which he had bravely battled from his home in Eagle ...

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 ...

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 ...

During Thursday’s AT&T Wireless service outage, multiple cities’ emergency services suggested using a landline if you need to call 911. You might have thought: What landline? Only about a quarter of ...

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.

The Oregon Public Utility Commission has approved updated wildfire mitigation plans for three of the state’s largest electric utilities, requiring continued investments in vegetation management, power ...