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 ...

Editorial cartoon for 7/21 ...

Dive into Poetry: Capture summer in a poem, space is limited and registration is required; 6-7:30 p.m.; free; Central Library, 61956 SE Santorini St., Bend; dpl.libnet.info or 541-241-2630. Plein Air ...

Police shouldn’t pull people over for traffic stops because of the race of the person being stopped. In Oregon, the Legislature passed House Bill 2355 in 2017 with the aim of capturing the data to ...

The National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group on July 18 shifted to the highest wildfire preparedness level — 5 on a 1-to-5 scale — for the first time since October 2024. The move reflects increased ...

After a three-year hiatus, the three-time winner of the High Cascades 100 notched his fourth title in the nearly 100-mile mountain biking race though the Deschutes National Forest Saturday afternoon.

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 ...

It’s summer, and you know what that means: Live music, just about every night of the week. That’s the case at Silver Moon Brewing (24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend), where this week’s lineup includes new ...

For years, the sibling duo known as The Deltaz felt a little bit like a fish out of water in their homebase of Southern California. Which is not to say that California wasn’t home — it certainly was, ...

Like any good American capitalist, I demand choice. Not content with Coca-Cola, I want Cherry Coke, Vanilla Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero and Vanilla Cherry Coke Zero (is that a thing?). We insist, for ...

The Deschutes Public Library will have a celebration noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 15 for the new Central Library. The event will include kite flying, a performance by Lava City Cirque, remarks from U.S. Poet ...

Another week, another strong lineup of concerts happening at Bend’s Hayden Homes Amphitheater, which — side note — announced an addition to its summer calendar just the other day: Rising country star ...