At the end of July — two years into a sparse and competitive funding landscape — United Way of Central Oregon announced it awarded nearly $50,000 to 10 nonprofits in Deschutes County to help support ...

Dead hawks near First Street Rapids should have alarmed us all — not just wildlife lovers. Community members brought the deaths to the attention of neighbors and authorities. The deaths […] ...

A man who went to prison for manslaughter in his father’s 2010 killing in Arizona has been charged with setting the largest ...

Benjamin Mormino knows there will be no hiding the next time he and his teammates take the ball field. Before, he could massage the truth to his friends on how […] ...

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 ...

Oregon Connects is one of several new nonprofits registered by the Data Center Coalition, an industry group backed by major tech companies Just days before the Oregon Legislature in March passed a one ...

Considering the spring track season that Bjorn Blankenship and Clayton Jero had, the Summit teammates had all the reason to push the envelope and go, go, go. Instead, Blankenship and Jero, who in the ...

FORJ Rural and Small-Town Journalism Conference: Join us for our fourth conference for journalists, philanthropists, strategists, and leading academics; 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; free; Bend Campus — Central ...

The recent flurry of letters and opinion pieces regarding automobile caused traffic congestion reminded me of the old saying about planting trees. “The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago.

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 ...

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 ...

Jefferson County sheriff candidate Tyler Anderson’s certifications were revoked for life Thursday, July 23, by the Board of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training. Anderson is ...