Blood donation sites throughout Central Oregon are struggling to find donors after the American Red Cross declared the second national blood crisis in the organization’s history. “We are not ...

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 ...

Bend’s Asian market Tomi Mart held its fourth-annual ramen eating contest Saturday at its second matsuri celebrating the people, flavors and traditions of Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander ...

The budget of the federal government is the largest of any organization in human history. It’s larger than the entire economy of every foreign country except China. And it mostly grows automatically, ...

Smoky skies were back in Central Oregon as of Friday morning when I was finishing up this outdoors column. While I’ve prepped poor air quality recreation options before this summer, and been made to ...

A drug- and firearm-related arrest of two Redmond men in Jefferson County led to the arrest of a Bend man for an alleged kidnapping and assault last week that involved a missing finger. Jeffrey Patton ...

With hot days, smoky skies and a fractured rib hampering my usual escapes from reality, your normally friendly neighborhood Dropping In columnist is starting to get cranky. My wife might say, ...

A Powell Butte woman was seriously injured in a crash on Monday when she pulled out in front of a dump truck. According to Oregon State Police, Heather McColl was driving northbound at 1 p.m. on ...

I recently spent time with a family member who is a backyard beekeeper, and he shared how important the month of August is for preparing hives for the upcoming winter. I think about August as being ...

Reporter’s Notebook: Getting pricked by the Central Oregon blood crisis ...

A Bend man was arrested Wednesday after firing a gun following a dispute with a man walking his dog. Joshua Russell, 50, was charged with menacing, second-degree disorderly conduct and unlawful use of ...