Judith Kay Cravens-Ballantyne passed peacefully at her home in Bend, Oregon on July 21, 2026. Judy was born on December 6, 1939 to Owen and Ruth Lemke in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. In 1950, she moved with ...

There have already been several letters about roundabout safety in Bend, but with all the new residents and tourists using our roads, this issue still deserves attention. Those of us who live here ...

In the wake of a major shortfall earlier this summer, Camp Fire Central Oregon remains afloat. The youth leadership nonprofit will begin offering programming for homeschool families and will continue ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, speaking alongside cryptocurrency leaders at the White House this week, made a statement that Republican and Democratic candidates alike wouldn’t touch with a ...

A Central Oregon-based ammunition manufacturer hosted the grand opening of its new Redmond location on Saturday. Nosler, a gun and ammo company once based in Bend, opened its 75,000-square-foot ...

BOISE, Idaho — A federal judge says Idaho can’t prosecute doctors who perform abortions to protect a pregnant person’s health or prevent self-harm. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill made the ruling ...

As a people, have we become too cynical for our own good? We live in an age where we routinely assume that all politicians have the worst motives, that they are driven by self-interest and that they ...

Some Oregon House and Senate Republicans said it would be up to voters to decide if eastern Oregon Rep. Greg Smith should continue serving after ethics violations. Oregon lawmakers have largely ...

In less than a week, the “beautiful game” will commence on high school soccer fields throughout the state. Last year was a banner year for Central Oregon soccer. The Bend High girls became Class 5A ...

Editorial cartoon for 8/20 ...

The good news is that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing to provide officers with body cameras over the next few months. The bad news is that agency officials don’t sound enthusiastic ...

Richard Coe’s column calling the Greenwood Avenue redesign “the right thing to do” skips the story’s beginning. Fill in what’s missing and the case falls apart. Start with how the project was sold. A ...