Central Oregon’s regional Staples store will close in Bend next week. The office supply chain in the north end of Bend will shutter after its last day Friday, Aug. 21. The store sells paper, ...

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 ...

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Educators are among those in Central Oregon whose work quietly shapes our future. Long before the first day of school, teachers are arranging classrooms, planning lessons, and thinking about how ...

Roger Worthington, who owns Worthy Brewing in east Bend and a NW Brooks Street pub downtown, installed a vinyl piece of artwork to the wall of his Brooks Street building Friday. After nearly three ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Quality Education Commission recommended increases of 22% to more than 40% in state spending on schools for the 2027-29 school years Oregon’s schools will need nearly $2.5 billion more to maintain ...

Shortly after the Hidden Forest Fire sparked in southeast Bend on Friday, roughly 200,000 phones across Deschutes County received a blaring wireless emergency alert about Level 3 (Go) evacuations near ...

Fashion Workshop, a nonprofit that facilitates free and low cost sewing and design classes throughout Central Oregon, opened its first brick and mortar store and studio on Saturday in Bend. A grand ...

This summer, Central Oregon kids learned about fashion and how to sew. Instructor Qristy Kurtz hopes they keep being inspired to create. Three Central Oregon Community College branches hosted a […] ...