Wildfire smoke is stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from Bend’s tourism economy. That’s according to a new study from the Sustainable Tourism Lab at the OSU-Cascades campus, where researchers ...

Local and state elected officials descend on Bend on Thursday, Sept. 3 on the first stop of Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read’s Oregon Votes Town Hall series. The 6pm town hall will be in the ...

An ice cream chain that set up shop in Bend in 2023 now appears to be coming to Redmond, too. A sign announcing that a Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream will soon be coming to the Hub City has been placed ...

You’ve been extra reasonable lately. How do you manage to be so responsible, measured, and composed? I’m not complaining. I admire your integrity. But now the cosmic omens are clear that’s it’s time ...

When Ty Rupert campaigned for and won the interim sheriff appointment last year, he swore to keep unflattering headlines about the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office out of newspapers. Nonetheless, two ...

Locals will have a place to roam and rock out as the second-annual Discovery West PorchFest returns to the Northwest Bend neighborhood on Saturday, Sept. 12. The afternoon includes live music and food ...

As wildfires burn over 2.5 million acres in Oregon and Southwest Washington, OnPoint Community Credit Union has donated $30,000 to three organizations providing wildfire relief throughout the region.

The 2026-27 school year is close at hand, and fundraising is shaping up to be a critical issue. On Sept. 8, the Bend-La Pine Schools board of directors will present updates to a hotly debated ...

After wildfires and unsafe conditions forced the cancellation and rescheduling of multiple summer restoration projects, Think Wild’s Beaver Works Oregon program is calling on volunteers to help make ...

So far, our fall movie season has delivered a few genuine surprises in terms of quality, with even more promising releases looming on the horizon. Usually at this point in the year, theatrical ...

Central Oregon Community College remains committed to reaching an agreement with the Faculty Forum following the union’s declaration of impasse in ongoing contract negotiations. The declaration ...

The City of Redmond plans to make some water more expensive in hopes residents will use less of it. Under a new tiered rate structure set to kick in next year, water used in excess of a certain ...