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, ...

Crews building the Boardman to Hagerman transmission line recently repositioned their crews and heavy equipment to help the effort to fight wildfires along the Oregon-Idaho border, company officials ...

The National Weather Service predicts an El Nino that formed recently may develop into the strongest one since record-keeping began in 1950. El Ninos are triggered by warm water in the Pacific Ocean ...

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 […] ...

The 2026 election could come down to two factors: Incumbent Democrat Tina Kotek’s record and Donald Trump, columnist Randy Stapilus writes The Oregon governor’s race this year may hinge on two factors ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump and his dangerous health secretary Bobby Kennedy Jr. struck another blow against public health by issuing an executive order intending to space out childhood vaccinations and to ...

Editorial cartoon for 8/14 ...

A 36-year-old man from Sisters died Sunday afternoon after his motorcycle collided with a car in Curry County, authorities said. Oregon State Police said Wednesday that Henry Vowell III died in the ...

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 ...

We’ve seen stories in the recent past about how going to the movies was becoming a thing again — see “Barbenheimer” in 2023 — only to see consumers retreat to their in-home streaming lives. But 2026 ...

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 ...