Forecasts call for mid-80 degree highs this weekend as temperatures drop and, hopefully, smoke subsides. Expect clear skies all weekend. This will be my last “Heading outside” column. We’re cutting it ...

A U.S. Forest Service proposal to eliminate protections for millions of acres of roadless national forest could change how some of Central Oregon’s most remote public lands are managed.

For years, one of Bend’s biggest economic development challenges hasn’t been recruiting companies — it’s been finding places for them to build. Now the city is looking at ways to make industrial land ...

One of La Pine’s first affordable apartment complexes, Wickiup Station, is now open to veterans and low-income residents. Construction wrapped in July. The Foundation for Affordable Housing launched ...

A seafood-focused restaurant and event space called Brooks St. Boathouse just docked in downtown Bend, joining the city’s riverside eateries. The waterfront restaurant — with ample patio seating ...

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 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 ...

The High Desert Museum has found the 12th winner of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, which honors the best of literary nonfiction about desert landscapes. Alexa Hagerty’s entry, “Salt, Cloud, Ghost ...

At the heart of the crisis facing journalism — and hence democracy, too — is the question of bias. Can journalists ever really be intellectually independent and open-minded? Take your pick of surveys.

Quiet Writing Time: Enjoy the focus of a quiet space with the benefit of others’ company, bring personal work, read a book, or answer emails, come when you can, leave when you want, free, open network ...

The Oregon Ethics Commission dismissed allegations that former Alfalfa Fire District Chief Chad LaVallee used his position for financial gain at its August 14 meeting. In January, LaVallee wrote in a ...

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 ...