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 ...

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 ...

Thank God for modern medicine. Without it, so many adults wouldn’t live so long and so many babies wouldn’t live at all. And yet people don’t always listen to what doctors recommend. They find the ...

Commentary: The Supreme Court is wrong on who controls elections ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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