Where has common sense in government gone? The recent city open house on the Hawthorne project brought to light more significant problems created, and incredible costs, if a bike bridge is built at ...

Several county commissioner candidates are making claims about Thornburgh. Most are false. You deserve the facts. You may have heard “greedy out-of-town developers” are behind this project. That’s ...

Does anyone in Oregon think Measure 120, sustaining last year’s legislation on transportation taxes and fees, will pass?

Public health depends on a pause on burning The US Forest Service and its partner agencies continue to expand on the prescribed burns under the program title “West Bend Pilot […] ...

The coaches of the Redmond High basketball teams are swapping places. Reagan Gilbertson, who had been coaching the boys program, is taking over the girls team, and Alex Carlson, who had been coaching ...

The first phase of the improvements on Franklin Avenue will begin May 18 between First and Fourth Street according to the ...

Tony DeBone and Patti Adair have run the three-member Board of County Commissioners as a Republican fiefdom for years. They are fundamentally out of step with what Deschutes County really […] ...

What a beautiful week it’s been in Central Oregon. It feels like summer. My gravel bike has been in the shop for the past week and out of commission for over a month after I busted up my freehub due ...

Prescribed burning operations scheduled for Thursday on Pine Mountain southeast of Bend were canceled because of unfavorable conditions, officials with the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District said. The ...

At 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum needed some energy. The golden arches of a Bend McDonald’s were calling. Bynum ...

Mother’s Day, that celebration for the lovely people who brought us into the world, is just around the corner. On a nice ...

Speaking by phone Monday morning, comedian Paula Poundstone was still waking up. “Part of the reason I’m so exhausted is I’ve been making two video series every day,” she explained. […] ...