CASA of Central Oregon is now accepting applications for its upcoming winter volunteer training course, beginning January 13.

Personal-finance website, WalletHub, recently released its report on 2025’s Best Small Cities to Start a Business and ranks Bend as the nation’s top small city for small businesses per capita and 7th ...

Deschutes County foster children and their foster families were hosted by Pine Tavern and Assistance League of Bend at ...

Shepherd’s House Ministries has been operating in Deschutes County for 18 years. The nonprofit was founded and is still based ...

After the dramatic departure last September of Andrés Portela III, the City of Bend’s equity and inclusion director, City officials vowed to hire a third-party consultant to investigate the ...

When e-bikes began to enter the mountain bike scene, trail users were concerned. Getting out into the forest in this way was inherently an activity that required committment — and anyway, wouldn’t ...

This December, an unseasonable warmth has had Bend residents and tourists alike sweating and shedding layers. Data from the Bend Municipal Airport weather station indicates recorded temperatures this ...

On Dec. 5, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a significant shift in vaccine policy. The federal ...

Cascades East Transit (CET), operated by the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council, today announced a series of major ...

Deschutes County Commission’s Not So Funny Comedy of Errors Oh, the irony! Last Wednesday [Dec. 3], I watched with incredulity as Patti Adair and Tony Debone called for public comment in a room full ...

To filmmakers, screenwriters, and showrunners, being allowed to work on an established, deeply fleshed-out fictional universe must feel like a god-sent gift. Rather than constructing a tale from ...

As 2025 comes to a close, grocery bills are at a record high and SNAP benefits are precarious at best. In light of these current circumstances, the HighDesert Food & Farm Alliance (HDFFA), a regional ...