News
Sen. Wyden checks in on airport expansion
Ahead of the holiday season, Sen. Ron Wyden visited the Redmond Airport to tour the terminal expansion project ...
Top Stories
Local News
ATVs on roads a no-go in Crooked River Ranch straw poll
A straw poll revealed residents living in Crooked River Ranch are not in favor of an ordinance allowing ...
Biking
6 options for mountain biking during late fall and winter in Central Oregon
Two of my favorite offseason mountain biking areas, Horse Butte and Bessie Butte trailheads, are closed until at ...
Features
Redmond woman makes historical scrapbook for downtown hotel
Ginny Weeber spent a month picking through hundreds of newspaper clippings to restore a scrapbook detailing the lives ...
News
Planned Smith Rock welcome center hits funding snag, project on pause
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has paused plans for a new welcome center at Smith Rock State Park, ...
More Stories
Read more in...
eEdition
Most Popular
More Stories
Sports
Redmond soccer loses in first playoff game
The 5A boys soccer bracket went mostly chalk in the first round, with only one upset. No. 10 ...
Business
Redmond housing market stays steady with shrinking inventory and quicker sales
Single family housing inventory shrunk in Redmond in October, indicating a stable market for both buyers and sellers. ...
Bend
Garner sentenced to 30 years for plot to commit Smith Rock mass shooting
Samson Garner, who was convicted last month of planning a shooting at Smith Rock State Park in 2023, ...
Business
Central Oregon veterans craft 19-foot replica submarine
Anne Graham knows every inch of the 19-foot long, Sturgeon-class submarine replica that she and a small band ...
High School
Caldera’s Carney wins 5A girls cross-country individual title; Summit girls reclaim team title
EUGENE — When Maddie Carney hit the blue track, she took one final peek behind her and all ...
High School
Summit boys soccer dominates Canby 5-0 to advance; Redmond, Bend, Sisters eliminated
For the seventh-consecutive postseason, Summit is moving on to the state quarterfinals. Five different goal scorers helped the ...
Business
Oregon ranchers deploy high tech fix after fire destroys fencelines
LONEROCK — Rancher Anthony Campbell cut fences as the Lone Rock Fire raged so cattle could escape the ...
Local
Redmond cowboys Kluser, Reed excel at coastal rodeo
Saturday’s event brought thrills and spills The whiff of dirt mixed with the smell of horses and bulls ...
No paywall-free
Oregon Democrats push for charging federal agents with state law
Police say not so fast A 19-year-old woman with no weapons pepper-sprayed in the face. An elderly couple ...
Education
COCC to start $8 million expansion of Redmond manufacturing center
Central Oregon Community College has nearly finished a more than year-long expansion of its Madras campus and will ...
More Stories
News
Redmond teen arrested, accused of shooting man in Bend parking lot
A 17-year-old Redmond teen was arrested Tuesday, accused of shooting a Bend man in the parking lot of ...
Bend
Cranston’s conviction reversed in Barry Washington Jr. shooting, new trial possible
The convicted killer of a Black man whose 2021 shooting led to a racial reckoning in Bend may ...
News
Redmond lottery cafe robbed at gunpoint on Halloween
A man demanded cash and pointed a gun at the cashier of a Redmond lottery cafe on Friday. ...
High School
Bend, Summit, Sisters, Trinity Lutheran and Central Christian advance to volleyball state tournaments
In the final volleyball match played in the current Bend High gym, the third-seeded Lava Bears took down ...
News
Redmond and Deschutes County will fund a managed homeless camp. But who will run it?
The effort to develop a 36-site managed homeless camp in east Redmond cleared a hurdle of uncertainty this ...
Local News
Redmond woman dies in crash on Highway 97
An 85-year-old Redmond woman died in a crash on U.S. Highway 97 near Terrebonne on Oct. 30. Sheila ...
Government
Trump administration blocked from cutting off SNAP benefits as two judges issue orders
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Boston ruled Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to pause ...
Sports
Ridgeview falls to Bend before state tourney begins
With a 3-0 win over Ridgeview in the regular-season finale Thursday evening, Bend High clinched a spot in ...
High School
Six second-half goals lead Summit boys soccer over Redmond
REDMOND — Tom Bunnell could not have been more pleased with the outcome of Tuesday night’s marquee boys ...
Bend
Union electricians expand into new Redmond headquarters
Data centers and housing growth has fueled an increase in membership at a Central Oregon electricians union, which ...