The Bend teen who shot into Silver Rail Elementary School and killed three students and a teacher was identified Friday as Griffin J. John II, a 16-year-old who previously attended Silver Rail. John ...

After 10 years the La Pine Community Health Center ended its medical sponsorship of La Pine High School on Oct. 2, causing the Deschutes County Health Services Department to scramble to find a new ...

In a county-by-county mail delivery test, Oregon’s secretary of state found rural areas received slow USPS service and urged voters to send mail ballots by Oct. 27 or find a ballot box. PORTLAND — ...

CAIRO — As word came of Houthi rebels advancing on Taiz, Weam Abdullah and her family decided it was time to leave Yemen’s third largest city. They had survived a yearslong siege by the rebels earlier ...

Fox & Fern Coffee, a coffee shop on Bend’s west side, suddenly closed on Sunday, Oct. 11, according to signs posted on its doors. “Thank you to our customers and the Bend community for your support,” ...

The 23rd annual BendFilm Festival, Bend’s celebration of all things indie film, wrapped up Sunday. The awards were announced as part of a banquet dinner and ceremony at Greg’s Grill Saturday evening.

C.L. Shepherd of Lakeview is in a quandary that is neither flesh nor fowl nor good red herring, all because he tried to do what was right. Shepherd drove to Bend yesterday in his truck and found a ...

When the summer heat peters out, I get the urge to hit the trails south of Bend along the Deschutes River. They are so close and so good it doesn’t matter if they are stuck on repeat on my trail list.

Redmond voters will decide in November whether businesses can provide psilocybin treatment within city limits. Since Oregon allowed psilocybin services in 2020, Redmond has passed two moratoriums to ...

County commissioner is not a personality contest. We are electing someone to help oversee one of the largest and most complicated organizations in Central Oregon. Deschutes County manages hundreds of ...

A Bend 13-year-old boy was critically injured Friday evening following a crash between a minivan and the teen’s e-motorcycle at the intersection of Northeast Neff Road and 27th Street. Following an ...

Four candidates are vying for a chance to fill the Deschutes County Circuit Court Judge Position 3 seat. A circuit court judge presides over civil and criminal cases in a defined geographic area, such ...