Bend City Council moved forward with a plan to build more than 700 homes in southeast Bend Wednesday night, despite numerous concerns from nearby residents about wildfire risk and increased traffic.

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We lost two legends last week: the incandescent Tim Curry and the queen of country music, Dolly Parton. Curry’s life on stage and screen is vast and worthy of a deep dive, but for the legendary singer ...

A Seattle-based real estate investment firm has acquired an 87-unit apartment complex in northeast Bend, adding to its growing portfolio in the city. Fourth Avenue Capital and Capital Funding Partners ...

On his second day of teaching at Wheatley High School in Houston, former food influencer Darius Williams faced a problem that has plagued U.S. classrooms for decades: his students couldn’t read or ...

Monkless Belgian Ales, the Belgian-style craft beer that brought Belgium to Bend with a restaurant and taproom, will celebrate its 10th anniversary from 2 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12, at The Abbey ...

The Bureau of Land Management will begin an emergency gather Thursday of wild horses in southeast Oregon due to concerns that their health is threatened by severe shortages of food and water. About ...

Persistent drought is reducing streamflow and reservoirs across Central Oregon, threatening water supplies and forcing irrigation districts to limit deliveries or shut down completely. Nearly all of ...

Bend’s success as a community is not guaranteed. And we don’t think so few people on the November ballot for the Bend City Council necessarily helps. The Bend City Council makes key decisions. Much of ...

Bend’s tree ordinance may get thinned. Staff presented possible policy changes to a joint meeting of the Bend City Council and developers this week. To be clear, no changes were finalized. This was an ...

An 8-month-old infant was safely recovered Monday after being abducted from a home along Redwood Highway south of Cave Junction, Oregon State Police said. The Amber Alert was issued at about 11:19 a.m ...

There is a time and place for civic disobedience — lawfully engaging in a political process to make a statement. I believe that time is now, and Deschutes County is the place. I say that as someone ...