1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (306+ words) Published 4:00 pm Saturday, September 12, 2026 Discovery West, a growing mix use residential area in northwest Bend, celebrates its second annual PorchFest Saturday. The 245-acre neighborhood hosted six Oregon bands across three stages from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday. There were also seven food vendors,…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (875+ words) Published 1:40 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 The Democratic-led states and voting rights groups suing to block enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict mail-in voting warned in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday the policy would have disastrous…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (165+ words) Published 1:42 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 The Bureau of Land Management has postponed a planned emergency operation to rescue wild horses from the Riddle Mountain Herd Management Area in southeast Oregon after a judge issued a temporary restraining order in ongoing litigation....

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (361+ words) Published 10:41 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 A coalition of state attorneys general, including Oregon’s, filed a pair of lawsuits Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s rollbacks of protections for endangered species. The lawsuits, filed by 20 states and the District of Columbia, seek to…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (238+ words) Published 9:57 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 Bend Fire & Rescue launched a new online tool Thursday to make it easier for residents to request wildfire risk home assessments and access personalized mitigation recommendations in an effort to make Bend a more fire-adapted community....

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (412+ words) Published 10:01 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 SALEM — Over the next four years, Oregon will need to come up with nearly $1.3 billion to keep its current Medicaid system functioning due to cuts and restrictions from the GOP’s 2025 federal tax and spending law, state…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (449+ words) Published 7:38 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 Is Bend becoming a test case for providing affordable housing in high-risk wildfire areas? Bend has adopted the goal to build 33,700+ new dwellings within the next 19 years. This is about 1775 per year. Most is planned urban…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (670+ words) Published 8:00 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 SKYLINER SNO-PARK — Central Oregon is home to seemingly endless miles of singletrack mountain biking trails. But after 25 years of riding my bike in the woods here, it is increasingly difficult to find trails I have yet…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (565+ words) Published 7:58 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 By Briana Swette and Kelly Hopping/Los Angeles Times In grasslands across the American West, four-legged fire prevention crews are busy at work, helping keep wildfire risk under control. These cattle, goats and sheep stomp down…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (301+ words) Published 7:41 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Oregon State University-Cascades has not hidden why its Little Kits childcare program closed after 11 months and after more than a $3 million investment in state/federal/county funding. It was costing the university too much to subsidize....