For the second time since 2024, the committee tasked with choosing a new landfill site for Deschutes County is getting ready ...

Snowpack has mostly vanished from mid-elevation forests in Central Oregon, meaning logs, trees and shrubs are drying out ...

Students at Central Oregon Community College have revived a literary tradition that hasn’t been around for nearly four ...

The coalition that sponsored the Oregon Nisei Veterans WWII Memorial Highway Historical Marker was honored with an Oregon Heritage Excellence Award on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Mt. Angel by the ...

In just a few short days, the Deschutes Public Library’s new Central Library will open on the east side of Bend. For those ...

Crews are making steady progress on the Butler Market & Wells Acres Roundabout and Key Route Project. Beginning May 11, Wells Acres Road will be closed at Butler Market Road until about mid-August.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon, a program of J Bar J Youth Services, is launching a new Monthly Giving Program this May, inviting community members to become “Match Makers” and provide ...

The annual Central Oregon Community College Salmon Bake, a Native American feast and celebration that’s been a regional tradition for more than a quarter century, is set for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on ...

Wake up seven days a week with the Cascades Reader. Get local news, event information, podcasts, discounts and more. Sign up now! Sign up With a record number of wildlife patients already admitted ...

The Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo is proud to welcome multi-platinum artist Ja Rule as part of the Kendall Toyota of Bend Free Summer Concert Series. Taking the stage on Friday, July 31, 2026, Ja Rule ...

In Central Oregon, spring doesn’t belong to just one season. Snow lingers on the mountain while trails begin to dry, and lakes and rivers reopen. For Oregon Adaptive Sports, that overlap is where one ...

Construction on Franklin Avenue will be completed in three phases. Traffic impacts will change during each phase. Phase 1 includes replacing and upgrading underground water pipes on Franklin Avenue ...