“In 10 of the 15 watersheds affected by the 2018 Streamflow Restoration Act, local planning groups came up with strategies to ...

As winter settles in to Central Oregon, rivers and managed wetlands offer excellent areas to view waterfowl. “Central Oregon is a great place to see a wide variety of winter waterfowl, including ducks ...

Traveling with grandkids is about more than just picking a destination—it’s about creating memories they’ll talk about for ...

Deschutes River Woods is about five miles south of downtown Bend. Over 4,000 people live there, but there’s only one bus stop. The bus runs a few times on weekdays at the edge of the forested ...

The Washington State Department of Ecology took over the efforts to restore Capitol Lake to an estuary over the summer, with several new objectives and a goal of completing 60% design of the restored ...

A crash shut down I-84 eastbound for a couple hours Thursday morning, and the sheriff’s office said they saw a good deal of black ice on roads. List of companies being boycotted in January Rob ...

Wake up seven days a week with the Cascades Reader. Get local news, event information, podcasts, discounts and more. Sign up now! Sign up The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office invites citizens to the ...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has fined Portland & Western Railroad $81,600 for polluting the Marys River when its trestle bridge collapsed in January 2025, causing a train derailment ...

Ian Cranston now “has a presumption of innocence on all of his charges, just as if he had never been convicted,” Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels said. Cranston’s conviction in the ...