Coming up: Events around the region

19 May 2012, 7:08 pm

A roundup of coming events all over Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia.... Read More »

After Years Spent Hoping To Race Pole Pedal Paddle, USST’s Freeman Finally Enters – And Wins

19 May 2012, 3:48 pm

BEND, Oregon – It’s hard to imagine Kris Freeman as an underdog in a race that involves cross country skiing and running. But to this city’s residents, that’s exactly what he was on Saturday morning before the start of the 36th annual Pole Pedal Paddle: some Olympian who was trying to unseat... Read More »

Bulldogs stay alive at state tennis tourney

19 May 2012, 11:16 am

North Bend singles tennis player Kylee Woodman and doubles team Taylor Cuzzort and Quinlyn Deming are still alive in the consolation bracket at the Class 4A-3A-2A-1A state tournament.... Read More »

Portland Mtn. Biker Injured on 'Whoops' Trail

18 May 2012, 9:37 pm

A Portland man mountain biking on the Whoops trail west of Bend was seriously injured Friday afternoon when he failed to make a turn and left the trail. The crash threw him about 15 feet in the air before he struck a tree, Deschutes County sheriffs deputies said.... Read More »

Kitzhaber Voices Support For OSU's Cascades Campus Expansion

17 May 2012, 5:23 pm

Governor John Kitzhaber stopped in Bend Thursday as part of a swing through Central Oregon.  He expressed his support for a plan to transform Oregon State’s Cascades Campus into a four-year university. ... Read More »

Bullets and greed: Illegal taking of wildlife

17 May 2012, 6:49 am

Bullets and greed drive some people to criminal actions and when they are caught, they discover the penalties for illegally killing wildlife are severe. Grant McOmie shares the story of a local man convicted of a federal wildlife crime. A Bend, Oregon resident knew he crossed the line but he did it ... Read More »

Bend Program Aims to Head Off Obesity Early

16 May 2012, 11:27 pm

Startling new numbers released by the state of Oregon shows obesity among adults is on the rise -- and a program for Bend-area children is aiming to tackle that issue on the younger end of the spectrum.... Read More »

Head East: Why Bend could be Oregon’s next college town

16 May 2012, 12:04 pm

It turns out that the second time was the charm for Becky Johnson and OSU-Cascades. The charismatic dean who likes to ski, hike, fly fish and play golf spent two decades at OSU as a professor and a top administrator in Corvallis before she threw her hat in the ring to lead Oregon State University’... Read More »

Superpark 16 wraps up at Mt. Bachelor, Ore.

16 May 2012, 10:58 am

Snowboarder Magazine has hosted Superpark for 16 years now. This was the second year they took the show to Mt. Bachelor, outside Bend, Oregon. It was a pretty good winter at Bachelor, which left more than enough building material for park crews from Loon, Seven Springs, Boreal and Bachelor to get cr... Read More »

National Cross Country and Biathlon Teams Converge on Bend For May Camps

16 May 2012, 7:24 am

Something unique is happening in Bend, Oregon this week. No, not the mere existence of multiple kilometers of groomed trails in May, though that certainly plays a big part. For the first time in recent memory, four North American national teams will be training on the same trails at the same time fo... Read More »