There’s no doubt that the hikes in Bend are some of the best in Oregon. And the best part? There are TONS of them just in Bend’s backyard, so you’d need a few solid months to conquer them all.

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Record numbers of nearly 1,000 adult steelhead returned to the Pelton Round Butte hydropower project on the Deschutes River ...

A large-scale trail building project in the Deschutes National Forest west of Bend is set to begin this month. While the work ...

This story has been updated with a comment from DEQ. In the past two weeks, seven conservation groups have written to Gov. Tina Kotek and state environmental regulators pushing for changes they ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Work begins next week to reduce wildfire risk by removing flammable vegetation on ODOT and railroad property in the Deschutes River Woods community, Bend Fire & Rescue ...

Some of theUpper Missouri River Breaks National Monument campgrounds will open April 1, allowing for early springtime outdoor ...

Do you have a point you’d like to make or an issue you feel strongly about? Submit a letter to the editor. The state says it is concerned with fire danger. Their solution is a fire map so that ...

The Deschutes National Forest covers a whopping 1.6 million acres of public land mostly to the west of Bend along the eastern slope of the Cascades and includes wilderness areas that stretch from ...

Susan Jim held each dark purple berry with the tips of her fingers. One by one, she picked off oval-shaped leaves stuck to some of the small fruits, as she sorted them into large silver bowls.