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Local high school interns help environmental and outdoor programs this summer through the Green Jobs Summer Program

Local high school students interned for outdoor and environmental organizations this summer in a program created by the…

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Keep it cool at Paulina Lake

You don’t have to drive far to experience a caldera-filled lake, and unlike its famous sibling to the…

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X Games competitor seeks county approval to open up motocross facility at his home near Redmond

Motorcycle enthusiasts across Central Oregon might soon have a new location to — safely — get their adrenaline…

Outdoors

Crater Lake National Park is closing part of Rim Drive for the 2023 season

Always wanted to drive or bike the whole way around Crater Lake? It might be a while before…

Community Sports

High Cascades 100-mile mountain bike race set for Saturday west of Bend

The 15th edition of the High Cascades 100-mile mountain bike race is set for trails west of Bend…

Bend

Northern lights could be visible in Bend Thursday evening, local experts on where to watch

Drive just a few miles outside of Bend Thursday night and you might glimpse the northern lights, a…

Community Sports

Oregon 24/12 mountain bike race set for Bend Saturday and Sunday

Mountain bikers are set to ride through the night this weekend in Central Oregon. The Oregon 24/12 mountain…

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Third annual Hidden Bottle Hunt celebrates 52 years of Oregon’s Bottle Bill with special design, donation rewards

Featuring six exclusively-painted bottles concealed in a statewide treasure hunt, the third Hidden Bottle Hunt is underway. Like…

Local Sports

Fishing for catfish on the Snake River: Stink is the thing

The water was big and brown, the willows flooded past the shoreline. It was not likely to matter…

Community Sports

Five-day bike race takes gravel riders through the Central Oregon Cascades

After some 360 miles and more than 30,000 feet of climbing over five days, Michael van den Ham,…

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