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As the federal government pushes for more logging and grazing on Oregon’s lands, state climate commissioners are calling for more ambitious goals to protect the state’s land and water so they can capture carbon dioxide. The 13 voting members of the governor-appointed Oregon Climate Action Commission last week called to double goals they set just five years […]

Elijah and Xiomara Roy were at their grandparents’ house north of Sisters, about to drop the final antacid tablet into their fizzy homemade lava lamps, when they were told it was time to go.   “My grandma — we call her mi-ma — said it was time to go,” Elijah said. “I was asking what was going on, asking if it was a Level 3, and she said yes.”  He was referring […]

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality extended an air-quality advisory Friday to more than 10 counties across the state, including Deschutes and Jefferson. The DEQ originally issued the advisory on Tuesday with guidance that it might be lifted Wednesday. However, with wildfires burning around the state and subsequent smoke enveloping many places, the Air Quality Index has […]

The trend is so popular, you often see it in television shows, commercials and social media feeds. Blue or red light therapy masks are touted as a luxurious way to pamper yourself, unwinding the clock as you lay on a couch scrolling on your phone. Light therapy has a long-documented history. Danish physician Niels Ryberg Finsen began looking at the therapeutic effects of light on skin diseases in the 1890s. He observed that nine days […]

Scott Seaton, despite occupying high-octane posts that include being a firefighter with Bend Fire & Rescue and a longtime elite masters cyclist, knows what it’s like to live with low testosterone levels.  Even so: nope, no way — Seaton, who’s 66, ain’t takin’ no stinkin’ testosterone replacement therapy.  That, he considers, is performance-enhancing doping. So agrees the World Anti-Doping Agency and the domestic equivalent, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. The Oregon Bicycle Racing Association, which governs racing in the state and parts of Washington, has […]

Estheticians of Central Oregon are constantly finding ways to help residents achieve and maintain the appearances they want. While their services vary greatly, many of their techniques aim to serve a similar purpose; to keep skin looking healthy and youthful.  But what is currently trending in the beauty world? When interviewed, two local estheticians gave […]

Due to continued hot weather, extremely dry vegetation, and significant wildfire activity, the Deschutes National Forest, Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National Grassland, and Prineville District Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will move into Stage 2 public use fire restrictions at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, July 25. Stage 2 public use fire restrictions prohibit […]

Effective immediately, the Deschutes National Forest is temporarily closing an area east of Forest Service Road 11 on the Sisters Ranger District for public safety due to the Akawa Butte Fire. The area is closed to the public due to hazards and hazardous conditions created as a result of the Akawa Butte Fire.   For more information […]

Bend travelers flying out of the Redmond Airport may soon have an alternative to expensive Ubers, high-priced parking spaces or coordinating early morning rides with friends and family.   Cascades East Transit, Central Oregon’s public transit agency, is pushing to bring a new direct bus service from Bend to the Redmond Municipal Airport. While logistical details still need to be ironed out, the agency hopes to begin the service within the next […]

Seven horses and a pair of goats slept in barns at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center Sunday night, just a few hours after they were rushed away from the flames of a newly sparked wildfire west of Redmond.   At first, it appeared the animals might soon be forced to find a different place to stay. Setup was beginning for the fairgrounds’ signature event — the Deschutes County Fair — would fill barns with award-winning livestock […]