Tuesday evening, at McMenamins in Bend, I attended the “Natural History Pub - How Sisters is Protecting Central Oregon’s Dark Skies." The event, hosted by the High Desert Museum, celebrated ...

Central Oregon — which lies on the eastern side of the Cascade Range — is anything but rain-soaked. This is a wide-open land of sunny skies and majestic, high desert scenery that plays against ...

But by July, the fire risk ramps up, especially across central and eastern ... Large areas of Oregon, like the Klamath Basin, the Cascades and the Oregon high desert are flagged with above-normal ...

Law enforcement and logging trucks rumbled into Deschutes National Forest in the dark morning hours of May 1 at 3 a.m. The ...

Wildflowers typically peak in spring in Southern Washington, blooming earlier than in the Central Cascades ... At Horsethief Lake, you’ll be camping in high-desert terrain on rocky cliffs ...

Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, pdx.edu. Various times and locations Monday–Friday, May 12–16. Free.

Walking through the door, you’re immediately enveloped in the comforting aromas of a well-run grill – the savory scent of ...

The air is cool, the high desert is nearly completely silent ... Sisters, a small western-style town in Central Oregon, was recently recognized as an International Dark Sky Community, joining an elite ...

Live at the Vineyard — The Gypsy Travellers: The Central Oregon band will perform ... theoregonlightning.com or 541-548-2711. Oregon High Desert Regional Bridge Tournament: A chance to compete in a ...