Jen Baires

People on the Warm Springs reservation have evacuated, and other communities in Central and Eastern Oregon are threatened.

Fast-moving wildfires in Central Oregon, including the Bench Fire near Warm Springs, have forced Level 3 evacuations, highway closures, and home losses.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek gave a press briefing Friday in the town of Sisters, where the nearby Akawa Butte Fire has already burned at least two homes and is the number one priority wildfire in the nation, officials say.

Nearly 2,000 people have been ordered to evacuate as heat and dry winds continue to fuel the Akawa Butte Fire near Sisters, Oregon.

Playwright Marilyn Magness called the Bend production a “love letter” to the millions of women who took on hard labor in factories during World War II, including her own mother.

At a packed meeting on Wednesday evening, La Pine residents spoke for hours against the proposed data center before city councilors voted to shut the project down.

Volunteers say a window to save the region’s centenarian trees is closing fast.

Local leaders hope voters “looking for someone to offer clarity” will turn to them ahead of the midterms.

Races that could remake Central Oregon politics draw a competitive pool of candidates.

William Bailey, a once-rising star in the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, has been fired. Bailey, who was fired last week, saw his 25-year career ascension at Central Oregon’s largest law enforcement agency take a sharp downward turn after he unsuccessfully ran for sheriff in 2024. In the wake of that loss, Bailey criticized the newly-elected leader on a local radio show — remarks that ultimately led to his dismissal.