Deschutes County Sheriff's Office

Terry and Renee Skjersaa were well-known backcountry enthusiasts with longstanding ties to Bend.

Sheriff's officials have released the names of two backcountry skiers who were killed by an avalanche in the Cascade Mountains west of Bend.

Thanks to their wives, the two men running for Deschutes County sheriff are both familiar with the hit Netflix show “Bridgerton.”

A wildfire in central Oregon grew overnight and more than a thousand structures near the blaze were determined to be in evacuation zones.

Two people were killed in an explosion at a shooting range east of Bend Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say the explosion happened inside a World War…