When the High Desert Museum opened in 1982, founder Don Kerr had a lofty vision for the destination he’d long dreamed of. The campus nestled in the forest south of Bend would create experiences to ...

It’s that time of the year again! Outrun the mosquitoes at Tumalo Falls as you hike to Happy Valley, run the Burma Road Trail, soak up some rays paddleboarding on Three Creek Lake and hike Black Butte ...

Relax. I know my title, EXTREMELY ORDINARY MIRACLES, is a contradiction in terms, an oxymoron, a paradox, an incongruity. I know what a miracle is. Trust me for a few more minutes. Some common ...

Every July, I like to look back at the first half of the year to take the temperature of our current cinematic landscape. By this time last year, we already had the dizzying peaks of “Sinners” and “On ...

There is a saying that goes, “Many hands make for light work.” It’s certainly the case with the Tedeschi Trucks Band, a 12-piece that’s been driven by the marital tandem of Susan Tedeschi and Derek ...

I’ll be perfectly honest with you right now. The hardest I’ve ever cried in a movie theater was at the end of “Toy Story 3.” Rewatching it to prepare for the release of “Toy Story 5,” I figured it ...

Chris Culos was looking at a list of 40-something songs that O.A.R. was getting ready to play as the hard-touring Maryland rock band was set to start yet another run of shows. That list included hits ...

For nearly a decade, Sarah McLachlan took a break from making music and instead was busy fundraising for the not-for-profit Sarah McLachlan School of Music, which provides free music education and ...

Imagine dangling upside down, 200 feet in the air, unexpectedly caught in the device that’s supposed to be helping you rappel down the mountain. That’d be enough to make most people panic. Not Jeska ...

Wind whips through the dry field as large plumes of dust flee spinning tires. The combination of wind and the sound of screaming two-stroke motors sets the ambience for the 2026 OG Gambler 500 weekend ...

Americans love their firearms, and I do mean love. The Pew Research Center estimates about one third of Americans – 107 million – personally own a firearm, and four in 10 live in a household with a ...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, built its first data center in Prineville in 2010, and has since expanded the campus to 11 buildings and 4.6 million square feet. Credit: Clayton Franke The matte ...