BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) ─ As spring thaws the Central Cascades, a herd of roughly 250 elk are embarking on their seasonal migration between winter and summer range. From lower elevations around Lake Billy ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) ─ The section of Highway 20 between Suttle Lake and Bend sees the highest density of deer and elk wildlife-vehicle collisions in the state, with 350 to 600 mule deer and elk killed ...

The Deschutes National Forest covers a whopping 1.6 million acres of public land mostly to the west of Bend along the eastern slope of the Cascades and includes wilderness areas that stretch from ...

If you’re at all like me, highs in the mid-80s in the forecast are a warning to get my workout — ride, run, whatever — in early. I’d rather be on or in the Deschutes River or sipping a beer at a ...

Suttle Lake has decorated the eastern foothills of Mount Washington and Three Fingered Jack for about 25,000 years. I have lived for 47 years. Not once in either of those life spans — until this month ...