Oregon's high desert begins in the eastern rain shadow of the Cascades, a two-hour drive from the cities of the Willamette Valley. The Deschutes, Crooked and John Day rivers give this north ...

Hard-luck stories, cowboy folklore & rural wisdom from Oregon's high-desert philosopher. Reuben A. Long was a horseman, rancher and philosopher, as well as one of Eastern Oregon's most colorful ...

LEXINGTON — Farm owner Terry Felda has seen firsthand the value of matching genetics to environment: raising a breed of dairy sheep adapted to her region’s specific microclimate.

Stop and smell the roses — and petunias and daisies and lavender — while supporting CASA of Eastern Oregon on July 12 from 9 ...

The rusty red trunks of ponderosa pine trees tower into the blue, blue skies of Eastern Oregon, holding a thousand clumps of green needles above the desert. A sparse, improbable “Lost Forest ...

This wagon train of about 1,200 pioneers made the unfortunate choice of leaving the established Oregon Trail and following Stephen Meek on a “shortcut” across the desert of Eastern Oregon.

The land where central Oregon begins for Portlanders, around Madras and Redmond, has many wonderful walking opportunities, some with developed trails, others that require exploring.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Archaeologists have uncovered a stone tool at an ancient rock shelter in the high desert of eastern Oregon that could turn out to be older than any known site of human ...

More than 400,000 acres of public lands in Eastern Oregon are getting extra protections after a decision announced Friday by the Bureau of Land Management.

Eastern Oregon University graduate Bryce Towai, right, poses for a photo with Rianno Richard on June 15, 2024, following the school's graduation ceremony at Community Stadium in La Grande.

The Cow Lakes area looks like any old reservoir in eastern Oregon or Southwest Idaho - like a giant puddle in the desert - but can make for interesting hiking and paddling excursions.