Crescent News

This was the last company town in Oregon, a place where the mill employed the men and women, helped build a school for their children and decided what color their homes should be: dark brown.

CRESCENT, Ore. -- When the U.S. Forest Service plans projects to cut down trees and thin out vegetation, it usually has goals like reducing wildfire risks, selling timber or improving forest health.

To comment on the travel management plan, write to Mollie Chaudet, Deschutes National Forest, 1001 S.W. Emkay Drive, Bend, OR 97702.

The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to designate almost 150 miles of off-highway vehicle trails south of Bend, in preparation for a change in policy that will limit motorized vehicles to designated trails, ...

With Thanksgiving leftovers in the fridge and Black Friday finds in the closet, for some Central Oregonians, the next thing on the season's to-do list is to find the perfect Christmas tree in the forest.