The North Umpqua Canyon in winter has been one of my favorite places to visit for more than a decade, but I had not returned since one of the worst wildfire disasters in state history. The ...

Enjoy classy Cajun Creole dishes at Zydeco (919 Bond Street, Bend; 541-312-2899). Even with Bend's struggling economy, residents flock to this place for treats like Acadian flatbread (hand-rolled ...

OAKRIDGE, Ore. — Officials have closed more hiking trails and forest roads as the Emigrant Fire grows past 30,000 acres with no containment. The wildfire is burning about 20 miles southeast of ...

Umpqua National Forest will temporarily close South Umpqua Falls Campground on the Tiller Ranger District from July 18 through July 21, 2025. "This closure, outlined in Closure Order No.

To drive east along the North Umpqua Highway from Glide is to flash backward millions of years, geologically speaking. A sign at the trailhead to Fall Creek Falls offers some perspective on this ...

A wildfire in 2020 destroyed the waterfall trails of the North Umpqua River, right? Well, no. The jungly 1.3-mile path to Wolf Creek Falls didn’t burn at all, and the most spectacular of the burned ...