Metolius News

Rather than eat the rest of the pie that's leftover from your Thanksgiving feast, today is the day to get out and do something - and quick, before your pants become too tight.

Getting there: From U.S. Highway 20, turn right onto Forest Service Road 14 about 10 miles beyond Sisters, following signs to Metolius River and Camp Sherman.

The low-lying sun cast shadows on the basalt field across the river just upstream of the Big Eddy Rapids.

Has Jefferson County become the bad boy of Oregon land use politics? Or is the state just really mean? Mere months after participating in a highly publicized and successful push to overrule the county's plans for destination resorts in the Metolius River Basin, the Department of Land Conservation and Development is challenging another Jefferson ...

Metolius resident, William Ronald Robertson, passed away at the age of 61, following an extended illness.

A cabin in the Metolius River Resort offers guests a remarkable view of the rushing Metolius River on its western side.

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There's llama-trekking and then there's llama, trekking. Searchers had been looking for Nickolas, a pack llama, since Aug.

State Rep. Larry Galizio got help from Gov. Ted Kulongoski's office to secure a job with the Oregon University System, a spokeswoman for the governor confirmed Thursday.

MADRAS, Ore. A new fire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation scorched more than 1,100 acres of sage, grass and scrub juniper on the Metolius River arm of Lake Billy Chinook on Monday.

MADRAS, Ore. A new fire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation scorched more than 1,100 acres of sage, grass and scrub juniper on the Metolius River arm of Lake Billy Chinook on Monday.

Fire officials are caling it the Box Canyon fire.A This was the view from across the Box Canyon earlier tonight--about 10 miles west of Madras.A The column of smoke so large--Warm Springs Fire Management reported getting calls from as far away as Salem.

Commissioner Georgia Nowlin briefed the Board of Commissioners Monday on a number of new laws passed in Salem that will affect county government.

Lawson - Berger Susan Lawson and Torry Berger, both of La Pine, were married June 27 in an.... MORE Peters - Heusser Caitlin Kristin Peters and Caleb Christian Heusser were married May 6 in Lahaina, Hawaii.

A 6/15/2009 - Madras by Matt McDonald A Near Camp Sherman, cheering as Governor Kulongoski signs into law House Bill 3298, blocking the development of two destination resorts in the Metolius basin.

Three Fingered Jack is visible behind a cabin used by U.S. Forest Service staff members on the top of Black Butte near Sisters, Ore.

A new chapter in Oregon's environmental legacy was written during the 2009 session.

Since the opinions expressed in this blog are those of The Wandering Eye and not of the Source, The Eye feels free to express the following opinion of the guest commentary by Bryce Ward, Ed Whitelaw and Andrew Kenny that appears in this week's issue: It's crap.

They made a difference for Oregon. The 2009 session of the Oregon Legislature ended this week.

Some of the major bills approved by the 2009 Oregon Legislature: JOBS-With Oregon's unemployment rate second highest in the nation, Democratic legislative leaders used state bonds and raised taxes to put thousands of people to work on public works projects.