Sometime deep in the past, 1,000 years ago or more, a member of the Santiam band of the Kalapuya people stopped on small hill near the Willamette River. The 14 original obsidian bifaces found in the ...

MCKENZIE BRIDGE — We’re about a mile into the Three Sisters Wilderness when things turn awkward on the Obsidian Trail. Dylan McCoy, wilderness ranger for the U.S. Forest Service, is checking permits ...

BEND, Ore. — After a day spent on the Obsidian Trail exploring the western bases of North and Middle Sister, it is easy to understand why the U.S. Forest Service limits the number of hikers and ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, outdoors editor Zach Urness and producer David Davis look at why a limited entry permit system is credited with saving Obsidian Trail, in the Three ...

BEND, Ore. (AP) — After a day spent on the Obsidian Trail exploring the western bases of North and Middle Sister, it is easy to understand why the U.S. Forest Service limits the number of hikers and ...

PORTLAND, OREGON—Archaeologists have unearthed an unusual collection of obsidian tools after being tipped off by a landowner in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, according to a report from OPB. The ...

A research team studying an underwater archaeological site at the bottom of Lake Huron in Michigan recently discovered flakes of obsidian, black volcanic glass, that originated from Central Oregon.

Underwater archaeologists have been studying 9,000-year-old stone tool artifacts discovered in Lake Huron that originated from an obsidian quarry more than 2,000 miles away in central Oregon. The ...

Northern Lake County is a patchwork of farms and a couple of small communities roughly 50 miles southeast of La Pine. Within a couple of years, it could also be home to Oregon’s largest solar power ...

BEND, Ore. (AP) - After a day spent on the Obsidian Trail exploring the western bases of North and Middle Sister, it is easy to understand why the U.S. Forest Service limits the number of hikers and ...