Every now and again, typically in June, a message in the group chat with my sisters pops up with details that there is a Groupon for a weekday rafting trip ...

The "loco" raft powering through whitewater near Wapinitia Rapids on the Lower Deschutes River, July 8, 2023. Dan Evans / OPB. On a hot July day in Maupin, two dozen rafters in borrowed life vests ...

A young and fun-loving crowd migrates to Central Oregon to raft the sun-drenched Deschutes River, ... our group was on the river around 9 a.m. with guides from All Star Rafting in Maupin.

But Maupin isn’t much farther from Portland than Eugene is, and The Dalles is less than an hour away. Craig Engels, reigning U.S. men’s outdoor champion in the 1,500, has been over to take a look.

MAUPIN, Ore. (AP) - A pair of wildfires in Central Oregon prompted fire officials to close a stretch of the lower Deschutes River to rafting and other activities. The Central Oregon Interagency ...

Maupin’s publicly owned fiber-optic network has made COVID-19 challenges more manageable and could accelerate the exodus of workers from cities. Lynne Ewing, mayor of the 430-resident town of Maupin, ...