Every year in September, the iconic Pendleton Round-Up draws thousands of visitors to the small city in eastern Oregon. You’ll find people who travel from town to town, making their living bull riding ...

Pendleton Rodeo has been full of fast and furious competitors during three days of slack. Slack is the overflow of competitors that compete early because 500 riders can’t all compete in one night or ...

At most times of the year Pendleton is a sleepy place known for wool and whiskey. For one week each September, however, the town in eastern Oregon, with a population of just 17,000, hosts more than 50 ...

Toni Minthorn, right, rides with Pendleton Round-Up Princess Ashley Moore and her friend Callie Hobson on Sept. 1, 2016, at the Pendleton Round-Up Grounds. PENDLETON — “My job is to get in your head, ...

Jacek Frost claimed the first-day lead in bareback riding at the Pendleton Round-Up on Wednesday, as he seeks his sixth outright title in the event this season. The Browns Valley, Calif., native has ...

The venerable nonprofit was planning its biggest Round-Up celebration, a culmination of six years of outreach and community building. But McKenzie, a member of the Urban League’s Young Professionals ...

Pendleton, Oregon, is known for its Western heritage, classic charm, and, most importantly, one of the most talked-about rodeos of the year. With a population of roughly 17,000 residents, every year ...

There’s a huge transformation that happens every year at the Pendleton Convention Center. It comes during the annual Pendleton Round-Up, the four-day rodeo and celebration of Western heritage that ...

Loralee McKoen competes in the breakaway roping event at the Pendleton Round-Up in 2023. PENDLETON — In the sport of breakaway roping, just tenths of a second can make a difference in the standings.

At 1:15 p.m. Sept. 15, 2021, a loud boom signaled the start of the rodeo in the Pendleton Round-Up arena. Round-Up Princess Kayla Fossek entered on a sorrel horse wearing red leather chaps and ...

The Pendleton Round-Up, a rodeo for the cowboys. All week long there was one thing that was continuously said by contestants, “this rodeo is for the cowboys”. With that being said, cowboys and ...