Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Sunday evening she’s considering shutting down bars and restaurants in the state as public health officials announced that three more people have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the state to 39.
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A Bend family of five was heading to La Pine on Finley Butte Road Saturday evening when their four-wheel-drive Jeep Wrangler got stuck in the snow in Lake County, prompting a rescue effort by Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue.
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Since Gov. Kate Brown announced the closure of all K-12 schools until the end of March, an educator in the Redmond School District decided to bring the classroom to students’ homes.
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Places of worship hosting sermons online until further notice
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday called for all bars, wineries, nightclubs and brewpubs to close in the nation’s most populous state and urged seniors and people with chronic conditions to isolate themselves at home in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
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Volunteer coordinator Ryan Olufson says they need community’s help
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Closure through March 27 includes the Bend Factory Stores Nike outlet; Columbia Sportswear, also with store at the location, is closing for the same period.
Continue ReadingMt. Hood Meadows is reporting 6 new inches of snow, while Timberline has added 3 new inches. Both resorts said they are closing for the coming week. Mt. Bachelor, which also is closing, recorded 6 new inches of snow, and Willamette Pass added 1 inch. Meadows, Timberline and Bachelor will be closed for at least the upcoming week due
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Happy Sunday, Central Oregon! More snow today and its likely we could see some more showers push through the region this evening. We are also looking at breezy conditions from time to time out of the northwest this evening at 10-15 MPH, with gusts up around 20 MPH. There is also the potential we could
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Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel on Sunday vowed “zero tolerance” of COVID-19-related price gouging and urged anyone who experiences excessive prices to call a state hotline.
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The Oregon Health Authority on Sunday announced three new cases of the novel coronavirus, including one in Deschutes County and a staff member at a Lebanon veterans home where nine residents have tested positive.
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A Madras fugitive who police said had vowed to “shoot it out” with officers to avoid going back to prison was arrested without incident Sunday afternoon at a home southeast of Madras, Jefferson County Undersheriff Marc Heckathorn said.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Public health officials in the Seattle area are reporting two more COVID-19 deaths, bring the total statewide to at least 42. Both additional deaths were residents of the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the suburban nursing home that has been the center of the outbreak in the hard-hit region. They were a
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Happy Sunday, Central Oregon! We are going to continue to see winter conditions throughout much of today. We have a winter weather advisory in place for the tri-county region. That is going to be in place at least until tonight at 5 p.m., as we are looking at the possibility for snow showers to continue off and on
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Larry Thomas, the actor who played the ‘Soup Nazi’ on ‘Seinfeld,’ was in Bend on Saturday to help a new restaurant, Chomp Chomp, celebrate its grand opening.
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Mt. Bachelor announced late Saturday that it will suspend all operations for the coming week “for the safety of our staff, our guests and our community.”
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State Rep. Cheri Helt, R-Bend, said Saturday that lawmakers should move quickly to combat the economic hardships facing Oregon families and businesses due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, by refunding excess state revenue in immediate “kicker” checks, rather than a tax credit.
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Henry Mensing of Bend is one of millions of people living under quarantine in Italy due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Nearly all of The Giving Plate’s volunteers on weekdays are senior citizens. If the nonprofit Bend food bank runs out of volunteers, it could turn to the National Guard for help.
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