With much of federal and state lands closed in response to the coronavirus, the Bull Springs Skyline Forest tree farm northwest of Bend has gone from a somewhat secret recreational area to a popular stomping ground. At least, that’s how the land’s property manager described it.
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A Bend fugitive wanted since an April 30 police chase and manhunt had police surrounding his travel trailer, which turned out to be unoccupied, has been captured in the same area, at a transient camp north of Bend, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Saturday.
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One Redmond family isn’t just making sidewalk chalk art, but drawing Disney characters by homes all over the neighborhood.
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The American Association of Poison Control Centers held a Facebook Q&A session Thursday after an uptick in calls about household disinfectants and cleaners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. We spoke to an Oregon Poison Center official about the issues.
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Four people found dead Tuesday in a Sweet Home residence destroyed by fire were either shot or stabbed before it was intentionally set ablaze, police said.
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A human-caused wildfire burned more than 900 acres on the John Day River in north-central Oregon, but crews expected to have it contained Thursday evening, officials said.
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COVID-19 may have canceled most of the major sports leagues across the country, but the Bend Elks baseball club still hopes their season is a go.
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Great catch…keep em coming. We’ll take drawings of fish too!
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Many great photographs of Central Oregon’s iconic places and animals too!
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Bend mayor Sally Russell and Redmond mayor George Endicott said in a virtual meeting Thursday they are waiting for Governor Kate Brown’s finalized framework plan before they decide on how to reopen Bend and Redmond.
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Many Central Oregon businesses are having trouble getting federal assistance amid lengthy business closures, and one in Bend is now requesting and getting help from the community in what’s become a familiar path in recent years: a GoFundMe page.
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The Madras High School Class of 2020 will be celebrated by its community and all those passing through with personalized banners hanging from city street light poles beginning May 25th.
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Volunteers from South County Gardening club in La Pine are building a “Victory Garden” at the La Pine Senior Activity Center to help provide free produce to people in need.
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Bend’s second Chipotle is scheduled to open this summer. The new restaurant, with a drive-thru, is located on the north side of Bend near Robal Road and Highway 97, not far from Cracker Barrel and Chick-Fil-A, among other businesses.Â
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We will see some gradual clearing Thursday night as lows dip into the 30s and northerly breezes back off to 5-10 mph.
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Oregon is planning to allow its famed microbreweries and wine tasting rooms to reopen when it starts loosening stay-home orders, rejecting a federal recommendation that bars remain closed.
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A Bend man has been arrested on aggravated assault and other charges, accused of seriously injuring a 15-week-old boy who was brought to St. Charles Bend last week, police said Thursday.
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Two environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit over elements of a large Ochoco National Forest thinning and vegetation management project, claiming it would build too many roads, allow logging by streams and fail to identify and protect elk habitat.
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The cities of Bend and Redmond, working with the two cities’ chambers, held listening sessions with business sectors for feedback on what’s needed for reopening plans.
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COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 103, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.
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