Redmond-based Stratos Aircraft completed the first test flight of its new 716X prototype jet on July 2. The new jet is a VLJ (Very Light Jet) designed to comfortably seat six people to support personal, business, and air taxi use.
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The La Pine Park & Recreation District says its new baseball fields at Finley Butte Park have been vandalized for the third time this month, and urge anyone with information to call the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.
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Participants in a 3-week cross-country Memorial Torch Motorcycle Ride, organized each year by the group Tribute to Fallen Soldiers NorthWest, made a stop in Bend on Monday. Learn more at: https://www.tributetofallensoldiers.com/
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A small brush fire Monday afternoon put up a plume of black smoke south of Trader Joe’s on Bend’s north end, closing the southbound Bend Parkway for a time. Officials said it was caused by a transient smoking in the area.
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Gentle breezes will stay with us this Monday night, then turn light and variable after midnight.
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In the aftermath of the death of George Floyd in police custody, the state of Oregon has released the names of over 1,700 officers whose transgressions over the past 50 years were so serious that they were banned from working in law enforcement in the state.
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Oregonians now have the choice to get a Real ID the next time they renew their driver’s license or ID card.
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COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 237, along with 280 new cases and two new workplace outbreaks in Eastern Oregon, a snack processing plant and state prison, the Oregon Health Authority said Monday.
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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Monday joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop a new federal rule that they said threatens to bar hundreds of thousands of international students from studying in the United States.
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The Oregon Department of Transportation said Monday its July revenue forecast reflects the financial losses the State Highway Fund has sustained due to the COVID-19-related economic downturn.
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(Adding U.S. attorney’s statement) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service is investigating after a protester was hospitalized in critical condition over the weekend after being hit in the head by a non-lethal round fired by a federal law enforcement officer, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said. In a statement late Sunday, Wheeler said that
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In a bid to halt a surge in COVID-19 cases across Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown took two major steps Monday, banning most indoor gatherings of more than 10 people and extending the face covering requirement to outdoor spaces where physical distance cannot be kept.
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An Oregon Army National Guard soldier from Bend said that after watching so many videos on social media of soldiers coming home to happily surprise their families, he wanted to do the same thing — and he did, surprising his mom for a happy homecoming over the weekend.
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The pleasant conditions we saw over the weekend are likely to extend through the next several days.
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Here’s the ODOT Region 4 weekly construction update for the week of July 13.
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Pine Mountain Buffalo Ranch in Bend, a participant in the Bend Farmers Market each Wednesday, is also offering fresh products in a market held on Sundays at the ranch.
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Redmond veteran Scott Martin plans to ride his motorcycle nearly 3,000 miles to Rochester, N.Y., raising funds for a nonprofit called Mission 22 that focuses on the issue of an average of 22 veterans committing suicide each day. You can learn more or donate at https://mission22.networkforgood.com/projects/94768-sandy-creek-warrior-ride and https://sandycreekmanor.com/warrior/.
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About 100 cars and drivers gathered for a special meet in Redmond on Saturday evening in memory of a Terrebonne man killed in a crash last week.
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Two men died at an apartment building housewarming party in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue after a male relative of the host stabbed her and two other people, and one of the stabbing victims – a Bend, Oregon man — fatally shot him, police said Sunday.
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Happy Monday, Central Oregon! We will climb back into the low 80s, staying a few degrees above average, but that will go along with mostly clear skies and calmer winds. Sustained northwesterly winds Monday and Tuesday will remain between 5-11 mph. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we climb into the high 80s, with Wednesday expecting to
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