One more fair day
A dominant westerly and SW flow will keep some smoke in the air today and an air quality alert in place until noon Saturday.
Continue ReadingMonth: October 2020
World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize for fight against ‘hunger as weapon of war’
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the World Food Programme for its “efforts to combat hunger” and its “contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas.”
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Firebusters 2020, Day 5: Fire safety
We wrap up Firebusters week for this year with a set of important safety reminders, including: Fire is a tool for adults, and not a toy.
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Furry Friends: Bow is sweet Airedale terrier
Bow is a very sweet 7-year-old Airedale terrier, just arrived and waiting for a new home at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center.
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Lacrosse returns to High Desert with coronavirus restrictions
Lacrosse players took the field in Bend Thursday night for the first time since mid-March. Thanks to the pandemic, their spring and summer seasons were canceled. That left all the high school upperclassmen without a way to showcase their talents, until now.
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DCSO, volunteers lift 100s of pounds of trash, wood from cave
Deschutes County sheriff’s corrections deputies and volunteers from the Oregon High Desert Grotto rappelled into a cave on Wednesday and used a pulley system to remove hundreds of pounds of trash and wood.
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Bend Regal Cinemas closure also hurts neighbors
The renewed closure of Regal Cinemas, including the one in Bend’s Old Mill, also affects neighboring businesses that rely on the foot traffic for much of their business.
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Avid Cider donates funds, water in wildfires’ wake
Bend’s Avid Cider is raising funds to assist wildfire victims and also donating canned water for fire crews.
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Deschutes County Jail inmates offered flu shots
A state-funded flu shot clinic was offered Thursday for Deschutes County Jail inmates who wished to have one.
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Sen. Wyden weighs in on VP debate
Also discusses weekend rallies in Bend.
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Out & About: Fall in all its glory
Magnificent pictures of autumn.
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Big Ol’ Fish: Teamwork this week
The solo anglers did well too.
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Prescribed burn planned Friday near Big Summit Prairie
If conditions remain favorable, firefighters plan a 28-acre “jackpot” prescribed burn about a mile south of Big Summit Prairie, near Big Springs Campgrounds east of Prineville on Friday, the Ochoco National Forest announced.
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Raids on 3 Bend massage businesses put spotlight on issue of sex trafficking
Bend police and FBI raids this week at three massage businesses amid complaints of possible sex trafficking have brought renewed attention to an issue that has been in the spotlight frequently in recent years.
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Oregon Health Authority reports record 484 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths
COVID-19 has claimed 11 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 594, along with a record 484 cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.
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Bend’s median home sales price jumps $17K to record $547,000 in September
The Bend area’s median home sales price soared $17,000 to a record $547,000 last month as high-end sales grew to be a larger part of the region’s hot real estate market.
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Corvallis nursery finds dead spotted lanternfly, first sign of destructive pest in Oregon
A dead spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula, has been found in a shipment of planters and ceramic pots sent to Oregon from Pennsylvania, prompting concern about the invasive pest’s potential arrival and destructive impacts.
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ODF reminder: Fire season still in effect on state-protected lands in C.O.
Fire season in the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District remains in effect across private ownership, as well as state and municipal lands, the agency reminded Thursday.
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Bend-La Pine School board seeks public input for superintendent search
The Bend-La Pine Schools’ Board of Directors invites community members to share thoughts about attributes and qualities they would like to see in a new superintendent through an online survey, open through Wednesday, Oct. 21.
Continue ReadingBend residents invited to talk on ‘Building Equity through Housing’
Bend residents are invited to attend a virtual public meeting with the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14, to learn about Fair Housing Laws and provide input on what affordable housing solutions could ease “rent burden” in Bend.
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