Bend restaurant enacts new policy requiring workers to get vaccinated
Sunriver Brewing Company, which operates brewpubs in Bend, Sunriver and Eugene, is requiring all staff to get COVID-19 vaccinations by Oct. 15.
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Looking up: Sunriver Nature Center and Observatory adds telescopes, exhibit space
Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory is just one week away from completing a $500,000 observatory expansion.
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After humble beginnings, Oregon’s Dutch Bros launches IPO
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — After humble beginnings as a pushcart operation by an Oregon town’s railroad tracks, Dutch Bros Coffee has launched an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Dutch Bros Coffee Executive Chairman Travis Boersma was on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for
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Better Business Bureau announces Oregon Torch Awards for Ethics finalists
Better Business Bureau Great West + Pacific (BBBGWP), which serves more than 20 million consumers in Alaska, Central Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Western Wyoming, released Tuesday its 2021 BBB Torch Awards for Ethics Finalists, highlighting businesses and charities that are recognized as trustworthy community role models.
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EDCO announces 8 Bend Venture Conference Early Stage semi-finalist companies
Economic Development for Central Oregon announced Tuesday the eight finalist companies advancing in the Early Stage competition for the 18th annual Bend Venture Conference, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, Oct. 21-22. This group of companies is one step closer to presenting at BVC.
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Oregon adds 7,900 jobs; unemployment rate falls below 5% for first time since March 2020
Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.9% in August from 5.2% in July, the state Employment Department reported Tuesday. It’s the first time Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped below 5% since March 2020, when the rate was 3.6%.
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City of Bend plans to develop Public Works Campus at Juniper Ridge; info session set
The city of Bend said Thursday it is beginning to plan for the development of a new Public Works Campus on city-owned property in Juniper Ridge.
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‘Redmond Taco & Margarita Festival,’ facing criticism, postponed until next year amid vendor, other issues
The Redmond Taco & Margarita Festival, planned for Sept. 25 at the Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center, has been postponed until next year due to vendor, staffing and other issues that had prompted warnings and complaints from attendees at previous stops, the fairgrounds manager said Wednesday after speaking with event organizers.
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Recently soaring Bend, Redmond home prices are now ‘stabilizing,’ appraiser says
Here’s a word not heard often about Central Oregon’s sizzling real estate market for some time – “stabilizing.”
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Study for Oregon’s forest industry tallies nearly $6 billion in losses from 2020 Labor Day wildfires
Oregon’s forest-dependent businesses and industries suffered an estimated $5.9 billion in economic losses as a result of the Labor Day wildfires that one year ago burned more than a million acres across the western part of the state, a newly released study commissioned by the Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI) concludes.
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Pho noodle shortage affecting C.O. restaurants and food supply stores
A shortage of Banh Pho noodles across the West Coast is causing concern for one Redmond restaurant.
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‘Hardhat in Hand’: COCC partners with Facebook, Fortis Construction for training program
A new partnership between Central Oregon Community College, Facebook and Fortis Construction will provide hands-on paid training aimed at developing skilled labor for the data center construction industry.
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C.O. Association of Realtors announce 2021 ‘Building a Better Central Oregon’ awards
The Central Oregon Association of REALTORS® announced Wednesday it has selected the 2021 Building a Better Central Oregon awards.
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Emergency animal hospital in Bend will soon return to 24/7 hours on weekends
Owners of an emergency vet clinic in Bend say people can rest easy, knowing there’s a place to bring their pets at any time of day — or night.
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‘We are one community’: Bend restaurant reserves honorary table ‘for the fallen’ 13 in Afghanistan
There’s an open table with 13 reserved seats and 13 beers on it at Bend Burger Company on Northeast Third Street.
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Bend’s Sparrow Bakery closing original Scott Street location
Bend’s Sparrow Bakery announced it is closing its original SE Scott Street location, due to severe hiring and staffing challenges, but will keep its NW Crossing location open.
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NE Bend doctor’s office hit by three incidents of flag, sign vandalism
Bend pediatrician Dr. Erika Beard-Irvine is looking for answers after her office was vandalized three times last week.
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Bentz applauds opening of Coronavirus Food Assistance Program to grass seed producers
Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario) on Friday applauded the decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to update the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP-2), which added growers of Kentucky bluegrass seed to the list of eligible recipients under the program.
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Deschutes named ‘official craft beer of the Pac-12’
As the Pac-12 Conference welcomes back college football, fans have something else to celebrate to kick off the new season. Deschutes and the Pac-12 announced Friday an exclusive partnership, naming Deschutes as the Official Craft Beer of the Pac-12 Conference.
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Mt. Bachelor going green with planned new biomass facility
Mt. Bachelor plans to take strides toward green energy by partnering with Wisewood Energy to create a biomass facility north of the West Village Lodge. The fuel will come from slashing and clearing wood in the nearby forest.
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