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Bend-Redmond hourly wages 6% below US average, but health care field fares better
Workers in the Bend-Redmond metro area (defined as all of Deschutes County had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.39 in May 2020, 6 percent below…
Continue ReadingWorkers in the Bend-Redmond metro area (defined as all of Deschutes County had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.39 in May 2020, 6 percent below…
Continue ReadingThe Office of Oregon State Fire Marshal has sent fire crews from elsewhere in the state to Central Oregon to serve as backup due to the high wildfire…
Continue ReadingA scheduled homeless campsite cleanup and removal Wednesday on Bend’s Northeast Emerson Avenue included some times of tension between police and…
Continue ReadingBlue River’s Kennedy Swann can probably take your money on the golf…
Continue ReadingA Vallejo, California man was arrested on numerous charges Sunday night at a Redmond motel, accused of kidnapping his former girlfriend at her…
Continue ReadingVisitors to the Deschutes National Forest can now purchase day-use passes online at Recreation.gov, via a mobile device at the site or in…
Continue ReadingThunderstorms rumbled and flashed their way through the High Desert Monday evening, sparking over a dozen new wildfires that crews rushed to catch…
Continue ReadingThree unoccupied RVs were destroyed by separate fires at dispersed campsites on BLM lands near La Pine on Sunday, spreading to nearby wildland, and…
Continue ReadingThe Central Oregon Landcruisers organized a volunteer cleanup Saturday of trash and items left behind along China Hat Road south of…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue helped an injured mountain bike rider from Eugene make it back to the Phil’s Trailhead parking lot…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Redmond Police Department requested the public’s help Friday in identifying a suspect in several…
Continue ReadingHere is the Deschutes County road construction update for the week of June…
Continue ReadingSouth Deschutes County residents are invited to apply for an open seat on the Deschutes County Planning…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes County Planning Commission is convening an expert panel next week to discuss Deschutes County’s hemp industry. Commissioners asked…
Continue ReadingAn Ontario man was killed Wednesday night when his SUV crossed the center line of Highway 20E west of Hampton and collided head-on with a semi-truck,…
Continue ReadingDrug agents arrested a northeast Bend couple and conducted a pair of raids Wednesday on their home and large commercial warehouse in the Spring River…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County could once again become eligible to receive marijuana tax revenue under a bill passed Tuesday by the Oregon House.…
Continue ReadingWorld Elder Abuse Awareness Day was created to help the public flag abusive behavior toward seniors and watch for signs elders may be getting taken…
Continue ReadingRain and wind (and a bird) at the Madras Airport were not enough to slow down Dan Horne en route to setting a single-day state skydiving…
Continue ReadingTuesday’s rainfall prompts cancellation of live-fire training for new firefighters south of…
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