In January, the City of Bend received a $150,000 Electric Mobility Grant from Pacific Power to provide vouchers for e-bikes. The City partnered with Commute Options to administer the grant.
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The Bend Park & Recreation District’s longtime Executive Director Don Horton has told the board and staff that he plans to retire at the end of September 2024, ending more than two decades at its helm.
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The Bend North Corridor project that will shift the Parkway east and turn the current route into a business extension of Third Street is ahead of schedule, ODOT said Thursday as it noted two more traffic changes next week, including partial opening of the Highway 20-Robal Lane two-lane roundabout.
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The Ochoco National Forest said Thursday it has begun work on the Greater Williams Prairie Restoration Project, a ridgetop-to-valley bottom effort to improve watershed health.
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As the initial estimates of Bend’s proposed transportation fee emerge, at $10 to $15 a month for homeowners, the Bend City Council will hold a roundtable on the topic from 9:30 a.m. to noon next Wednesday at the Pilot Butte Fire Station on 15th Street.
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With fire danger increasing and Red Flag Warnings issued for a large part of Oregon east of the Cascades, the Oregon State Fire Marshal is pre-positioning firefighters and equipment in Central Oregon.
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday it “would like to again warn the citizens of Deschutes County of the recurring warrant scam hitting our area.”
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The first joint meeting in decades between Bend and Redmond city councilors took place Tuesday evening, a generally genial but serious event focused on two major topics: efforts to deal with the homelessness issue and improving Highway 97 safety between the two cities.
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Lightning and low humidities are forecast over the next few days for areas of the Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Region, particularly Eastern Oregon and Washington. These weather conditions bring a potential for new fire starts and increase fire danger in the region.
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek hosted a signing ceremony Wednesday for seven bills passed during the 2023 legislative session to support K-12 public education and child care.
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Following Performance Health Technology’s announcement Wednesday that Oregon Health Plan members are among those affected by a coordinated data hack, the state is urging OHP members to take steps to protect their personal information.
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Bend city councilors on Wednesday evening will discuss creation of a new Council/Mayor Compensation Review Committee, to revisit the usually sticky issue of how much councilors and the mayor should be paid for their duties.
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The Oregon College Savings Plan, a program of the Oregon State Treasury, is celebrating the success of its community outreach programs, Baby Grad and Kinder Grad.
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Lynnea Miller, principal broker at Bend Premier Real Estate, says the city’s new Home Energy Score Program and listing requirement that launched July 1 has caused a real headache for Realtors.
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., along with Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Ore., on Friday reintroduced a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the U.S. Forest Service’s Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program through 2026.
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A Deschutes County Jail lieutenant has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of both a criminal investigation by Oregon State Police and an internal affairs investigation by the sheriff’s office, the agency announced Friday.
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The U.S. Forest Service bans the use of e-bikes on all of its trails, which means its illegal to ride e-bikes on the Bend area’s popular singletrack trails, to the dismay of some and support of others.
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There are currently only two states in the U.S. that don’t allow drivers to pump their own gas – Oregon and New Jersey. At some point in the next week, that number will drop to just one, KGW reported Friday.
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Thursday morning, after the city of Bend’s midnight deadline was upheld by a federal court judge, Hunnell Road was almost completely cleared of the last people who’d camped in the area,
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Housing and Community Services has surpassed its July 2019-’24 Statewide Housing Plan goal to triple the existing pipeline of affordable rental housing up to 25,000 homes after the Oregon Stability Council approved the most recent funding awards on July 7. This accomplishment was realized a year ahead of schedule and marks a significant
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