Police declare riot after crowd smashes windows, sets fires in downtown Portland
Portland police declared a riot in downtown Portland after a group of anti-police demonstrators started smashing windows and breaking into…
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Becky Johnson is heading back to Corvallis, this time as OSU’s boss
Dr. Becky Johnson is packing her bags in Bend and heading to Corvallis, a place she is very familiar with. This time, though, she’ll be the…
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Outside review of COCC Campus Public Safety leads to changes
An outside review of the Central Oregon Community College Campus Public Safety Department, during which all officers were placed on paid leave a…
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Angry crowd gathers near scene of fatal police shooting in Portland
An angry crowd gathered Friday at a Portland park after police fatally shot a man while responding to reports of a person with a gun.…
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Bentz introduces his first bill, addressing shortage of seedlings for reforestation
Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) on Thursday introduced his first piece of legislation as a Member of Congress. His bill, H.R.2562, the Solving Our…
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Upper Deschutes Basin Water Study released by Bureau of Reclamation
Collaborative efforts to improve and modernize water management in the Deschutes River Basin have reached another milestone with the finalization and…
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Gov. Brown orders public flags to half-staff in honor of Indianapolis shooting victims
Gov. Kate Brown on Friday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Tuesday, to honor and remember…
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Cascades East Transit to resume Saturday service May 1, remain fareless
Starting May 1, Cascades East Transit will return to providing Saturday services for Bend Fixed Routes and major Community Connector Routes across…
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Winds keep prescribed burn smoke out of Bend, but it streamed into south county
It wasn’t hard to miss Thursday’s 350-acre prescribed burn west of Bend near Phil’s Trailhead. Smoke was expected, though the amount was not fully…
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Legislature roundup: Bills on homeless, racist legacy, bullying, unemployment insurance advance
Here are several news releases received from Salem on Thursday on legislation making its way through the Oregon…
Continue ReadingOSU study: Rural-urban divide compounds racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths
While Black, Hispanic, Latino, Indigenous, Asian and Pacific Islander people are more likely to die of COVID-19 than white people nationwide, a…
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Central Oregonians raising funds to buy garbage truck for homeless camp cleanups
After two cleanup operations by the Oregon Department of Transportation near Murphy Road and Revere Avenue sparked concern, some local organizers…
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Environmental group sues over protections for 20 species
An environmental group filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging the federal government has failed to act on petitions to protect nine different species…
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Prescribed burn west of Bend underway, progressing well, officials say
Deschutes National Forest fuels specialists began a planned, 350-acre prescribed burn west of Bend, in the Phil’s Trail area on Thursday, putting up…
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Deal gives GOP lawmakers more redistricting power to speed up bills
Democrats have agreed to give up an advantage in redrawing the state’s political districts for the next 10 years, in exchange for a commitment from…
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Environmental groups sue to halt post-fire logging in state forest
Seven environmental groups have filed a lawsuit to halt post-fire logging in the Santiam State Forest.…
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Knopp co-sponsors, hails Senate passage of ‘middle housing’ legislation
Sen. Tim Knopp (R-Bend) carried Senate Bill 458 on the Senate floor as it won passage Thursday. Co-sponsored with Sen. Lew Fredrick (D-Portland), the…
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COCC board approves freeze on 2021-22 tuition, fees
The Central Oregon Community College Board of Directors voted unanimously Wednesday evening not to increase tuition or fees for the upcoming 2021-22…
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With fires, temps on the rise, ODF urges C. Oregon burning pause
The Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District said Thursday it’s seen a significant rise in escaped debris and agricultural burns,…
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Occupied RV parked near NE Bend business for over 2 weeks prompts complaint
Andy West, the president of High Desert Trading, says an RV has been parked near his northeast Bend business for over two…
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