Bend’s new mayor, city councilors sworn in
New Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler and new City Councilors Ariel Mendez and Mike Riley were sworn in at Wednesday evening’s annual meeting. Here’s the new…
Continue ReadingNew Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler and new City Councilors Ariel Mendez and Mike Riley were sworn in at Wednesday evening’s annual meeting. Here’s the new…
Continue ReadingOregon continues to face new and enduring hazards related to climate change, but opportunities for adaptation and mitigation are also expanding, the…
Continue ReadingThe Jefferson County Forestland Classification Committee will meet Friday, January 6 at 1 p.m. at the Jefferson County Fire Station, 65 S.…
Continue ReadingTwo long-time Bend residents with familiar names and faces, one a former Bend city councilor, were appointed to vacant positions on the Bend Park and…
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a former teacher in Vancouver, Washington, concluding that his…
Continue ReadingWorkers and their employers are starting to make payments this week for new Paid Leave Oregon benefits, which won’t become available until this…
Continue ReadingOregon Treasurer Tobias Read announced Tuesday Treasury’s plan to return approximately $10 million in unclaimed funds as part of the “Checks…
Continue ReadingA recent audit from the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office points to “substantial deficits” at the state’s 17 community colleges, ones that…
Continue ReadingIn an effort to address the child care crisis in Central Oregon, NeighborImpact is supporting the expansion of child care services by providing…
Continue ReadingOregon Psilocybin Services has begun accepting applications for licenses for manufacturers, laboratories, service centers and facilitators, the…
Continue ReadingBend veterans activist Dick Tobiason is marking the successful completion of one coast-to-coast honor mission — and as is so often the case,…
Continue ReadingBend-area transportation plannings are is starting the process of deciding on and applying for about $1.2 million in federal infrastructure funds…
Continue Reading Oregon State Parks crews have worked hard to clear hazard trees and downed trees from park entrances and trails this week after a windstorm…
Continue ReadingNewsChannel 21’s Patrick Priest spoke with a woman who organized a successful effort to preserve Worrell Wayside Park in downtown Bend, as it now…
Continue ReadingSeveral important new laws passed by the Oregon Legislature will take effect on New Year’s Day, Senate Democrats said Friday, releasing a list of…
Continue ReadingA new Oregon Health Authority report highlights the implementation of House Bill 3076, a law the Oregon Legislature enacted in 2019 that requires a…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Supreme Court ruled Friday that the requirement of unanimous jury verdicts in serious criminal cases applies to older cases, as well as…
Continue ReadingConstruction on a sewer improvement project will close a stretch of Southeast Ferguson Road to eastbound traffic starting next Tuesday, the city of…
Continue ReadingThe city of Bend is offering a free indoor water conservation kit, a timely effort to help homeowners conserve water at a time of year when it could…
Continue ReadingThe Bend City Council recently approved a revised master plan for the Gateway North development, which will include a relocated, larger Costco and…
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