Oregon officials prep for ‘challenging’ fire season amid worst drought in over a century
Resilience, determination, and perseverance. That’s the expectation Oregon fire officials set for this year’s wildfire…
Continue ReadingResilience, determination, and perseverance. That’s the expectation Oregon fire officials set for this year’s wildfire…
Continue ReadingA five-vehicle injury crash partially closed the Bend Parkway for about an hour late Thursday afternoon and sent two people to the hospital, police…
Continue ReadingA resident of a northeast Bend homeless camp was arrested on assault and other charges after using a BB gun to shoot a fellow resident several times,…
Continue ReadingSurveillance video and a stolen credit card purchase led Bend police to a Clackamas County pair who were arrested, accused of stealing a pickup…
Continue ReadingMuch like Bend’s forests change with the seasons, its tourism industry continues to evolve. That’s the thought behind a new grant fund devoting…
Continue ReadingThe Bend City Council, meeting in person for the first time in over a year due to the pandemic, were briefed on and wrestled with efforts to address…
Continue ReadingA U.S. Postal Service mail carrier had a scare on Tuesday, when his delivery truck was engulfed in…
Continue ReadingFour St. Charles Health System nurses have been honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses®, recognizing the outstanding, compassionate…
Continue ReadingCharting new territory in its geographical information systems (GIS) program, Central Oregon Community College will this fall begin offering a new…
Continue ReadingThe 2020 Olympics in Tokyo were postponed a year, due to the pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped Bend’s Mel Lawrence from training hard, in hopes of…
Continue ReadingHomeless camps have become a more common sight throughout Bend, as related issues gain greater…
Continue ReadingA small brush fire broke out along railroad tracks near the Bend Parkway and Empire Avenue Tuesday afternoon, prompting closure of the northbound…
Continue ReadingLiving in Central Oregon comes with being neighbors to a variety wildlife. Southwest Bend resident Joe Hull posted on a Facebook page Saturday a…
Continue ReadingA year after the Warm Springs Tribal Police Department’s roughly half-century-old jail was closed, amid COVID and other issues, the U.S. Interior…
Continue ReadingAfter several months of warmer and drier than average weather, Bend had a pretty average May, the National Weather Service reported…
Continue ReadingThings were still a bit different, due to COVID-19. but several traditional gatherings still took place across the High Desert on Monday to mark…
Continue ReadingThe Memorial Day holiday weekend brought lots of air travelers back to the Redmond Airport — the heaviest traffic since the pandemic began — and…
Continue ReadingA Bend man was arrested on numerous charges Saturday after a crime spree that allegedly began in Bend, continued to Redmond and ended in Crook…
Continue Reading“The Office” is a new five-food cart pod by Silver Moon Brewing on Greenwood Avenue in Bend, featuring food from Sicilian pizza to…
Continue ReadingA La Pine man died Saturday night after his pickup truck left the end of Bridge Drive, hit a fence and landed on its side in the Little Deschutes…
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