Deschutes County, Bend officials discuss business reopening plans
With businesses eager to reopen following Governor Kate Brown’s three-phase plan, the challenge businesses face now is how to reopen safely and as…
Continue ReadingWith businesses eager to reopen following Governor Kate Brown’s three-phase plan, the challenge businesses face now is how to reopen safely and as…
Continue ReadingWildfire season is fast approaching, and now the crews that respond to fires will have to follow new social distancing protocols amid the COVID-19…
Continue ReadingA traffic stop on Highway 126 west of Prineville Sunday morning led to the discovery of drugs and a loaded handgun and the arrest of a 35-year-old La…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 130, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingThe Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on Monday identified a Mother’s Day drowning victim at Scout Lake northwest of Sisters as a Redmond woman who…
Continue ReadingA man who accidentally struck himself in the leg with a machete while hiking in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness Area Saturday evening was rescued in a…
Continue ReadingThe city of Bend is one of 330 cities across the United States participating in a study with Biobot Analytics, analyzing wastewater for signs of…
Continue ReadingThe business closures and other economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic could blow a $3 billion hole in Oregon’s current state budget, and that’s…
Continue ReadingSeventeen people at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center have tested positive for COVID-19, the Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System…
Continue ReadingBend man suffering a mental health crisis threatened his parents, shot out a window of the home they shared with a pellet rifle and later fired…
Continue ReadingA Bend man was killed Saturday evening in the crash of his motorcycle near Wickiup Reservoir, west of La Pine, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies…
Continue ReadingA fire caused by an unattended open burn destroyed a shop and damaged a grain silo and wood storage shed southwest of Culver Sunday afternoon,…
Continue ReadingA Washington state man was killed Saturday afternoon when his motorcycle left state Highway 402 in Grant County, went down an embankment and into the…
Continue ReadingThe state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from Saturday and remains at 127, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday — the third time…
Continue ReadingA Bend man spotted driving recklessly left his car and hid in a nearby parked motor home late Saturday afternoon, prompting a 2-hour standoff that…
Continue ReadingFollowing a federal decision to restrict the use of KN95-style respirators for medical use in the U.S., Oregon health and safety officials have…
Continue ReadingSmith Rock State Park, the world-renowned, popular climbing and hiking area, will have a limited, partial reopening next Thursday, officials…
Continue ReadingASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — Twelve more workers at Bornstein Seafoods in Astoria have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the outbreak to 26. The…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Shakespeare Festival, a major tourist draw in southern Oregon, is cancelling its fall season due to the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingDowntown Bend is home to many festivals and fundraisers, but with many of these events canceled because of COVID 19, the Downtown Bend Business…
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