Zoom City: Bend’s median home price hits $529K amid hot C.O. real estate market
As more of America’s professionals have shifted to working from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many from different regions are deciding to call…
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Bend considers ‘micro-units’ and ‘smaller dwelling units’ to meet 2021 housing goals
The city of Bend is working on updating the development code to expand housing types in residential zones, in part due to new requirements enacted by…
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ODF seeks tips to find who started Fir Mountain Fire south of Hood River
The Oregon Department of Forestry said Monday it is seeking information related to finding the person responsible for starting the Fir Mountain Fire…
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Brush fire in subdivision SE of Prineville stopped at 1 1/2 acres
A brush fire in a subdivision southeast of Prineville burned about 1 ½ acres across at least three properties Monday afternoon and caused minor…
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Clergy: Policing in Bend must not be ‘business as usual’ under new chief
Several Bend clergy said Monday they have published an open letter expressing concern over the process that led to the hiring of Portland Assistant…
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Oregon lawmakers talk police reform, other bills as special session begins
Oregon lawmakers discussed unemployment benefits and police reform bills Monday as they returned to the Capitol for a special session that was…
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Erika McCalpine to lead new OSU-Cascades Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lab
Oregon State University–Cascades announced Monday it is launching a new laboratory dedicated to advancing social equity and inclusion in Central…
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Odell Lake algae health alert lifted
The Oregon Health Authority on Monday lifted the recreational use health advisory is issued on July 22 for Odell Lake in Klamath County due to…
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Oregon reports 1 more COVID-19 death; 227 new cases, lower positive test rate
COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 357, along with 227 new cases, 20 of them in Central Oregon, the…
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Willamette National Forest enacts campfire restrictions amid extreme fire danger
86% of wildfires so far have been human-caused SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (KTVZ) — As of 8 a.m. Monday, campfire restrictions are in effect on the…
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Portland rioters set fires, use mortar; 2 officers hurt
Officials say protesters in Portland launched commercial grade fireworks at police in another night of rioting and even used a mortar in their…
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Tip leads Bend police to downtown stabbing suspect; they later also find victim
Thanks to an observant outlet store worker, a 42-year-old Bend man was arrested Sunday on assault and other charges in the stabbing of a fellow M&J…
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Three arrested in altercation at Prineville Black Lives Matter rally
Three Central Oregon residents were arrested Saturday evening after an altercation during a Black Lives Matter rally at the Crook County Courthouse…
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Driver cited in downtown Bend injury motorcycle crash
A Portland man was cited for driving into the path of a motorcyclist at a downtown Bend intersection Saturday night, prompting the rider to lay the…
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Mt. Bachelor lift operator tests positive for COVID-19; resort restricts operations
A chairlift operator at Mt. Bachelor received a COVID-19-positive test result on Saturday, prompting some resort workers’ precautionary quarantines…
Continue Reading Oregon reports one COVID-19 death, 263 new cases, 13 in Central Oregon
COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 356, along with 263 new cases, 13 in Central Oregon, the Oregon…
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Four human-caused brush fires doused in SE Redmond
Four human-caused brush fires were spotted and extinguished within minutes of each other in an area of southeast Redmond Saturday evening, fire…
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OSP trooper injured, 24 arrests in Portland protests
Protesters in Portland defied police orders to disperse and threw rocks, frozen or hard-boiled eggs and commercial-grade fireworks at officers as…
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Climber survives 240-foot fall at Smith Rock State Park
A 22-year-old climber rappelling down Monkey Face, a familiar feature of Smith Rock State Park, survived a roughly 240-foot fall Saturday afternoon,…
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Deschutes County’s 10th COVID-19 death is seventh at Mt. Bachelor Memory Care
COVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon, including a seventh resident of Bend’s Mt. Bachelor Memory Care, raising the state’s death toll…
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