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SE Bend brush fire stopped at half-acre; 3 nearby homes put on alert
A small, human-caused brush fire in southeast Bend was stopped at about a half-acre Wednesday evening after prompting authorities to put a few nearby…
Continue ReadingA small, human-caused brush fire in southeast Bend was stopped at about a half-acre Wednesday evening after prompting authorities to put a few nearby…
Continue ReadingThe 80th Sisters Rodeo was canceled this year, for a second year, due to rising COVID-19 cases and event restrictions, but the 46th annual Sisters…
Continue ReadingMost people are not willing to go skydiving once in their entire lives, but a Bend man plans on completing more than 40 dives in a single day, to set…
Continue ReadingA global computer chip shortage is having far-reaching impacts, including on the High Desert, where customers for certain in-demand vehicles might…
Continue ReadingThere are nine new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including three from Central Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,558, the Oregon…
Continue ReadingDerrick Malone Jr. certainly is not the first athlete to struggle with depression or other mental health issues, but he’s trying to be one of the…
Continue ReadingA proposed major West Coast liquified natural gas pipeline and export terminal is officially on pause after state reversals of two of its dredging…
Continue ReadingMosaic Medical, a nonprofit community health center serving Central Oregon, said Wednesday it is now offering free COVID-19 vaccines to all community…
Continue ReadingUS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisers voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend giving Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine to kids as…
Continue ReadingSens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Wednesday that 31 Oregon counties and cities will receive about $12.8 million in federal…
Continue ReadingIn his first budget request to the city’s budget committee, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz is asking for an additional six staff members as part of…
Continue ReadingThere are 16 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,549, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingA 12-year-old Bend boy faces menacing and disorderly conduct charges, accused of pulling out an airsoft replica gun and threatening other juveniles…
Continue ReadingAt Tuesday night’s Bend-La Pine School Board meeting, a committee proposed that Bend Senior High School’s new multi-purpose building be named for…
Continue ReadingThe Little Kits Early Learning Program, a new child care program planned in Bend, is one step closer to becoming a…
Continue ReadingA delayed, shortened high school basketball season finally begins next week in Central Oregon and across the state. But there are some widespread…
Continue ReadingOregon lawmakers have passed a bill that gives tenants who are struggling with financial hardships due to the pandemic more time to pay past-due…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon Community College has announced that its 2021 commencement ceremony will take place on the Bend campus as a drive-thru event,…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown announced vaccination targets Tuesday to more fully reopen Oregon’s economy, setting a 70% statewide goal to reach Oregonians 16 and…
Continue ReadingAAA projects a significant rebound in the number of Americans planning to travel this Memorial Day holiday weekend, with 37 million Americans (11.2%…
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