Split Bend council may send delayed transportation bond measure to Nov. ballot
Much has happened in Bend and to its economy since councilors pulled a May transportation bond measure. Going for a new try in November may not bring…
Continue ReadingMuch has happened in Bend and to its economy since councilors pulled a May transportation bond measure. Going for a new try in November may not bring…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes Public Library Board announced Wednesday evening it plans to send a $195 million bond measure to the November ballot and has voted to…
Continue ReadingThe recently opened Deschutes County Stabilization Center has received a $2.4 million state grant that will allow the facility, a place for people…
Continue ReadingBend Family Dentistry is no stranger in facing a shortage of dental assistants, a key part of their business.…
Continue ReadingAfter his pickup truck broke down, disabled Vietnam veteran Ron Schutte spent Sunday night on the side of Highway 21, near the town of McKenzie…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 247, along with 282 new cases, 15 of them in Central Oregon, the…
Continue ReadingOregon Housing and Community Services on Wednesday announced $75 million in recent Local Innovation and Fast Track (LIFT) Housing Program funding…
Continue ReadingAn argument between two Bend men brought police to a northeast Bend convenience store late Tuesday night after one man allegedly pointed a stolen…
Continue ReadingFirefighters assisted by a helicopter and bulldozer Tuesday stopped and contained a day-old wildfire on the Ochoco National Forest that burned about…
Continue ReadingAfter recent spikes in COVID-19 cases, restaurants in Bend are navigating how to protect both employees and customers after some employees were…
Continue ReadingSome southeast Bend residents say cut-through traffic on Fifth Street has made it dangerous for those who live there, especially children. They say…
Continue ReadingOregon lawmakers on Tuesday approved more than $200 million in COVID-19 relief, as well as $3.5 million to address critical Warm Springs water system…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon — the highest daily count in 2 1/2 months — raising the state’s death toll to 244, along with 380…
Continue ReadingOregon’s unemployment rate fell to 11.2 percent last month as the state has now regained nearly one-third of the jobs lost when the COVID-19 pandemic…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday they are looking for a driver who got out and assaulted a traffic flagger working on a…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams said Monday that a Texas man has been charged with assaulting a U.S. Marshals Service…
Continue ReadingTwo La Pine men were cited Saturday evening on disorderly conduct and other charges after a Bend man taking part in a downtown demonstration…
Continue ReadingAn Oregon Army National Guard soldier from Bend said that after watching so many videos on social media of soldiers coming home to happily surprise…
Continue ReadingIn a bid to halt a surge in COVID-19 cases across Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown took two major steps Monday, banning most indoor gatherings of more than 10…
Continue ReadingA small brush fire Monday afternoon put up a plume of black smoke south of Trader Joe’s on Bend’s north end, closing the southbound Bend Parkway…
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