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Oregon COVID-19 update: Care facility visitor limits, testing details
Oregon officials have issued directed policies for long-term care facilities to restrict visitors in order to limit exposure to COVID-19; they also…
Continue ReadingOregon officials have issued directed policies for long-term care facilities to restrict visitors in order to limit exposure to COVID-19; they also…
Continue ReadingFollowing an out-of-control field burn in Tumalo last week that spread to about three acres, a community member expressed concern about how long it…
Continue ReadingThe candidate field is all set for Oregon’s May 19 primary, and the most crowded race by far is the 18 candidates seeking to succeed retiring 2nd…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is now offering the Blue Line Safety Zone in Sisters, a clearly marked and well-lit location to use for various…
Continue ReadingA report of vehicle break-ins in southeast Bend early Tuesday morning led to a traffic stop and arrest of 21-year-old Bend man, as well as the arrest…
Continue ReadingIn an end run around Republican legislators, Oregon’s Democratic governor ordered the state on Tuesday to lower greenhouse gas emissions,…
Continue ReadingA smoking rubber belt in an elevator at the St. Charles Bend Heart and Lung Center Tuesday morning prompted a “Code Red” fire alarm and brief…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Health Authority announced Tuesday Multnomah County’s first presumptive positive case of COVID-19. The new case brings Oregon’s total…
Continue ReadingSome restaurants in Bend are taking a financial hit because fewer people are eating out, largely out of fear of catching COVID-19, and some are…
Continue ReadingRevised 2019 Central Oregon employment data shows the region’s job growth was notably slower than first estimated, though unemployment rates remain…
Continue ReadingCrook County School District Board members on Monday night selected the name Steins Pillar Elementary for the new elementary adventure theme school…
Continue ReadingA stretch of Obsidian Avenue will be closed for nearly three months this spring and summer for a right-of-way improvement project, an excavation…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon public health officials offered updated guidance Monday for individuals with questions about testing for…
Continue ReadingA Bend woman who police said was driving erratically near the St. Charles Bend ER early Monday morning was pursued on Highway 20 east of Bend,…
Continue ReadingA Metolius woman escaped unhurt when a fire damaged her home Monday afternoon, but two dogs needed a bit of oxygen after firefighters rescued them…
Continue ReadingAs Democratic Gov. Kate Brown finalizes an executive order to cut Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions, a panel of state lawmakers on Monday allocated…
Continue ReadingA Smith Rock climber was taken to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after falling about 20 feet late Sunday afternoon,…
Continue ReadingSen. Jeff Merkley on Monday announced the expansion of a pilot program that will allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in…
Continue ReadingA man staying with family east of Bend who returned from Thailand in February on a flight full of coughing passengers said he learned Monday from…
Continue ReadingFor the second time in his political career on the Bend City Council, Bruce Abernethy announced Sunday night he will step down and not seek another…
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