City fee increases proposed in Bend
Some of the proposed fee increases, in the planning and building departments, touch double digits. Liam Gibler breaks them…
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Attendees come out for open paddle on the Deschutes as second annual Bend Yoga Festival begins
The second annual Bend Yoga Festival got underway Thursday at Riverbend Park, featuring dozens of presenters and an expanded variety of activities…
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Salute to Seniors: For Mountain View High’s Class of 2023, ‘grit’ was key to overcoming challenges
In our next Salute to Seniors segment, NewsChannel 21’s Carly Keenan meets with students and staff of Mountain View High School to reflect on the 300…
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LGBTQ COCC students protest choice of Rep. Chavez-DeRemer as commencement speaker
A group of LGBTQ Central Oregon Community College students are protesting the selection of Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as this year’s commencement…
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Armed man who called hotline, threatened to harm self, others surrenders, ending closure of Phil’s Trailhead
An armed 33-year-old Canby man who contacted a national hotline and threatened harm to himself and others surrendered and was taken into custody…
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Venardos Circus rolls back into Redmond for 9 days of ‘Let’s Build a Dream’ shows under a new, larger tent
The Venardos Circus and its “Let’s Build a Dream” tour has again made its way to Redmond for a nine-day run at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds.…
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Sheriff Nelson wins 2-1 commission support for strict code to ban most homeless camping on Deschutes County land
Deschutes County commissioners heard from Sheriff Shane Nelson at Wednesday’s meeting about why he’s proposing strict new county code that would bar…
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Crook County schools superintendent plans to leave, in wake of voters’ ouster of 3 school board incumbents
After leading the Crook County School District as its superintendent for the past five years, Dr. Sara Johnson announced Wednesday that she plans to…
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La Pine driver cited after he falls asleep, car plows into temporary library building; no injuries reported
A 52-year-old La Pine man was not injured but was cited after he apparently fell asleep at the wheel and crashed his car well into the temporary home…
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Warm Springs fire crews, task force stop two grass fires after road closures, K-8 Academy evacuation
Warm Springs firefighters, assisted by a Jefferson County structural protection task force, stopped two grass fires that broke out Tuesday afternoon…
Continue ReadingSee the numbers through the smoke: DEQ tracks how wildfire has worsened High Desert air quality in recent years
A look out the window or a walk through a park or neighborhood on many smoky summer days in recent years tell Central Oregonians what the latest data…
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Bend Park & Rec Board approves 2-year, $430K contract for private security patrols in parks
The Bend Park & Recreation District Board on Tuesday evening unanimously agreed to authorize Executive Director Don Horton to negotiate and award a…
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Bend Police Department installing dash, in-patrol car camera systems, following up on body-worn camera project
The Bend Police Department said Tuesday it is having Axon fleet cameras installed in all of patrol cars this month, the second phase of its body-worn…
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City of Bend dismantles, removes two-story structure homeless man built on NE Mary Rose Place
A two-story structure a homeless man recently built on wheels along a busy northeast Bend street, drawing scrutiny and criticism, was dismantled by…
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DCSO seeks public’s help to find burglar who hit Ferguson’s Market in Terrebonne; store releases security video
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies sought help from the public Tuesday to find an apparently armed burglar who broke into Ferguson’s Market in…
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ODF C. Oregon District to enter fire season Friday; debris burning, fireworks banned on state-protected land
With nearly two-dozen wildfires tackled already this year — about half of them escaped debris burns — fire season on all lands protected by the…
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Gathering at COCC tackles tough issue: How to make more workforce housing happen in region
About 75 people from more than four-dozen organizations gathered at COCC Tuesday for a “Workforce Housing Solution Summit,” discussing ways to…
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Want to own a 200-pound piece of Mt. Bachelor history? Take a chair — for only $500
How would you like your very own 7-foot-tall, 200-pound piece of Mt. Bachelor history that you can sit on, decorate, do whatever you want with –…
Continue ReadingPlanning for SE Bend’s long-awaited Reed Market Road railroad overpass gets $1 million-plus federal boost
The Biden administration announced Monday it is handing out more than $570 million in grants to help eliminate railroad crossings in 32 states, just…
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Salute to Seniors: A look at Sisters High’s active, close-knit Class of 2023
Tonight, our Salute to Seniors series introduces us to the close-knit Sisters High Class of 2023, which one student describes as a “very diverse…
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