Recently soaring Bend, Redmond home prices are now ‘stabilizing,’ appraiser says
Here’s a word not heard often about Central Oregon’s sizzling real estate market for some time –…
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US flag placed atop Bend’s Old Mill smokestacks after 9/11 is still flying high, 20 years later
An American flag that was placed atop one of Bend’s most visible landmarks — the Old Mill smokestacks — shortly after the terrorist attacks on…
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Bend police following OHA guidelines, not requiring Covid-19 vaccinations of officers
Police in Bend, and all of Oregon, may not fall under the statewide health care provider Covid-19 vaccination…
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Sisters spa owner, cleared earlier of abuse, assault charges, indicted after 10 more alleged victims come forward
More than a month after abuse and assault charges were dropped against the owner of Hop in the Spa in downtown Sisters, Michael Boyle has been…
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A.R. Bowman Museum expansion will add rotating exhibits to Prineville’s ‘cultural district’
Prineville’s A.R. Bowman Museum on Main Street has shared the history of Crook County since it first opened in 1971. Now, it’s expanding beyond its…
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Yearly ‘Point in Time’ count of Central Oregon’s homeless finds 13% increase this year
This year, Central Oregon’s annual Point In Time Count, a one-night count of those experiencing homelessness in the region, determined that there…
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Bend Park and Rec Board welcomes new trails ‘action plan’
The Bend Park and Recreation District is reprioritizing trail projects by applying new scoring methodology to projects identified in a comprehensive…
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‘Happy to be back’: As in-person classes resume in Redmond, teacher’s ‘heart is full’
Elementary school students returned to classes Tuesday around the High Desert, and with that special first day back in person coming amid a rise in…
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Smoky skies are slowly becoming a late-summer norm for Bend
If you have only been living in Bend for a few years, you would not be wrong thinking smoky summers are usual, but only recently have the…
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Bend man, a ‘sizable’ meth trafficker, arrested in Hwy. 20 traffic stop, held on $1 million bail
A Bend man and suspected major methamphetamine dealer was arrested on numerous drug charges Monday in a traffic stop on Highway 20 west of Black…
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Crime Stoppers: Madras PD release security photo, seek tips to find truck stop theft suspect
Police released a security-camera image Tuesday as they seek help from the public in identifying and locating a recent theft suspect who they say…
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Bend-area man charged with harassing woman online, seeking to lure ‘teen’ who was officer
A 36-year-old Bend-area man accused of harassing and sending unsolicited nude photos to a Bend woman in recent weeks was arrested Sunday night after…
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Fire that prompted evacuations SE of La Pine believed caused by bowhunting smoker’s carelessness
A wildfire that prompted evacuation of about 20 homes in the Sun Forest Estates subdivision southeast of La Pine on Saturday afternoon apparently was…
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Dense wildfire smoke brings more patients to Redmond urgent care clinic
With thick wildfire smoke shrouding the views across much of Central Oregon, and poor air quality to show for it, many people are being negatively…
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Smith Rock climber injured in 15-foot fall rescued by Deschutes County SAR, partners
A California woman injured in a 15-foot fall while climbing Monday at Smith Rock State Park was rescued in a joint effort by Deschutes County…
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Middle Fork Complex fires mostly to blame for C.O. smoke; containment a challenge
A month-old group of wildfires on the Willamette National Forest that has been sending a thick stream of smoke into Central Oregon shows no sign of…
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Thick C.O. smoke cancels Death Cab For Cutie concert, has impacts on restaurants, others
For the second night in a row, a concert at the Les Schwab Amphitheater was scrubbed on Monday due to thick smoke from the region’s wildfires and…
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C. Oregon’s bout of ‘unhealthy’ smoke continues; Death Cab for Cutie concert canceled
Another day of thick, “hazardous”-level wildfire smoke was keeping many Central Oregonians indoors on Labor Day and prompted cancellation of another…
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C.O. drug agents dismantle major illegal marijuana grow in Alfalfa, run by Mexican cartel
Central Oregon drug detectives, assisted by the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team, raided and dismantled a 30-acre illegal marijuana grow…
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Prineville police issue warning after resident scammed out of over $107,000
Prineville police are warning the public to beware and to help protect seniors from an elaborate scam involving a supposed big jackpot and “an FBI…
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