Wash. cyclist dies after being struck by car on Hwy. 97 south of Redmond
A bicyclist from Washington state has died after his bicycle was struck by a car on U.S. Highway 97 south of Redmond early Wednesday morning, Oregon…
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COCC board approves freeze on 2021-22 tuition, fees
The Central Oregon Community College Board of Directors voted unanimously Wednesday evening not to increase tuition or fees for the upcoming 2021-22…
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With fires, temps on the rise, ODF urges C. Oregon burning pause
The Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District said Thursday it’s seen a significant rise in escaped debris and agricultural burns,…
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Sunriver Resort holds job fair, plans to hire 400; some leave with new jobs
Sunriver Resort held a job fair Wednesday evening as they prepare to bring on as many as 400 new employees for the summer.…
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Graduating Sisters High seniors to get banners for second year
For the second year in a row, Citizens4Community will be hanging banners around town to salute this year’s graduating Sisters High School seniors,…
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Occupied RV parked near NE Bend business for over 2 weeks prompts complaint
Andy West, the president of High Desert Trading, says an RV has been parked near his northeast Bend business for over two…
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Sisters Rodeo Queen, community now looking ahead to next summer
The Sisters Rodeo community is hurting, but already looking ahead.…
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Forest Service plans 200-acre prescribed burn Friday west of La Pine
Fuel specialists with the Deschutes National Forest plan to conduct a prescribed burn this Friday on about 200 acres of national forest lands seven…
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Deadly virus now confirmed in La Pine feral domestic rabbits
The US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory has confirmed rabbit hemorrhagic disease in a feral domestic rabbit…
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Oregon Dept. of Forestry begins projects to curb wildfire risk in C. Oregon
The Oregon Department of Forestry is putting to work in Central Oregon some of the $5 million it was granted in January by the Oregon Legislative…
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‘She’s pretty tough’: SE Oregon toddler in hospital after swallowing tiny battery
While a grandmother in Bend waits and worries, a 2-year-old southeast Oregon girl has been rushed to California’s Stanford University Hospital, three…
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Redmond councilors approve UGB expansion for affordable housing project
Redmond city councilors unanimously approved an ordinance to expand the city’s urban growth boundary (UGB) and a master development plan for the…
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Fewer C. Oregonians got paused single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
Bend resident Tina Chouinard was perfectly fine with getting the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine on March…
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Charged up: Bend bike shops seeing demand spike for electric bikes
Electric bikes are a hot product in Bend, as more people experience the outdoors with an assist to their pedal…
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High winds spread Tumalo burn barrel fire; shed destroyed, resident cited
High winds Tuesday spread a burn-barrel fire in Tumalo to a shed that was destroyed as a result, also prompting a citation for the resident who…
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Several Bend skiers, boarders stand out at regional competition
Young skiers and snowboarders from Central Oregon had a strong showing at the USA Snowboard and Freeski Association (USASA) Regional Championships at…
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OSU-Cascades VP Becky Johnson tapped to serve as interim OSU president
The Oregon State University Board of Trustees will meet from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Friday to consider the appointment of OSU-Cascades Vice President…
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Oregon OSHA fines Bend, Redmond Black Bear Diners more than $35,000
Oregon OSHA announced Monday it has fined two Black Bear Diner locations, in Bend and Redmond, more than $35,000 for violating standards designed to…
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Oregon high-proof, low-cost spirits to rise in price; Bend distiller sees little impact
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission approved a “floor pricing” plan for distilled spirits that will increase the price of the lowest-priced spirits…
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Bend police arrest home invasion robbery suspect after stolen pickup crash
A Bend man allegedly entered a stranger’s home without permission early Monday morning, stole items including a key to a pickup truck, then drove…
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