Bend woman on road trip across America stops to help Hurricane Ida victims
What was supposed to be a Bend woman’s road trip to meet friends across the country turned into a mission to help some of the many peopled affected…
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C. Oregon employers, visitors react to president’s new vaccine mandate for large businesses
President Biden’s newest vaccine mandate announced Thursday is the strongest push yet affecting about two thirds of the nation’s…
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‘She was the morale of the unit’: Dad of fallen C.O. soldier reflects on daughter’s life
Steve Ellis is a retired Forest Service employee who lives in Clackamas County. He raised three kids together with his wife, Linda. As we mark the…
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Bend man creates two ways to maintain cleaner air quality at home amid wildfire smoke
Wildfire smoke has continued to cast a haze across the High Desert off and on for weeks. Now, the smoke is not only hurting the air quality outside…
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HSCO’s Bend Spay and Neuter Clinic to close for extended period due to staffing shortage
The Humane Society of Central Oregon announced Thursday it has been forced to make the difficult decision to close the low-cost Bend Spay and Neuter…
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City of Bend plans to develop Public Works Campus at Juniper Ridge; info session set
The city of Bend said Thursday it is beginning to plan for the development of a new Public Works Campus on city-owned property in Juniper Ridge.…
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DEQ extends smoke-related air quality advisory for much of C. Oregon until at least Saturday
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued an air quality advisory Thursday for Central, Eastern…
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Lifeguard shortage prompts Bend Park & Rec to trim Larkspur hours, delay reopening Juniper pools
The Bend Park and Recreation District said Thursday it is reducing operating hours at Larkspur Community Center and delaying opening renovated indoor…
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‘Redmond Taco & Margarita Festival,’ facing criticism, postponed until next year amid vendor, other issues
The Redmond Taco & Margarita Festival, planned for Sept. 25 at the Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center, has been postponed until next year due to…
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La Pine businesses struggle after fourth year of Labor Day weekend break-ins, thefts
Two frustrated businesses In La Pine say they have been getting broken into every Labor Day holiday weekend for the past four years, and another…
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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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