Strangers help Redmond soldier’s dog get home
There was another homecoming of sorts at Roberts Field Friday afternoon, but this one is an even more special story for the owner of a pup named…
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Downtown Bend booming with new business
Fourth-quarter business occupancy rates stayed about the same, 95 percent, in downtown Bend, officials say. However, there were three new businesses…
Continue Reading C.O. yearly homeless count set for Jan. 30
Members of the Central Oregon Homeless Leadership Coalition will be conducting a one day point in time count on Thursday, January 30. This count is…
Continue Reading Oregon AG boots telemarketer out of state
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced an agreement Friday that prohibits The Tax Club, Inc. and associated companies and individuals from…
Continue Reading High Desert Chamber Music given
High Desert Chamber Music has been awarded a grant from the Autzen Foundation, in the amount of $2,500. The Autzen Foundation funds programs focusing…
Continue Reading OSU-Cascades looks to other campuses for advice
A lesson Thursday as OSU-Cascades Neighborhood Task Force looks to others for help for its 4-year expansion. It’s been months of expressed…
Continue Reading Wyden plans three C. Oregon town halls
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will kick off his 19 th year of holding town halls in every Oregon county every year with meetings in Deschutes, Jefferson…
Continue Reading C. Oregon building blitz may bring labor crunch
Out of the Great Recession, it appears Central Oregon is riding the wave of the great comeback. “We’re buried right now,” Deschutes…
Continue Reading 2014 brings many new projects to Redmond
The Redmond Rotary Club heard Thursday from city leaders about what’s in store for the city in 2014. The meeting focused on new and continued…
Continue Reading OSP looking for a few good troopers
Oregon State Police will be accepting applications to hire Lateral and Entry level recruit troopers starting January 17, 2014 at 12:01 a.m.…
Continue Reading Downtown Bend occupancy holds steady
The Downtown Bend Business Association announces business changes and the current occupancy rate for the end of the fourth quarter of 2013. Three new…
Continue Reading KIDS Center names board members
KIDS Center, Central Oregon’s regional child abuse intervention center, is pleased to announce that Dr. Jeff Absalon and Rocky Miner have…
Continue Reading Bend council sends fire levy to May ballot
Bend city councilors gave a warm, unanimous send-off Wednesday night to a long-planned May money measure to help fund fire and medical services,…
Continue Reading EPA moves to cut wood stove emissions
At Fireside in Bend, wood stove sales are heating up. “In Oregon, 7,000 wood stoves are sold a year, and in Central Oregon, it’s around…
Continue Reading CET working toward more stable funding
The region’s troubled transit system is closer to finding more stable funding. Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council and Cascades East…
Continue Reading C.O. roads icy again; JeffCo classes delayed
A second straight day of icy roads led to another two-hour delay in classes Thursday morning in the Jefferson County School District, officials said.…
Continue Reading Deschutes bike-ped panel seeks member
The Deschutes County Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) seeks an applicant to fill one vacant at-large position. Composed of nine…
Continue Reading Two jailed after fake kidnap report, chase
A driver from Gresham and passenger from Bend were arrested late Tuesday night after a false report of a kidnapping led to a police chase,…
Continue Reading Many changes in half-century since smoking report
Fifty years ago, smoking was looked at as cool — not unhealthy. Everyone from doctors to cartoon character Fred Flintstone actually promoted…
Continue Reading Icy roads lead to crashes, three taken to hospital
Icy roads delayed school for thousands of Central Oregon students Wednesday morning and triggered a string of crashes around the region, two that…
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