Bend boy, 12, accused of threatening other youths with airsoft replica handgun
A 12-year-old Bend boy faces menacing and disorderly conduct charges, accused of pulling out an airsoft replica gun and threatening other juveniles…
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Panel recommends naming new Bend High School building for Medal of Honor recipient Bob Maxwell
At Tuesday night’s Bend-La Pine School Board meeting, a committee proposed that Bend Senior High School’s new multi-purpose building be named for…
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Little Kits Early Learning Program in Bend to receive funds, help expand child care
The Little Kits Early Learning Program, a new child care program planned in Bend, is one step closer to becoming a…
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Quarantines leave some Bend-area HS basketball teams in limbo, week before season starts
A delayed, shortened high school basketball season finally begins next week in Central Oregon and across the state. But there are some widespread…
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COCC outlines plans for ‘drive-thru’ commencement ceremony
Central Oregon Community College has announced that its 2021 commencement ceremony will take place on the Bend campus as a drive-thru event,…
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Deschutes County’s state lawmakers outline plans for $8 million in federal relief funds
State Sen. Tim Knopp (R-Bend), and Reps. Jack Zika (R-Redmond) and Jason Kropf (D-Bend) released their funding proposals Monday for $8 million in…
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Amid housing crunch, construction projects delayed around Central Oregon
Central Oregon seems to have ongoing construction projects around every corner, but developers are still not building homes as fast as they’d…
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Madras police ID man struck, killed while crossing Highway 97
Police have identified a Madras-area man who was struck by a car and killed last week as he crossed U.S. Highway…
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Zika directs $800K in federal COVID relief funds to NeighborImpact warehouse expansion effort
State Rep. Jack Zika, R-Redmond, announced Monday that he is dedicating $800,000 in discretionary federal COVID relief funds to NeighborImpact’s…
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Bend’s median home sales price jumps 10.3% in a month, hits $651,000
The Bend area’s median home sales price jumped by more than 10% last month, up $61,000 to $651,000, fueled by numerous sales of over $1 million,…
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Late-night fire destroys SW Redmond duplex unit; no injuries
A fire late Saturday night destroyed one unit of a southwest Redmond duplex, but firefighters were able to limit damage to the adjoining unit,…
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Prescribed burns planned Monday and Tuesday west of Bend, south of Sisters
On Monday and Tuesday, fire and fuel specialists with the Deschutes National Forest plan to conduct prescribed fire operations adjacent to Bend’s…
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Update: DCSO says ‘suspicious’ DRW driver got in touch, ‘no evidence’ ride offer was kidnap attempt
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office has called off a public plea for information Saturday about a suspicious car and driver in Deschutes River…
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New Ochoco wild horse herd management plan sets ‘appropriate management level’ of 47-57 horses
The Ochoco National Forest has released the final Environmental Assessment and Decision Notice for the Ochoco Wild Horse Herd Management Plan…
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With new housing developments in early stages, Pahlisch Homes to meet with community members
New housing developments in a growing city can be a complicated, and sometimes heated issue.…
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Can they take your order? Bend fast-food workers hustle amid hiring hurdles, some closures
Bend’s Third Street has for decades featured plenty of fast-food restaurants — and now, lots of “Now Hiring” signs emblazoned upon them. That, and…
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Bend-La Pine School Board urges state to ease COVID-19 rules, cites ‘needless over-quarantining’
All seven members of he Bend-La Pine School Board have sent a joint letter to Gov. Kate Brown and Oregon Department of Education Director Colt Gill,…
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Redmond mass vaccination clinic to offer more second-dose walk-in opportunities
Residents who have already received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose and need a second dose can continue to schedule second dose vaccine…
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Prineville Reservoir State Park certified as ‘International Dark Sky Park’
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and the Oregon Chapter of the International Dark-Sky Association announced Friday that Prineville…
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Ex-Deschutes prosecutor who alleged ‘toxic’ race, sex discrimination agrees to $87,500 settlement
A former Deschutes County deputy district attorney who sued the county, alleging race and sex discrimination and a “toxic sex- and race-based hostile…
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