Bend sisters among several young C.O. athletes who fared well at archery nationals
Bend archers were shooting for a solid finish at nationals, and it’s safe to say they hit their…
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Bend flower shop copes with Mother’s Day challenges amid nationwide flower shortage
Bend flower shops are busy, of course, as Mother’s Day is right around the corner. But the businesses also are struggling, as the nation faces a…
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Breese-Iverson introduces bill to ensure full in-person school reopenings this fall
State Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson, R-Prineville, introduced a bicameral, bipartisan bill Thursday that would ensure access to full, in-person…
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COCC delays return to in-person services, postpones reopening to public
Central Oregon Community College announced Thursday that it will postpone the college’s planned summer reopening…
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Pacific Power announces grants to Central Oregon organizations
Even as COVID-19 vaccines roll out across the country, many communities are still facing challenges from the pandemic and the organizations that…
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Bend-La Pine Schools again honor graduating seniors with billboards
This week, contractors are giving several area billboards graduation makeovers to celebrate the Class of 2021. First conceived of for the Class of…
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City of Bend to consider 2 NE Bend motels for converting into temporary transitional shelter
A month after the city of Bend called off plans to buy a Third Street motel to convert into a transitional shelter, city councilors Wednesday night…
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Bend keeps on growing through pandemic — and so does city’s new, $919 million budget
Bend City Manager Eric King kicked off the city’s budget adoption process Wednesday evening by delivering a message to the Budget Committee and…
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Young Redmond man hailed as hero for helping save woman’s life
A young man in the Redmond School District’s StepUP program recently helped save a woman’s life in the Walmart parking lot. We got to talk to Cooper…
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Bend Farmers Market returns for the season
The weekly Bend Farmers Market returned Wednesday at its familiar spot on Brooks Street downtown, with some new options, like curbside…
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‘They’ve failed to act’: Family of woman killed in Hwy. 97-Bear Drive crash suing Jefferson County, state
Ron Adams of Portland is suing Jefferson County after his wife, Nadia Rankov Adams, was killed in a fatal car crash last August at the intersection…
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Bend-La Pine Schools trim high school in-person classes amid rising COVID-19 cases, quarantines
Bend-La Pine Schools have seen 130 COVID-19 cases in the past four weeks, including more than 20 each at Bend, Mountain View and Summit high schools,…
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Every Child Central Oregon begins ‘Kick-Off Summer’ shoe drive for youth in foster care
Nonprofit Every Child Central Oregon is collecting new shoes for children in foster care. There are 17 drop off bins located across the tri-county…
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Knopp co-sponsors legislation to address harassment at Oregon universities
State Sen. Tim Knopp, R-Bend, has co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to hold public Oregon universities accountable regarding their efforts to…
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Hunters – and non-hunters – boost reward to $10,000 to find poachers of 3 elk east of Sisters
The Oregon Hunters Association has raised the total reward to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest or citation in the case of three elk…
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Deschutes River Conservancy receives funding
The Deschutes River Conservancy will use $2.6 million in federal funding to further its work on water conservation…
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New multi-use trails planned near Sunriver
The Central Oregon Trail Alliance has received $25,000 from Travel Oregon to improve multi-use trails near Sunriver to accommodative adaptive…
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More prescribed burns planned south of Sisters, south of Crescent
On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, fuel specialists will conduct prescribed burning operations about seven miles south of Sisters, adjacent to…
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Prineville woman injured when rockslide crashes into couple’s car near Cougar Hot Springs
Jessica Officer and Danny Lopez were driving back home to Prineville from Terwilliger Hot Springs over the weekend when their car got hit by a…
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Gov. Brown: All 15 counties in ‘Extreme Risk’ will return to ‘High Risk’ on Friday
Gov. Kate Brown announced late Tuesday that an improvement in one metric — a slower rise in hospitalized COVID-19 patients — means the 15 counties,…
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