With no-shows rising, Bend restaurant plans deposit hold for dinner reservations
The owner of Wild Rose Northern Thai Eats in downtown Bend says she’s noticed a troubling trend that’s negatively affecting area restaurants: More…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon
Deschutes to open vaccine appointments Tuesday AM; systems buckle under strain
Deschutes County and St. Charles Health System said Monday they plan to open scheduling for vaccine appointments on Tuesday morning, but acknowledged…
Continue Reading
St. Charles files suit to block medical techs’ strike, claims 10-day strike notice is illegal
St. Charles Health System said Monday it is preparing for a possible strike Thursday by a union representing about 150 Bend medical techs, but also…
Continue Reading
Woman shot near Alfalfa expected to recover; DCSO releases few details
A 55-year-old woman was shot Saturday afternoon and flown to St. Charles Bend, and is expected to recover from the injury, Deschutes County…
Continue Reading
Bend’s winter weather got back to normal in February
After months of warmer, drier weather than normal, Bend had a fairly average February, in terms of temperatures and snowfall, the National Weather…
Continue Reading
Your photos: Special sunsets, sunrises and full moon beckon on the High Desert
We have so many wonderful sunsets (and sunrises) in Central Oregon, but to most folks, it never gets old, as the variety is quite impressive – the…
Continue Reading
Bend PD: Domestic assault with TV leads to CERT Team call-out, raid, arrest
A Bend man was arrested on assault and other charges after allegedly using a television to injure another man Saturday in a domestic incident that…
Continue Reading
Fire causes $900,000 damage to Black Butte Ranch home
A neighbor who heard loud popping noises from an unoccupied house next door saw flames from his window and called in a stubborn fire Friday night…
Continue Reading
High winds topple trees, cause damage in Sisters area
Clean-up efforts were underway in Sisters on Friday after winds gusting past 50 mph Thursday night toppled trees, one of which sent limbs falling…
Continue Reading
‘I just heard a big boom’: High winds topple tree onto Terrebonne home
Teresa Garcia has lived in her house on Seventh Street in Terrebonne for more than 20 years and had a feeling where the trouble would come…
Continue Reading
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office chooses body, dash camera vendor
After two months of field testing, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Friday it has chosen the vendors for its body-worn and in-car camera…
Continue Reading
Two companies appeal OSHA fines in roofer’s fatal fall at Caldera HS construction site
The general contractor and roofing subcontractor for the new Caldera High School under construction in southeast Bend have been fined about $6,000 in…
Continue Reading
City of Bend reopening City Hall, some facilities to limited in-person visits
The city of Bend said Friday it will begin a limited reopening of some of its public facilities for in-person services beginning…
Continue Reading
Bend PD adds first of two dedicated DUII/aggressive driving officers
Over the last four years, community members have ranked traffic safety and enforcement consistently high in the bi-annual Bend Police Department…
Continue Reading
‘Real special’: Bend man catches rare, mysterious fox on camera near Mt. Bachelor
Alan Miles of Bend took these photos of what appears to be a rare Sierra Nevada red fox at a Mt. Bachelor parking…
Continue Reading
Bend’s High Desert Museum has big plans for record $6 million donation
The Sisters-based Roundhouse Foundation is awarding $6 million to the High Desert Museum, the largest single donation in the museum’s nearly…
Continue Reading
Controversial gun control bill moves to floor of Oregon Senate
An Oregon Senate bill sponsored by Democratic lawmakers would let local jurisdictions potentially ban handguns in public places, which critics say…
Continue Reading
From facing death to a new lease on life: C. Oregonians help save young homeless man
Thanks to an unsuspecting interaction with a stranger on a below-freezing November night, a long-time homeless man has a new lease on…
Continue Reading
Bend PD: Homeowner holds attempted burglary suspect at gunpoint
A southeast Bend homeowner, awakened by someone breaking out a kitchen window, held an attempted burglary suspect at gunpoint Thursday morning until…
Continue Reading
Alleged drugged driver cited after car slams into Bend convenience store
An alleged drugged driver from Seattle was cited on several charges early Thursday morning after his car left North Highway 97 in Bend and crashed…
Continue Reading