Update – Highway 97 ‘s Safety Upgrade Is Well Underway

Bend, Ore. – ODOT workers continue the construction of a median on U.S. Highway 97 south of Bend Tuesday afternoon.

The barrier is part of a $6 million Oregon Department of Transportation project that got underway in May in response to multiple head-on crashes between north and southbound traffic over the past several years.

The barrier is expected to be in place along a 7-mile stretch from Romaine Village to Lave Butte, with a gap for southbound traffic to turn left at the High Desert Museum.

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January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and the Anti-Trafficking Project (at:project) a Program of J Bar J, Central Oregon’s local responder for human trafficking, is inviting the community to learn, engage, and support survivors through two local fundraising