Bend, Ore. – OSU–Cascades has selected a partner to develop and construct the first student residence and dining/academic facilities that will sit on its proposed site in Bend, representing the four-year university long sought by the Central Oregon region. American Read More
Bend, Ore. – After eight years of recovery, Deschutes County is now in a period of economic growth. The jobs numbers are now above the peak that was reached before the Great Recession. The State of Oregon Employment Department released the regional numbers Read More
Bend, Ore. – For the past several years, Central Oregon has been identified by drug trafficking organizations as an ideal location for outdoor marijuana grows, both on public and private lands adjacent to public lands. The majority of grow operations CODE has Read More
Tangent, Ore. – Today at about 7:55 AM, OSP Troopers responded to the report of a two vehicle crash on HWY 34 near Tangent in Linn County. According to Senior Trooper Casey Hunter, a 1998 Chevy Prius, operated by Kimberly BLOCKER, age 38, of Albany, was attempting Read More
Sisters, Ore. – Given favorable weather conditions, Deschutes National Forest fuel specialists on the Sisters Ranger District plan to conduct a prescribed burn today. The 90 area to be treated is adjacent to Black Butte Ranch and ¼ mile south of Highway 20 in the Glaze Read More
Bend, Ore.- Today, the Central Oregon Homeless Leadership Coalition released the data collected from the annual Point-In-Time Homeless Count, conducted on Thursday, January 29, 2015. This year, 2,087 individuals self-identified as persons experiencing homelessness within Read More
Bend, Ore. -Last Thursday, detectives with the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team and workers from the United States Postal Inspection Service arrested Daniel Parkhurst as he left Postal Connections in Bend. After the arrest of 48 year old Daniel Parkhurst of Read More
FIRES ON ODF-PROTECTED LANDS Coos Forest Protective Association (CFPA). On Monday, May 25, at approximately 1 p.m., the Sandy Creek Fire was reported burning in steep, rocky terrain, eight miles east of Bridge, OR, on forestlands protected by CFPA/ODF. This afternoon, the Read More
Bend, Ore. – As the largest undeveloped natural area left unprotected by law in the Lower 48, very little has been written about the Owyhee Canyonlands. You can learn about the power and the beauty of this remote corner of Oregon with author Bonnie Olin as part of Read More
Bend, Ore. — The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) is celebrating a milestone of one billion dollars in grants and scholarships awarded to nonprofits and communities in every region of Oregon since its founding in 1974. Helping OCF reach this important milestone are 36 Read More
