Community members are invited to an open house on Tuesday, April 9 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the City of Bend Council Chambers, 710 NW Wall St., to learn about plans for the “Midtown Multimodal Connections and Streetscaping,” Greenwood Avenue Phase 1 safety improvements Read More
Central Oregon Community College (COCC) is celebrating National Poetry Month with a poetry slam on April 12 and a student and alumni poets’ roundtable on April 25. Events are free and open to the public, with light refreshments provided. Read More
A Powerball ticket worth $1.326 billion was sold in Portland and is the fourth largest Powerball jackpot in the game’s history. The ticket for Saturday’s drawing was purchased on April 6. “I want to congratulate the winner on this life changing moment. No one in Read More
Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) 2024 Season of Nonviolence concludes with “An Evening with Author TJ Klune” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, in Wille Hall on the Bend campus, a free event with a livestream option available. Visit cocc.edu/snv to Read More
The Oregon Department of Forestry is soliciting applications to join the Smoke Management Advisory Committee. The committee is currently seeking applications to fill one vacancy to represent the public. Created in 1989, the Smoke Management Advisory Committee (SMAC) Read More
Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is recognizing Alcohol Awareness Month during April by encouraging people to have conversations about the harms excessive alcohol drinking causes to the health of communities – and that there’s never a wrong time to talk about the Read More
The Oregon State Marine Board’s Waterway Access Permit Program has entered the fifth year of implementation; however, compliance is still low compared to other boating requirements. In 2019, the Oregon Legislature approved the waterway access permit program with the Read More
Bend Park and Recreation District’s board of directors selected Cary Schneider to fulfill the duties for one vacant board position. Schneider is a business owner who is approaching 15 years of volunteer board member experience for several non-profit and for-profit Read More
A case out of Oregon soon to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court could have a major impact on how cities treat homelessness. Oral arguments for ‘Johnson v. Grants Pass’ are scheduled for April 22. It concerns an ordinance in the City of Grants Pass that Read More
The Central Oregon Fire Prevention Cooperative (COFPC) will be hosting free Wildfire Preparedness Fairs throughout Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson Counties to provide resources for how people can prepare for wildfire season and smoke events, mitigate wildfire risk around Read More
