Bend

Projects will help lower home prices to affordable levels or create affordable rentals for people who meet certain criteria.

UPDATE: On Thursday afternoon, the Oregon Department of Human Services announced Julian and Mahina Hawes had been located on July 28 and they are safe.

This month marks three years since Eugene City Council pulled their proposal to ban some new natural gas hookups.

The City of Bend will start collecting fees next year for new homes that have gas appliances.

Playwright Marilyn Magness called the Bend production a “love letter” to the millions of women who took on hard labor in factories during World War II, including her own mother.

OSU-Cascades in Bend will celebrate its 25th and largest graduating class, highlighting growth in engineering and first-generation students.

Les Schwab said in a statement the layoffs are aimed at better supporting company stores, and not due to short-term business challenges.

Bend is imposing a fee on the installation of natural gas appliances in some new residential construction.

Starting Saturday May 30, drivers who run red lights or speed through the intersections of SE Reed Market Road and Third Street, NE Neff Road and 27th Street, and U.S. Business 97 and Powers Road will receive citations.

If approved, Bend would join local governments across the country that are encouraging decarbonization by charging for gas appliances in homes. But power companies express concern over grid capacity and consumer choice.

Sherman Bloomer had been the leader of OSU’s Bend campus since 2023.

The union representing classified workers at Central Oregon Community College says it's prepared to strike as soon as Thursday, if the administration does not agree to wage increases.