Bend

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.

The 20 Oregon micropolitan and metropolitan that were named in the report were evenly split between adding and losing people.

Two juvenile bobcats that had been cared for at Think Wild in Bend were released back into the wild last Friday.

William Bailey, a once-rising star in the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, has been fired. Bailey, who was fired last week, saw his 25-year career ascension at Central Oregon’s largest law enforcement agency take a sharp downward turn after he unsuccessfully ran for sheriff in 2024. In the wake of that loss, Bailey criticized the newly-elected leader on a local radio show — remarks that ultimately led to his dismissal.

The Bend campus could add a student health and recreation center and remediate 24 acres for future uses.

Tom Nolan will take over as company executive on April 7.