Bend News

"Lawmakers must look for other measures for balancing our federal budget than to do so on the backs of hungry and poor people who did not create the deficit in the first place." -Bread for the World President David Beckmann, in response to the House Agriculture Committee's farm bill , which cuts SNAP by $21 billion.

Bill Fletcher, Jr., The Skanner News columnist, author and past president of the TransAfrica Forum, speaks in Oregon and Vancouver, Wa., at multiple events this weekend.

The last of 13 defendants has pleaded guilty to federal charges for his role in the collapse of a Bend, Ore., real estate development company.

It is unusual for the Bend Park & Recreation District board of directors to submit a response to an In My View to correct factual errors and misrepresentations from a member of the public.

Oregon's rural communities, particularly ones that once relied on timber revenues, are seeking new business models to sustain themselves, and many are looking to the recreation industry to drive business growth and create jobs.

Pioneer Memorial hospital in Prineville is in lockdown today, Thursday. The facility was secured around 10:30 this morning.

Well five miles downstream from Sunriver , there is a great place to access the Deschutes River Trail, and this section of the trail provides a spectacular scene of untamed rapids and the beautiful Central Oregon landscape, and it is perfect for hikers, walkers and bikers.

The U.S. Bank Pole Pedal Paddle is Saturday. The race consists of six stages, but one of the stages is getting a makeover this year.

Another survey, another top ranking, this time from Travel & Leisure For microbrew lovers, the City of Roses is more like the Hub for Hops.

For the past six years, Mark Hopkins has spent his summers driving across the country and selling decals out of his 30-foot custom-built trailer.

Oregon was one of the first states to adopt the .08 rules for the legal limit on alcohol back in 1983, and while it's too early to say what will happen with a federal agency's new .05 proposal, NewsChannel 21 wanted to talk with bar owners and police about their thoughts.

The Bulletin will update items in the Police Log when such a request is received.

The Central Oregon Fire Chiefs Association announced Tuesday that outdoor burning season across Deschutes County will end on Sunday, June 2 -- or sooner, if the warming, drying weather calls for it.

They call themselves "Dirt Divas" -- an all-women mountain biking group, hitting the Central Oregon trails and learning the ropes.

Bend police said Tuesday night they are looking for an 87-year-old man and his van after he became separated from his daughter, a Redmond woman who was following him in another car.

As bicycling continues to grow in popularity, leaders in cities across the country, like Bend, are embracing the environmental, financial and quality-of-life benefits that come with a population that likes to ride.

This survey that will measure residents' experiences living in Bend is part of a nationwide effort on behalf of NeighborWorks America, a subsidiary of HUD.

Kilns College, a non-denominational Christian college in Bend, is inviting graduate students to apply for its Master of Arts Degree in Social Justice, which begins in September.

However, luckily for its loyal audiences, the tenacious company's determined board of directors has never let those periodic personnel changes close the doors of the iconic 1920 structure on Main Street.

Fire season has begun weeks earlier than usual in parts of Oregon, a result of drier-than-normal conditions so far this spring, the U.S. Forest Service reiterated Monday.