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Commute Options is excited to announce a significant evolution in regional sustainable commutes for businesses and individuals. Launching February 1, 2026, the ‘Get There Connect’ platform rolled out a comprehensive update designed to make logging commutes more intuitive, powerful, and rewarding for employees. Alongside the technical enhancements to the dashboard and app built by the statewide ‘Get There […]

After multiple mediation sessions and more than a year of contract negotiations, the lowest paid employees at Central Oregon Community College declared impasse today (Monday Feb. 23), starting the clock for a 30 day cool down period with the college, after which the union could vote to authorize a strike at any time, with ten […]

Roundabout Books is honored to host Oregon author Lauren Kessler to read from and discuss her new memoir, Everything Changes Everything, a riveting story of walking the Camino de Santiago after the deaths of her husband and daughter, at an in-store event March 31 at 6:30 pm. This is a resonant and timely story about love, loss, and forging […]

Hailed for the breadth of his work on the podium and at the piano, Maestro Brett Mitchell has carved a unique path in the world of contemporary American classical music. Sunriver Music Festival’s Artistic Director & Conductor Brett Mitchell will present an exclusive solo piano recital featuring his own arrangements for film in Sunriver on April 11. Visit sunrivermusic.org for […]

Prior to 1926, the community’s drinking water came from the Deschutes River. In the early 1920s, dams built at Crane Prairie and Crescent Lake led to algae blooms and tainted water supplies. So the City found a new water source and took over the service of providing drinking water from Bend Water, Light & Power […]

Redefine “rot” and explore themes of decay, transformation, and renewal with Deschutes Public Library this March. Send your tastebuds on a journey with artisanal cheese tastings or attend a family-friendly charcuterie class focused on fermented foods. Explore the world and plot of Hamlet, Shakespeare’s famous play, in a two-part series. Create layered gelli-plate prints using mushrooms […]

Destination Rehab is excited to announce the launch of its Walking Soccer for Parkinson’s Disease program, an 8-week indoor program designed specifically for individuals living with Parkinson’s Disease. The Indoor Soccer kicked off this week and will run from February 18th through April 8th. This class offers a fun, supportive, and engaging way to improve […]

The Bend-La Pine Education Foundation continues its partnership with Mt. Bachelor and the Ski 4 Schools program, now in its 21st year. This popular program offers discounted tickets to skiers and snowboarders and directs the proceeds to local area schools in Bend and Redmond. Once again, the tickets sold out in record time, raising $28,125 […]

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management will conduct a targeted Deschutes Alerts test at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 25. This annual reminder message will be sent to approximately 2,500 residents who have indicated in their Deschutes Alerts profile that they have additional needs, such as mobility challenges, dialysis requirements, or reliance on […]

The City of Bend is hosting a neighborhood roundtable with the Bend City council and three neighborhood districts in the southeast area of town to discuss growth, infrastructure projects, complete neighborhoods and other topics relevant to southeast Bend. The roundtable will take place March 12, 2026, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Larkspur Community Center, 1600 […]