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The Hayden Homes Amphitheater earned three sustainability honors from Live Nation’s end-of-season awards for its outdoor amphitheaters – 52 in total. Additionally, the venue was named Visit Central Oregon’s 2023 Sustainability Award winner. HHA won first place nationally for Live Nation’s “Highest Scrap Value Returned” – essentially, most aluminum cans recycled – as well as […]

Bethlehem Inn announces an expansion of services at its Bethlehem Inn Redmond location. The Inn will continue to provide its accountability-based emergency shelter services in Bend and will also launch an expanded program in Redmond no later than January 2024. This new program will address the gap between emergency shelter and affordable housing; providing a […]

Christine Pollard, a professor of kinesiology and the founding director of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Oregon State University – Cascades, has been named senior associate dean. Pollard will serve as chief academic officer and second-in-command for the campus. “I’m thrilled for Christine to lead the growth of our academic portfolio and collaborate […]

Join the Bend Chamber and the City of Bend for What’s Brewing: Building Business Bridges Thursday, November 16th at Tetherow Event Pavilion. Attendees will hear from Mayor Melanie Kebler and City Manager Eric King about topics relevant to the local business community. Updates will include: · The proposed Transportation Utility Fee · Changes to System […]

The Bend Boarding Babes are a group of women from every corner of the world who share a passion for paddle boarding in Central Oregon. The group has collectively worked to create what they’re calling a “love-filled, fun, empowering” 2024 calendar with proceeds to benefit Saving Grace of Central Oregon.  The Calendar Release Party on […]

To help provide equitable learning access and opportunities and keep local youth connected, UScellular has committed to donating up to $13 million to further the reach of its After School Access Project in 2023. This project provides free mobile hotspots and service to nonprofits that support youth after the school day has ended and provides safe, […]

Join the High Desert Museum, Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts and others to hear from Randy Cohen, the vice president of research for Americans for the Arts. He’ll share how arts and culture can support job creation and draw new businesses through fostering vibrant communities. Oregon’s arts and culture sector contributed $829 million to the […]

Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have announced major investments passed the Senate to expand affordable, rural, and veterans housing options and boost transportation infrastructure, including funding for 20 critical community-initiated projects across the state. The investments were included in the FY24 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) bill. “As […]

Tractor Supply Company, a rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, and American Farmland Trust (AFT) have awarded Jessica Lee in Tumalo, Oregon $10,000 for her business, Tender Greens. Lee’s business specializes in growing nutritious microgreens. She plans to use these funds for a climate control system that will improve the quality of her crops […]

DENT Instruments, Inc., which develops and produces energy measuring and monitoring technology, announces Jonas Greberg as its new Chief Executive Officer. Greberg assumed leadership in October. Christopher Dent, founder and chief engineer, stepped down from management but continues to provide guidance as Senior Advisor. In late 2022, DENT Instruments was acquired by Bemsiq AB. Based in […]