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For many in Central Oregon, the mention of Redmond evokes one of the city’s most-celebrated works of public art. Standing 30 feet tall, the Art Deco-inspired aluminum sculpture “Thoughts of Flight,” completed by local artist Jerry Werner and a small team in 2012, honors the importance of the Redmond Municipal Airport – Roberts Field. It’s […]

Nearly 200,000 acres in the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests could be subject to road construction and logging as the Trump Administration moves to repeal 25-year-old protections on public forest lands.  The United States Department of Agriculture, the federal agency that oversees the U.S. Forest Service, announced on Aug. 18 a filing to rescind the […]

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek this week nominated two people from Central Oregon to serve on the state’s top education policy board.   Amanda Page, a Redmond School Board member and recent candidate for Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners, and Sonya Littledeer-Evans, a juvenile justice leader who lives in Jefferson County, were nominated for the […]

New York copywriter Jack McNamara likes a challenge — the more oddball, the better. And the proof of his scrappiness is now showcased among the shelves of the world’s last standing Blockbuster Video, right here in Bend. Sometime in March, the freelance advertising copy director and marathon runner learned that popular retro sunglass company Pit […]

Deschutes County this month adopted new hiring practice rules aimed at eliminating pay differences between men and women, but it still has not released results of an ongoing organization-wide study into wage gaps amid County employees more than a year after its expected completion date.  In March 2024, an internal audit found wage gaps existed […]