Local News

For the second time since 2024, the committee tasked with choosing a new landfill site for Deschutes County is getting ready to make a final recommendation.   The County’s Solid Waste Advisory Committee went back to the drawing board last summer after property negotiations stalled over a 440-acre gravel mine called the “Moon Pit” 15 miles southeast of Bend. Now, the County is banking on a different site working out. Any further delays […]

Snowpack has mostly vanished from mid-elevation forests in Central Oregon, meaning logs, trees and shrubs are drying out earlier — one factor that could result in a boisterous wildfire season.   That was part of the report from a preseason wildfire briefing held Monday morning at the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District station in Sisters. Elected officials from Bend, Redmond and Sisters, along with state and local fire officials from departments in Redmond and the Sisters area, met at a […]

Who says print media — particularly that which is independently owned — has gone the way of Crystal Pepsi, Zima and other relics of the late millennium? As you can glimpse on the new billboard on NE Revere Avenue near the Bend Parkway on-ramp — or, more conveniently, right here at bendsource.com, we’ve initiated a […]

The Redmond City Council took its first stab at curbing unruly e-bikes in parks by passing an ordinance April 28 banning “motorcycles” from City parks.  The new rule, which passed unanimously, defines motorcycles as an electric or motorized two-wheeled vehicle without pedals. Anyone who uses one in a Redmond park will now be subject to a Class B violation and a $250 fine.   City officials hope the ban will deter speeding e-bike riders that have spurred a […]

After years in the lowest ranks of school attendance in the nation, Oregon schools have shown a bit of progress. An Oregon Journalism Project analysis of recent data shows regular statewide attendance in the first half of the school year rose to 70.6%, an increase of 3 percentage points over the previous year. Click here […]

Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners candidate Ron “Rondo” Boozell was arrested Thursday evening for trespassing at a Bend candidate forum he wasn’t invited to participate in.   Bend Police arrested Boozell on trespassing charges at Open Space Event Studios on Lafayette Avenue in the Bend Central District. According to Lieutenant Aaron Wells, organizers called police around 4:30 pm — half an hour before the forum was set to begin — and asked to trespass Boozell for causing a disturbance. Wells said officers […]

Unionized journalists at The Bulletin earned a victory this morning, receiving their first-ever contract with Carpenter Media Group, the owner of The Bulletin. The three-year contract shores up a 40-hour workweek, guarantees pay increases and adds just-cause protection and a severance guarantee, among other concerns. Gone is Carpenter’s proposal of a weekly story quota that […]

Looking back, the achievements of Rolling Stone as a countercultural beacon in the 1970s may be taken for granted. But a closer look reveals how unlikely it really was.   That’s part of what writer Peter Richardson hopes to show with his new book, “Brand New Beat: The Wild Rise of Rolling Stone Magazine.” Richardson, a San Francisco-based author of previous books about the Grateful Dead and Rolling Stone writer Hunter S. Thompson, takes a deep […]

A game-winning slapshot sends a sold-out crowd into a frenzy. A dramatic performance captures an audience at the theater. A band’s rocking encore leaves fans wanting more.   Building new indoor venues to facilitate these types of events has been on the minds of visionaries in Bend for years, especially as the City’s growth has exploded. Now, a new effort exploring a multi-use indoor venue has public backing from the City and its tourism agency, Visit […]