Many Central Oregonians struggle to access affordable healthy food and that need is increasing, according to results from the 2025 Community Healthy Needs Assessment recently produced by St. Charles Health System. The survey showed 24% of Central Oregonians said better access to affordable healthy food is the factor that would most improve their overall quality of life, […]
St. Charles Adds Access to Healthy, Affordable Foods as Priority
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Downtown Bend Mural Call for Artists
Downtown Bend is seeking a talented artist (or artist team) to create a large-scale public mural on the side of Lift Fitness Studio at 514 NW Franklin Ave. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute a bold, visually compelling piece of public art that reflects the heart and spirit of our community. 📍 Project Details: We […]
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Saints Gala Raises Record $675K for St. Charles Foundation
St. Charles annual Saints Gala co-sponsored by Genentech and CORA was a resounding success on Saturday night, bringing in a record-setting $675,000 for St. Charles Foundation. This year’s special appeal focused on emergency services and the Emergency Department at St. Charles Bend. “This year’s gala was inspiring and heartwarming as more than 500 attendees came […]
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Commute Options Launches Get There Connect
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 […]
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Amid a Housing Crisis, Oregon Issues Building Permits for Multifamily Units at the Slowest Pace in 12 Years
Oregon is in a housing crisis. The state needs to build 95,000 housing units to compensate for years of underdevelopment and to house its growing homeless population, according to a recent state report. Multifamily units—from duplexes to large apartment buildings—are one of the most efficient ways for Oregon, or any region, to quickly increase housing, […]
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Cascade Internal Medicine Specialists’ Concierge Choice Practice
Dr. Sanaz Askari and Dr. Mark Backus, the physicians at Cascade Internal Medicine Specialists, located at 2239 NE Doctors Drive, Suite 200, Bend, OR 97701, want you to live healthy, active and strong, with the peace of mind you deserve. That’s why they now offer a Concierge Choice medical practice, where patients receive more time, […]
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Travel Oregon Seeks a New Boss at a More Reasonable Salary
After some much needed sunlight on its operations, Travel Oregon is looking for a new chief executive — at a significantly lower salary. Not long into a meeting last September of the Oregon House Committee on Economic Development, its chairman quoted from an OJP investigation about dysfunction at state-funded Travel Oregon and the oversized salary […]
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City of Bend Approves Natural Gas Installation Fee by 5-1 Vote
In the interest of cutting down on fossil fuel emissions and encouraging electrification, the Bend City Council approved a policy proposal on Feb. 18 that would add a scaled fee to the installation of natural gas equipment in residential homes. The fee, which the councilors will vote in April whether to implement, would be set […]
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LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break, Casey Munck 🎧
In this episode of Bend Don’t Break, Aaron Switzer sits down with Casey Munck, Regional Director of NAMI Central Oregon, to explore the evolving landscape of mental health support in our region. Casey shares her journey from a fast‑paced tech career to deeply meaningful grassroots work, guided by lived experience, community connection, and a passion […]
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Pizza Week Roundup
My Pizza Week adventure was amazing. Last week I told you that I was going to try all of the featured pizzas that The Source posted during this special week, that rivals some of the more popular observations, like Cat Herder Day, Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day and The Festival of Sleep. I’ve […]