The Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) is promoting the concept of an 800-mile hiking trail that would traverse some of the most ancient land in America. The Oregon Desert Trail would wind from the Oregon Badlands Wilderness to the Owyhee Canyonlands in far southeast Oregon. It would pass by ancient caves where human existence has […]
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Lay It Out Events Raises $11,221 for Saving Grace
Submitted by Erin Rook, Development Outreach Coordinator for Saving Grace Bend, OR – Thanks to a robust turnout at the 2016 OnPoint Community Credit Union Oregon WinterFest, Lay It Out Events raised $11,221 for Saving Grace, Central Oregon’s only comprehensive domestic violence agency. The three-day annual event saw families and friends from across the state come together to enjoy a […]
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Bend Fire Dept. Raises $40,000 for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Bend Fire Best in Oregon at 25th Annual Firefighter Stair Climb
By Dan Derlacki, Deputy Fire Marshal, Bend Fire Dept. On March 6, 2016, Bend firefighters competed in the 25th Annual Scott Firefighter Stair Climb Challenge in Seattle. This event is a fundraiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and draws firefighters from around the world to Seattle to climb 69 floors of Seattle’s tallest building, the Columbia Center. 1,800 firefighters […]
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22 Men In Black
Never have I seen two franchises team-up to create one super sized franchise hybrid baby, but here we are. The director of the last “Muppets” movie teams up with Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill to bring us “21 Jump Street” meets “Men In Black.” Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones won’t be reprising their roles, […]
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Congressman Walden Discusses 2016 GOP Presidential Race
As Oregon’s only Republican in Congress, Greg Walden spoke with the Source Weekly this morning and offered his analysis of the spirited GOP Presidential race and Donald Trump. Click here for the interview: by the Source’s Brian Jennings.
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Oregon Legislature Adjourns
Minimum wage increase is hallmark of 2016 legislative session
SALEM – The Oregon Legislature adjourned the 2016 legislative session “sine die” yesterday, three days before the March 6 constitutional deadline for adjournment. House Speaker Tina Kotek (D – N/NE Portland) released the following statement: “It has been an honor to serve Oregonians as the Speaker of our House of Representatives. Our elected leaders stepped […]
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Oregon Free File Program
Congressman Walden visits Bend Senior Center urging Central Oregonians to use the state and federal free file programs to file taxes online at no cost. BEND – Today, Congressman Greg Walden is in Bend to talk to his constituents at the Bend Senior Center and to urge all eligible Oregon residents to use the IRS and […]
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Oregon Legislature Passes Historic Coal Transition Bill
Renew Oregon and the Sierra Club announced yesterday the passage by the Oregon Senate and House of The Clean Electricity and Coal Transition Bill. It will now head to Governor Brown to be signed into law. Legislation will move Oregon off coal power and double state’s clean energy target to 50 percent by 2040 PORTLAND,Ore. – The […]
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People Meet Eagles at Eagle Watch 2016
People Meet Eagles at Eagle Watch 2016 By Jim Anderson For once it wasn’t raining, snowing, or windy and eagles were soaring by all day at the Oregon State Park’s 2016 Eagle Watch event held last Saturday and Sunday at PGE’s Round Butte Overlook Park near Culver. Both Golden and Bald Eagles passed by the observation […]
