Look out while driving in Redmond after midnight. On Sunday, twoโyes twoโpeople were arrested for DUII after allegedly crashing their cars into buildings. The first incident was just after midnight, when Redmond Police officers responded to reports of a truck crashed into an occupied duplex at the 1900 block of NW Larch Spur Court. When […]
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Can ridesharing apps help prevent drunk driving?
It’s been just over eight months since Uber arrived in Bend, and nearly seven months since Lyft followed suit. While Central Oregon may be relatively late to the ridesharing party, the San Francisco startups didn’t waste any time after a change in taxi ordinances in Bend and Redmond in early 2017 allowed them to operate. […]
Safety Study Highlights Bend’s Traffic Crash Problem
According to a recent Traffic Safety Study, Bend had more fatal car crashes from 2006 to 2010 than other comparable cities. “We have a traffic crash problem in the City of Bend, to put it bluntly,” Police Chief Jeff Sale said at the Sept. 18 City Council meeting, in a brief overview of the results […]

