Central Oregon city ranks among America's most up-and-coming places

Bend, a central Oregon city known for attracting outdoor enthusiasts, has been named one of the United States' best ...
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‘Fix a Leak Week’: City of Bend promotes water conservation with small steps amid low snowpack

Winter arrived on the calendar in Central Oregon, but the weather hasn’t looked much like it. Temperatures have been running well above normal in recent months, and mountain snowpack has lagged behind ...
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Locals Say They Want Tourists to Pay More of Their Fair Share for City Services. A Tweak to Room Tax Rules Could Do That.

Every time a conversation about funding the streets or local cops comes up, some in the community will use it as an opportunity to ask, “How can we get tourists to pay more of their fair share?” In ...
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‘Outdoor paradise’: CNN names this Oregon town among best to visit in 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – CNN released a list of the 10 best towns to visit in America in 2025, including one Central Oregon city with “go-play-all-day energy.” CNN’s list features cities across the ...
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Column: Bend’s new economic plan supports business and prosperity

Bend remains one of the best cities in the country to start and grow a business. This has been hard won by sustained ...
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In Bend, Oregon, Outdoor Adventure Belongs to Everyone

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Guest column: City of Bend missed opportunity on equity

The city of Bend has missed a critical opportunity to live up to its stated commitments to equity. Worse, it has undercut progress already made. The problem is not the recent separation with its ...
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Someone Is Sticking Googly Eyes on Public Sculptures in Oregon—and City Officials Are Not Amused

All eyes are on Bend, Oregon, where a mysterious vandal (or group of vandals) has been sticking large, plastic googly eyes on public art sculptures around the city. Many residents say they love the ...
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City of Bend drafts policy to bar federal immigration enforcement at any city-owned facilities

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The city of Bend is preparing to enact a policy barring the use of city facilities for federal immigration enforcement, as outlined in state law, saying the goal is to foster a ...
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Bend City Council clears path for housing project to help school employees

The Bend City Council voted Wednesday to rezone a nearly two-acre parcel of land next to a high school. It’s one of two parcels that Bend-La Pine Schools, or BLS, is selling in order to create housing ...
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Bend quietly considered pulling funding for sole Juneteenth event over Facebook post

Joslyn Stanfield received a phone call from a community member a little over three weeks before the Juneteenth event she was co-organizing. The caller tipped her off that Bend city staffers had ...