7 February 2012, 7:10 pm
The biggest item in the 2012 Oregon Legislature is education. School funding takes up $8 billion of a $14 billion state budget. It sounds like a lot, but that's less than the state used to spend on schools. One Central Oregon lawmaker is looking to reverse that trend.... Read More »
7 February 2012, 6:46 pm
A newly arrived female mountain lion cub reacts to a visitor at the Orange County Zoo on Jan. 11, 2012 in Orange, Calif . A pair of orphaned cubs will go on display to the public in the coming months when their enclosure is complete.... Read More »
7 February 2012, 5:11 pm
A more than year-long debate, dispute, controversy and just general mess ended quietly Tuesday as the Oregon DMV announced that its new, permanent Bend office site will be its existing, temporary one at the former Welcome Center on N. Highway 97.... Read More »
7 February 2012, 11:25 am
Bend has made yet another media "best of" list -- nothing all that unusual there. But this one's not just national, but global -- and from the prestigious label of National Geographic, no less. Bend has just made the magazine's online list of the "World's 25 Best Ski Towns."... Read More »
6 February 2012, 6:51 pm
Hitting a number of topics, the first one on a very sad note ... Geoff Hollister’s passing this morning in Bend at age 66 after a years-long bout with cancer means Nike has lost one of its forefathers. The former University of Oregon steeplechaser was in on the ground floor of Blue ...... Read More »
6 February 2012, 8:41 am
The Oregon Republican Party will open primaries for three statewide offices to non-affiliated voters. While they won't be able to cast votes in May's presidential primary, non-affiliated voters could participate in the attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer primaries under the GO... Read More »
6 February 2012, 12:12 am
Super Bowl advertising may be good for some, but most companies need more practical business and marketing strategies. Eric Hardenbrook of Hardenbrook Marketing Solutions offers five key strategies businesses can focus on this month to improve their marketing without spending a fortune.Bend, Oregon ... Read More »
25 January 2012, 11:59 am
BEND, Ore.--- — William W. Edwards, 90, of Bend, Oregon, formerly of Prescott, died Thursday, January 12, 2012. Bill, as he was known to his family and friends, moved to Bend from Prescott, in 1947 with his wife, Louise, and infant son, Jimmie. Bill and Louise were married for 50 years.... Read More »
23 January 2012, 7:03 pm
A family doctor in Bend who helped create Central Oregon’s Newberry Volcano National Monument has raised concerns about the chemicals that would be injected underground as part of a proposed geothermal energy project near the volcano.... Read More »
16 January 2012, 4:03 am
NetCOBOL for .NET COBOL compiler now runs COBOL in the Windows Azure cloud.Bend, Oregon (PRWEB) January 16, 2012 Alchemy Solutions, Inc. announced the release of the NetCOBOL for .NET 4.2 compiler today. The latest version of the compiler can now deploy COBOL applications to the Windows® Azure™ c... Read More »