Operators recently received the all-clear to move into a state-of-the-art new $7 million building anticipated to meet Deschutes County 911 dispatch needs for the next two decades.

The transfer signaled a welcome switch for the telecommunications team which had been working out of a cramped 3,000 square foot headquarters in the nearby county sheriff’s office for the last 15...

Cindy Grossman is a Midwest transplant and construction specialist who has turned her hand to crafting a piece of paradise in the heart of Central Oregon, in the shape of the Faith, Hope & Charity Vineyard and Event Center.

Grossman had an idea of the site’s potential when she and her husband Roger bought what was then a somewhat rundown farm in a picturesque setting off Lower...

In an encouraging sign of Bend’s continuing evolution, another former west side mill site is being transformed into a mixed-use commercial and social center.

Following in the wake of pioneering forebear the Deschutes River-straddling Old Mill District and the more recent Mill Quarter off Colorado Avenue, the former Bright Wood Corporation base along Century Drive is the latest mill...