Deschutes Market Overcrossing construction

The "Deschutes Market Overcrossing" is that overpass on Highway 97 north of Bend where Deschutes Market Road meets Highway 97. There’s going to be road construction starting there on January 12 (Monday), says the email that came through today: The project will consist of extending the first phase of the … Continue reading

Revere Ave. Parkway ramps closed tomorrow

Jen sent me this heads up about the northbound entrance and exit ramps to the Parkway from Revere Avenue: The northbound on and off ramps at Revere Avenue on the Bend Parkway will be closed Thursday August 7, from 9 am to 1 pm. ODOT crews are performing routine bridge … Continue reading

Crackdown on 4th of July fireworks

This year the Bend Police Department along with the Fire Department are going to be cracking down on illegal fireworks use this year; you can read it in the release I’ve included below, but essentially they will be patrolling on the Fourth and anyone caught with illegals will face confiscation … Continue reading

Life jacket requirements

With the summer months coming and outdoor activities ramping up, I found this dispatch from the Deschutes County offices (the "Marine Minute") on life jacket requirements interesting: One of the most misunderstood issues regarding boating in Oregon is the life jacket or PFD (personal flotation device) requirement. Most people understand … Continue reading

Controlled burns this week

No that anyone would necessarily notice because of the weather so far, but there are controlled burns going on this week that the County wanted people to know about. (We’ve seen this happen in the past, when nobody quite knew what was going on.) From the County: Last year, when … Continue reading

Free kibble

I got the email for this earlier in the month and it slipped by me: check out Free Kibble, a website dedicated to providing dog food to the Humane Society of Central Oregon based on the amount of user traffic and interaction the site gets. Basically, you visit the site … Continue reading

Phishing

I received a phishing spam the other day that reminded me of the Bank of the Cascades scam that Jake first reported. The email claims to be from "Oregon Community Credit Union" and it says: Oregon Community Credit Union temporarily suspended your account. Reason: Billing failure. We require you to … Continue reading

Cascade Lakes Highway closed for the season

Just a quick note to observe that today at noon the Cascade Lakes Highway (Road 46) is being closed for the winter. The road closures will be at the Deschutes Bridge gate and at the gate near the entrance to Mt. Bachelor, and signs will be posted. No snow yet, … Continue reading

PSA: Driving in school zones

Just a reminder that school has started again this week, and that means school zone speed limits are back in effect during school days—that’s from 7am until 5pm, all day, regardless of whether children are present. The speed limit in school zones is 20 miles per hour, and this week … Continue reading

Awbrey Butte fire

There’s currently a fire on Awbrey Butte… looks like it might have started on a construction site and spread… at one point we could see pretty good sized flames the length of it. Update, 2pm: Fire looks mostly out now, there’s still a little bit of smoke but it’s much … Continue reading