Brookswood Blvd., from Reed Market Rd. to Amber Meadow Dr., is scheduled for pavement overlay work as part of the City of Bend 2013 Street Maintenance Program. Construction will take place May 13 through May 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. During this time, there will be rolling lane closures, and two-way traffic will be maintained with…

The Deschutes  County Weed Advisory Board and the “Let’s Pull Together” (LPT) event organizers  are gearing up for noxious weed pull events that begin in Bend Saturday, June 8 and continue through June 15. The week’s weed pull events help to educate in preserving Central Oregon’s ecosystem from  non-native noxious weeds. Let’s Pull Together is a family-friendly countywide noxious weed-pulling event held around Deschutes County.…

Neighbors,   One issue that seems to get the Southern  Crossing  NA board (and all the other NA boards throughout Bend) a lot of email is traffic  safety. Typical requests and things SCNA can help achieve are speed checks  resulting in data supporting cross walks or speed bumps, highlighting an intersection prime for a new roundabout to decrease…

What will we all do with those extra 1-4 hours spent on our favorite teams until September rolls around again? Why not try giving SCNA an hour a week or a month to help the board improve our community? The SCNA board will kick off 2013 with a meeting open to anyone Tuesday, January 8. It starts…

Santa Express to Collect Food,  Clothing, and Toys for Needy Families With the down turn in the economy comes more need for support of  local food banks and charities, and The Salvation Army is no different. In 2010  The Salvation Army provided Christmas presents, food and clothing for 1,000 families in the Bend area. In 2011 the…