Brooke Snavely

1 week ago | centraloregondaily.com | Brooke Snavely

REDMOND, Ore. -- A two-year long terminal expansion project at the Redmond Airport is set to begin in a matter of weeks. The Redmond City Council approved $98 million in funding for the main terminal expansion Tuesday night and $6.5 million for final designs. The new 80-thousand square foot terminal will nearly double the amount of waiting space, and the number of shops and restaurants. The airport will stay open during construction.

1 week ago | centraloregondaily.com | Brooke Snavely

(Editor's note: This article originally published in 2024. It has been updated.)NEAR BURNS, Ore. -- After two good winters, many high desert lakes and reservoirs that went dry are full again, and the fishing in them is bonkers. The Chickahominy Reservoir near Burns dried up three years ago but now is fishing better than ever. Anglers are now catching trout up to 20 inches long. “They re-stocked it in March of 2023.

1 week ago | centraloregondaily.com | Brooke Snavely

BEND, Ore. -- After six months of skiing and riding, Mt. Bachelor's 2024/2025 season came to a close Monday. The ski resort finished the season with a beach party on the snow, complete with costumes and music. If you’ll recall, Mt. Bachelor opened gradually around Thanksgiving last November with just enough snow to cover the run under the Pine Marten lift. Then winter storms hit, and kept coming until there was more snow than they could measure, more than 160 inches at one point.

2 weeks ago | centraloregondaily.com | Travis Pittman |Brooke Snavely

(UPDATED with reporter Brooke Snavely's video package and details of the two Oregon statutes that Deschutes County indicates would lead to van der Kamp having to vacate the office of sheriff if certification is revoked.)BEND, Ore. -- A committee with the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) voted unanimously Thursday to recommend stripping Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp of his state law enforcement certification for life.

2 weeks ago | centraloregondaily.com | Brooke Snavely

BEND, Ore. A beautiful day brought crowds of people out for the second Bend Farmers Market of the season Wednesday. People found plenty of fresh grown produce and homemade foods. They also encountered Project Happy Face offering free skin cancer screenings courtesy of Project Happy Face. May is Melanoma Awareness Month. One-in-five people will develop the skin cancer.