BEND, Ore. — City Council members in the central Oregon city of Bend have approved strict new rules for homeless camping that will limit where, when and how people can live outside, as a growing ...

This Jan. 28, 2020 photo shows the Tower theatre located in downtown Bend. The central Oregon city is one of the latest to restrict homeless camping.

Rena has been homeless in Bend for more than six years. In that time, she frequently has had to move camping spots due to camp sweeps by the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Unlike some other cities in Oregon, Bend will aim not to sweep camps if at all possible. Instead, city council members are focused on creating at least 500 more shelter beds. June 13, 2025 ...

BEND, Ore. — Dozens of homeless people who have been living in a national forest in central Oregon for years were being evicted Thursday by the U.S. Forest Service, as it closed the area for a ...

When The Bulletin ran a story about Daniel “Dray” Aguirre, a homeless Central Oregon Community College student and advocate for those experiencing homelessness, a first-time donor sent in $750 ...

The League of Oregon Cities is hosting its annual conference and business meeting in Bend this week. Nearly 1,000 attendees are in town, the largest annual gathering of municipal officials in Oregon.

Parker represents a subset of the Central Oregon homeless population who choose to live outdoors, ... Bend homeless man is without a house, not a home. Published 4:30 am Sunday, May 22, 2022.

According to a news release by the Homeless Leadership Coalition, 14 people have died in Central Oregon while living houseless this year. (The number was revised to 15 at the vigil).

At the time, David Melvin Savory, 57, was on the waitlists of several homeless shelters in the area. But Bend is currently without a cold-weather shelter, which could have saved Savory’s life.