Bend Marks A Milestone And Gets A Millstone

At some point I suppose Oregon and its cities become numb to all the depressing economic numbers. But when once-exploding Bend starts resembling Tumbleweed City by recording the nation's second-highest jump in unemployment — up 9.2 percentage points to 17 percent — it's still pretty damn noteworthy.

And unfortunately, there's more bad economic news today outta Bend.