Bend-Redmond metro area 8th-fastest growing in U.S.

Bend-Redmond metro area 8th-fastest growing in U.S.: The Bend-Redmond Metropolitan Area – defined as all of Deschutes County – had Oregon’s fastest growth rate last year, at 2.9 percent, and was No. 8 among nearly 400 metro areas in the nation, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday night.