St. Charles IDs significant health needs across region
St. Charles Health System’s Board of Directors has approved Community Health Needs Assessments for Bend, Madras, Prineville and Redmond.
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Bend Park and Rec chooses 6 board finalists from 24 applicants
The Bend Park and Recreation District Board, facing 24 applicants to fill a board vacancy, chose six finalists at its meeting Tuesday night.
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Bend considers downtown parking improvements
The city of Bend is looking to ease the challenges of parking downtown.
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Suspect held in fatal stabbing at Beaverton bank
One woman was stabbed and killed at a Wells Fargo bank in Beaverton Wednesday and the suspect stabbed three other people before he was finally caught in Tigard, according to police, KPTV reported.
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Lawsuit: Immigration courts now ‘deportation machine’
Law groups representing immigrants say the immigration court system under the Trump administration has become a “deportation machine.”
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Registration open for DCSO Public Safety Academy
Registration is now open for the 2020 Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Public Safety Academy, to be held in the agency’s Bend office.
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Bend-Redmond fifth in US for people working from home
The Bend-Redmond metro area (defined as all of Deschutes County) has slid a bit in a ranking of places where many folks work from home, but is still No. 5 in the U.S., with more than one in 10 workers fitting that category, an Oregon Employment Department analyst says.
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Wyden urges HUD review use of facial recognition
Sen. Ron Wyden, colleagues have asked the Department of Housing and Urban Development to review policies regarding the use of facial recognition technologies in federally assisted housing.
Continue ReadingHouse of Representatives impeaches President Donald Trump
The deeply divided House of Representatives took the historic step to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday night, charging a president with high crimes and misdemeanors for just the third time in American history.
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Train hits pickup at crossing S. of Redmond; CRR man critically injured
A freight train struck a pickup truck at a railroad crossing south of Redmond Wednesday morning, sending the 74-year-old driver to the hospital by air ambulance with life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
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…there is a bunch on the way!!
Continue ReadingCarly Fiorina says it is ‘vital’ Trump be impeached, but doesn’t rule out voting for him in 2020
Former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said she thinks it is “vital” that President Donald Trump be impeached, but stopped short of calling for his removal from office and did not rule out voting for him again in 2020. The former Hewlett-Packard CEO told CNN on “Boss Files with Poppy Harlow” that she sees the
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Showers Are On The Way
This morning’s initial cloud cover is from a storm moving southward along the California coast, but a developing system in the Gulf of Alaska will press in quickly bringing more storms to the region.
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Hundreds attend Bend pro-impeachment rally
On the eve of an expected U.S. House vote, hundreds of protesters rallied in downtown Bend Tuesday evening in support of impeaching President Donald Trump.
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Wyden intros bill for first study of sex workers’ health, safety
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday joined Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., to introduce the SAFE SEX Workers Study Act, a bill to require the first ever national study on the health and safety of sex workers, including impacts from SESTA/FOSTA – legislation that dealt with sex work and websites. Wyden
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Oregon agency issues report on prescription drug prices
The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has released its first report to the Legislature on prescription drug prices in Oregon. The program is the first in the United States to gather and publicly disclose comprehensive data about prescription drugs.
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Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program applicants sought
Applications are now being accepted for the 2020 award year for the Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program. The application deadline is May 1, 2020.
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Body of Vancouver teen found, man arrested
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Police say the remains of missing Vancouver teen Nikki Kuhnhausen have been found and a man has been arrested and charged with her murder. The Vancouver Police Department says David Bogdanov was arrested Tuesday. Kuhnhausen was a 17-year-old transgender girl who last talked to her family June 5. Detectives accessed Kuhnhausen’s
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Holiday lights: Lovely sights on Lamoine Lane
Two homes on Lamoine Lane in northeast Bend provide a colorful, fun Christmas display for all to see. Got some great lights on your or a neighbor’s home? Share a look at our Holiday Lights Photo Contest, under the Play tab.
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