Warm day after tough start
After some freezing rain last night, we woke up to clearer skies and slick roads this morning.
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Redmond City Council sets goals for upcoming year
The city of Redmond is once again looking to the future of the city.
Continue ReadingOregon agency advises of extended federal tax breaks
The Oregon Department of Revenue is notifying taxpayers that the federal government has retroactively extended many tax breaks that may affect their 2019 and 2018 tax filings.
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Bend Super Bowl champion speaks of experience
Super Bowl LIV between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers is just four days away. Twelve years ago, Bend resident Kevin Boss played on football’s biggest stage — and walked off the field a champion.
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Pay It Forward: Beulah’s Place
Andi Buerger is getting ready to open a new facility for at-risk teens in Redmond, and being this month’s $500 recipient will help make that happen.
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After years of planning, Bend FC Timbers fields finally open
Teams began using fields this month after three months of construction BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend FC Timbers finally have a place to call home. After seven years of fundraising, three months of construction and $2.5 million, the club team can call two new synthetic turf fields at Pine Nursery Park home. Through the
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C.O. Homeless Point In Time Count underway
The Homeless Leadership Coalition kicked off the annual Point In Time Count in Central Oregon Wednesday.
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More changes coming to Redmond Airport
The Redmond Airport has plans for a variety of improvements in coming years, including the kind of out-of-the-weather ‘jet bridges’ familiar at larger airports.
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CODE Team: 3 arrested as they returned to C.O. with meth, heroin
Central Oregon drug agents and Oregon State Police stopped a car and arrested two Bend men and a Southern California woman on Highway 97 near Klamath Falls, finding hidden methamphetamine and heroin, police said Wednesday.
Continue ReadingStill a chance for more snow
The Cascades still have a chance for more snow heading into the weekend.
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Less rain, more warmth
We have a weak chance of mixed showers Wednesday night with lows in the low to mid-30s and with calm southerly breezes.
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Impaired CRR man arrested after Redmond Fred Meyer incident
An apparently drug-impaired Crooked River Ranch man was arrested Tuesday evening after allegedly stripping to his underwear and running around in the Redmond Fred Meyer store and parking lot, speaking gibberish and scaring numerous people, police said.
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Oregon lawmaker’s bill targets soaring insulin prices
A Beaverton state representative has introduced legislation that would put a cap on co-pays for insulin at $100 a month to address the sharp rise in insulin prices.
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St. Thomas Academy students benefit from creative learning grant
A special reading and art program for St. Thomas Academy second-graders has received a nearly $1,000 Spark! Creative Learning Grant from SELCO Community Credit Union.
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Tillamook County computers still down, a week after ransomware attack
One week after Tillamook County was hit by a cyberattack, the county computers remain unplugged while a cybersecurity firm tries to negotiate with criminals who deployed the ransomware, according to a county official.
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Oregon Democrats seek to change quorum rules, end walkouts
Democrats in the Oregon Legislature are now seeking to have voters change its quorum rules, so walkouts by lawmakers can no longer stymie legislation.
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Purcell Blvd. Bridge in NE Bend to close for 2 1/2 months
The Purcell Boulevard Bridge that crosses the North Unit Irrigation District main canal north of NE Butler Market Road and south of Empire Avenue in Bend will be closed for 2 1/2 months starting Monday, Feb. 17.
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La Pine pair suffer smoke inhalation in detached garage fire
Two family members suffered smoke inhalation Tuesday evening when fire broke out in a La Pine detached garage and they tried to find the source and get two vehicles out, fire officials said.
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Oregon gets mixed grades on tobacco control efforts
The American Lung Association on Wednesday gave Oregon a decidedly mixed grade on its tobacco control efforts: A grades in some areas, flunking or nearly so in the rest.
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Gov. Brown wants to ask voters for affordable housing tax
Gov. Kate Brown has filed a resolution for the legislative session that starts next week, asking voters to amend the state Constitution to allow for real estate transfer taxes, which are assessed when property changes ownership.
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