Thelma’s Place wants your old car
Your donation helps the Redmond nonprofit provide services to the elderly, and you get a tax break too!
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Bend’s iconic Tower Theatre is set to reopen
This summer, local talent, and safety will be featured.
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Yearly count finds more homeless in C. Oregon
The annual ‘Point in Time’ survey conducted in late January found nearly 1,000 Central Oregonians who were homeless, and that was before the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pet Pals: Toby’s a terrific terrier needing a new home
Toby is a 1-year-old Yorkshire terrier waiting for a new home at the Humane Society of Central Oregon in Bend.
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La Pine man killed, woman injured in Hwy. 97 crash north of Sunriver
A La Pine man was killed and a La Pine woman was injured Friday evening when their SUV left Highway 97 just north of Sunriver and overturned, Oregon State Police reported.
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OLCC reprimands 12 C.O. bars, restaurants; 5 referred to Oregon OSHA
After the Oregon Liquor Control Commission reprimanded 12 bars and restaurants in Deschutes County for failing to ensure social distance over the holiday weekend, it referred five of those businesses to the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Continue ReadingIndustrial fire precaution level to rise on C.O. public lands
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Hot temperatures and drying conditions have prompted fire officials for the Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National Grassland and the Prineville District Bureau of Land Management to raise the Industrial Fire Precaution Level from I to II next week. The Deschutes National Forest is already in IFPL II. The fire danger level remains at HIGH in Central
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Dry conditions continue through the weekend
Happy Saturday, Central Oregon! Warm conditions continue, with temperatures possibly reaching the high 80s. The big change for Saturday – wind speeds are expected to pick up. Sustained northwesterly winds will be between 6-11 mph in the morning, and will only increase as the day rolls on. Gusts could reach close to 30 mph in
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Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission adopts climate, ocean change policy
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted a Climate and Ocean Change Policy on a unanimous vote Friday, making them the first state fish and wildlife commission in the nation to adopt such a measure.
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Public can weigh in on Oregon’s boating facility grant applications
For the first time in the 50-year history of the Oregon State Marine Board’s Boating Facility Grant Program, the public now has an opportunity to weigh in on where they’d like to see their boating dollars invested.
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Outdoor family swim is back at Bend’s Juniper Swim & Fitness Center, with changes
Just in time for more warm summer weather, outdoor family swim at the Juniper Swim at Fitness Center is officially back, as of Friday.
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Central Oregon feral pig tests positive for contagious pseudorabies
An adult female feral pig from Central Oregon sampled for disease as part of a surveillance program tested positive for pseudorabies, a contagious disease that can harm livestock and also spread to some wildlife species, state officials said Friday.
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Oregon reports 2 more COVID-19 deaths, 275 new cases — 24 in Central Oregon
COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 232, along with 275 new cases — 24 of them in Central Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
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Oregon Employment Dept. launches new site for the many still awaiting benefits
The Oregon Employment Department launched a new informational website on Friday, which it said is “aimed at improving customer service for the record number of Oregonians applying for and receiving unemployment benefits.”
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A little warmer today
A very fair air flow will deliver a beautiful weekend to the High Desert and it all begins today.
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5G networks have few health impacts, OSU study using zebrafish model finds
Findings from an Oregon State University study into the effects of radio-frequency radiation generated by the wireless technology that will soon be the standard for cellphones suggest few health impacts.
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Oregon FBI offers ‘Virtual Teen Series’
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Portland FBI Field Office has launched a new opportunity for high school students to engage with us during this time of physical distancing: the FBI Virtual Teen Series. Students from various high schools within the state of Oregon joined in this virtual session to learn about how to avoid the
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Oregon lawmakers propose $500 emergency checks for jobless waiting for benefits
Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek (D – Portland) and Senate President Peter Courtney (D – Salem) proposed Thursday the immediate distribution of emergency relief checks of $500 per person for Oregonians who have applied for unemployment benefits and have not yet received them from the state Employment Department.
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400 Oregon National Guard members to receive wildland firefighter training
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — As part of the state’s coordinated and comprehensive wildfire suppression efforts, and thanks to funds allocated by the federal government, more than 400 citizen-soldiers and citizen-airmen from the Oregon National Guard will be trained as wildland firefighters next week at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem. Approximately 180 members of
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Black Lives Matter protest rally held in downtown Bend
The Central Oregon Diversity Project organized a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest rally in downtown Bend on Thursday.
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