Nice day, but smoke returns
Gentle southerly breezes have given us a little relief from the smoke overnight, however
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Home security camera helps Bend police find, arrest 2 burglary suspects
A caretaker using a security camera to watch a hospitalized family member’s southeast Bend home caught two burglars at work early Tuesday, and while the pair got away, they were caught and arrested later in the day.
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Redmond honors woman who jumped in canal, saved 2-year-old
A Terrebonne woman who jumped in a Redmond irrigation canal last month to save a 2-year-old who’d fallen in was presented with a key to the city and a life-saving award by Redmond officials Tuesday.
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Bend restaurants stay open, but COVID-19 limitations spark frustrations
We’ve all been there: excited to leave our homes amid the pandemic and grab a bite to eat.
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Bend-Redmond Habitat seeks applicants for NW Bend cottages
Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity is excited to announce that their housing application period is now open for the organization’s NW Cottages site in Bend.
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Hospice of Redmond revamps Festival of Trees amid COVID-19
Hospice of Redmond’s annual fundraising event, Festival of Trees, is being transformed into a COVID-friendly event for the first time in 36 years.
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Some C.O. census workers threatened by homeowners
Imagine knocking on the door of a home and being met with a gun. The family of one census worker says he’s had that experience more than once in rural parts of Central Oregon.
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Hospice of Redmond changes its annual fundraiser.
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Passing grade! Crook County K-3 students likely get to return to class this fall
It looks like it’s back to school — really — for kindergarten through third-grade students in Crook County, thanks to improving COVID-19 case numbers, officials announced Tuesday.
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Bend Police seek photos, videos of ‘vehicle of interest’ in double-homicide case
Bend police detectives turned to the public for help Tuesday in a double-homicide case, asking for any photos, videos or information about a car in and around an area of northeast Bend over a 24-hour period, a few days before a couple’s bodies were found in their home.
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Brown orders flags to half-staff in honor of two fallen Marines, one from Bend
Gov. Kate Brown has ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff Wednesday in honor of two fallen Oregon Marines, Lance Corporal Jack Ryan Ostrovsky of Bend and Lance Corporal Chase D. Sweetwood of Portland.
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The Great Drake Park Duck Race goes virtual, needs support
The 31st annual Great Drake Park Duck Race has gone virtual this year, due to COVID-19, and ticket sales have been slower than previous years. Money raised from the event goes to seven Central Oregon charities. If you want to take part: https://www.theduckrace.com/
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Oregon shares in $85 million settlement with Honda over defective airbags
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Tuesday an $85 million multistate settlement with American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Honda of America Mfg., Inc. (collectively “Honda”), over allegations Honda concealed safety issues related to defects in the frontal airbag systems installed in certain Honda and Acura vehicles sold in the United States.
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Oregon Dept. of Revenue reminder: Unemployment benefits are taxable
Thousands of Oregonians are now receiving unemployment benefits, many for the first time. The Oregon Department of Revenue on Tuesday reminded recipients that the benefits are taxable, and they should consider having tax withheld from the benefits, to avoid owing taxes when they file their federal and Oregon income tax return next year.
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Almost in the clear
A red flag (fire weather) warning will stay in place until 11 pm Tuesday with an air quality alert until Wednesday at 11 pm.
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Consumer Cellular hiring 150 in Redmond, offering home-work hybrid, bonus
Cellphone provider Consumer Cellular said Tuesday it’s looking to hire 150 people for positions at its Redmond call center, offering flexible schedules, including a home-office hybrid, and a bonus intended to lure workers amid the COVID-19 uncertainty.
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Bend post office rally part of nationwide effort in support of U.S. Postal Service
As part of a “Save the Post Office” national day of action by the American Postal Workers Union, a small demonstration was held Tuesday at Bend’s main post office on Northeast Fourth Street.
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Oregon reports 7 more COVID-19 deaths, 247 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 427, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.
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As firefighters make more progress on C. Oregon wildfires, the costs pile up
Despite another day of red flag warnings for extreme fire behavior, a growing army of firefighters continued to make good progress Tuesday on containing several large Central Oregon wildfires.
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Despite fire-season ban, visitors still start campfires in USFS day-use areas
With several large wildfires burning right now across Central Oregon amid a hot, dry late summer, the fire danger is considered extreme.
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