COVID-19-compliant courtroom set up at Deschutes Fairgrounds
Jury selection and trials can now be held with social distancing in place.
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Football FANdemonium Week 6 – Rams vs. 49ers
It’s Football FANdemonium Friday! NewsChannel 21’s Max Goldwasser puts the spotlight on NFC West divisional rivals, who just so happen to be going head-to-head on the gridiron in Sunday Night Football on NBC.
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Downtown Bend restaurant proposes vehicle-free promenade
A downtown Bend restaurant is seeking a vehicle-free period on the Brooks Street Promenade so they and others can add some outdoor seating.
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Redmond student starts petition for changes in online learning
Ridgeview High School student Jace Easton has begun a petition, calling for changes to the online learning system. Find it at: https://www.change.org/p/lee-loving-change-the-online-high-school-system-in-redmond-or
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Mailboxes left wide open at NW Bend apartments leave voters concerned
Residents of one apartment complex in NW Bend where mailboxes were left wide open for hours were afraid they’d lose their ballots before they even got a chance to cast their vote.
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Hummel leads way for new Central Oregon Decency Project
It’s no secret this is a time of heightened tension in our country and our communities.
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Deschutes DA Hummel pledges not to prosecute abortion cases
Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel is one of 64 prosecutors nationwide to sign a pledge his office won’t prosecute abortion cases if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Oregon federal prosecutor to oversee election fraud, voting rights complaints
United States Attorney Billy J. Williams announced Friday that Assistant U.S. Attorney Austin Rice-Stitt will lead local efforts in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3 general election.
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Deschutes Public Library honored with 2020 Ben Westlund Award
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes Cultural Coalition of the Oregon Cultural Trust has awarded the Deschutes Public Library the 2020 Ben Westlund Memorial Award for its extraordinary level of delivery and access to library services and programs to the citizenry of Deschutes County. The award recognizes the library’s response to the programmatic accessibility challenges
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Ibex hiring 200 in Bend
ibex, a leading provider of contact center services and other business process outsourcing solutions, is hiring 200 people in Bend by the end of this year. The positions offer an hourly starting salary of $18.
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Deschutes County road construction update: Week of Oct. 18-24
Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of Oct. 18-24, including an update on the Old Bend-Redmond Highway-Tumalo Road roundabout project.
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Grace, beloved Sunriver trumpeter swan, apparently killed by coyotes
Grace, the Sunriver Nature Center’s resident female trumpeter swan, has died, apparently due to depredation, likely by coyotes, the facility announced “with very heavy hearts” Friday afternoon.
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Let the cooldown begin
While the weekend may not be quite as warm, it will stay quite pleasant.
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Lane County is fifth added to Oregon COVID-19 ‘County Watch List’
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday that Lane County has been added to the County Watch List, bringing the total number of counties on the list to five.
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Oregon reports 6 COVID-19 deaths, 1 in Jefferson County; 418 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed six more lives in Oregon, including a 50-year-old Jefferson County man, raising the state’s death toll to 617, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
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New round of Central Oregon COVID-19 small-biz impact grants announced
The Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council and a network of local partner organizations on Friday began offering another round of grants to the region’s small businesses and nonprofits negatively impacted by the economic downturn caused by COVID-19.
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Cascades Academy partners with Central Oregon STEM Hub
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Cascades Academy, a local pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade independent school, and the Central Oregon STEM Hub are excited to bring together their organizations in an official community partnership. The Central Oregon STEM Hub connects regional pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade education systems, higher education, community organizations, and business and industry partners to
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Furry Friends: J.D. is a sweet youngster who’s full of energy
J.D. is a very energetic 1-year-old blue heeler-cattle dog mix pup who just arrived at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center a few days ago.
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Sun; warm; wind
The next cold, wet system will focus its strength well to our north.
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End of an era: Boardman, Oregon’s last coal-fired power plant, shuts down
Portland General Electric Co. announced Thursday it has permanently shuttered its Boardman Generating Station in Eastern Oregon’s Morrow County, the state’s last coal-fired power plant.
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