Portland police declare riot; statues toppled, windows smashed in ‘Day of Rage’
Police declared a riot in downtown Portland on Sunday night after a large group of demonstrators marched through the South Park Blocks, toppling…
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Bend nonprofit The Shield raises awareness, helps veterans, first responders
Bend nonprofit The Shield seeks to raise awareness and provide free mental health services to Central Oregon veterans and first responders. Find out…
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Portland Timbers win 5th straight, 3-0 over San Jose
Jaroslaw Niezgoda scored two goals and the Portland Timbers won their fifth straight match with a 3-0 victory Sunday over the San Jose Earthquakes.…
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Lakers win record-tying 17th NBA title, giving LeBron James his 4th championship
(CNN) — The Los Angeles Lakers are NBA champions, defeating the Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, winning the…
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Bend sculptor completes project for downtown Seattle
Bend sculptor Miguel Edwards, who created a special cauldron for the 50th Special Olympics, recently finished his latest project, El Sol: Elevate.…
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Bend church raises over $20K for fire victims
Real Life Christian Church in Bend says they invited their members to make donations for fire victims. The members then ended up raising over $20,000…
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More cool temps and strong winds ahead
Happy Monday, Central Oregon! For the most part, Monday should be dry, with partly cloudy skies to begin the day, and mostly cloudy skies to end it.…
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Rain could mean ‘season-ending event’ for 204K-acre Lionshead Fire
Fire managers said Sunday this weekend’s rain may have been a “season-ending event” for part of all of the 204,469-acre Lionshead Fire, though the…
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Portland police arrest 26 during protests
Police in Portland arrested 26 people as protesters gathered outside a police precinct and blocked streets late Saturday night.…
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Chimney, attic fire causes $20,000 damage to home north of Bend
A homeowner north of Bend thought he’d put out a chimney fire with a garden hose Saturday evening — but it wasn’t fully out, and a resulting…
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Oregon reports 337 more COVID-19 cases, no new deaths
The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from yesterday and remains at 599, along with 337 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority…
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Bend Food Project surpasses 500,000 lbs. of food collected
The group collected around 24,000 pounds of food during Saturday’s collection…
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Showers could return Sunday, Tuesday
Happy Sunday, Central Oregon! We can expect cooler temperatures once again throughout the day, to go along with more strong wind speeds.…
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Sunriver Nature Center hosts 4th annual FungiFest
It’s all about the mushrooms — the fourth annual FungiFest, presented by the Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory and the Central Oregon…
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Oregon Cancer Bike Out draws participants from all over state
The eighth edition of the event took place on Saturday at the Wanoga…
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Aloha boy, 3, finds gun, dies after shooting
Authorities say a 3-year-old Portland-area boy has died following an apparent accidental shooting involving a gun he found in a bedroom drawer.…
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Welcome rain helps crews tackling Lionshead, other fires; much work remains
Over an inch of rain in places late Friday and early Saturday were of great benefit for hundreds of firefighters still working to contain and douse…
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Court: Reporters, others still exempt from Portland protest dispersal orders
Journalists and legal observers will be exempt from federal officers’ orders to disperse during Portland protests as federal agencies appeal a…
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Oregon relaxes some asbestos rules to speed wildfire cleanup
Oregon officials are relaxing some requirements for handling ash and debris containing asbestos to speed work in removing debris from homes and…
Continue Reading Oregon reports 2 more COVID-19 deaths, 599 total; 409 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 599, along with 409 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority…
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