Mazatlan Mexican Restaurant is fully open for business, and that’s bringing them big crowds — and scrutiny from state regulators who look into complaints when businesses don’t follow COVID-19 safety rules.
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COVID-19 has claimed 48 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,262, along with 1,562 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
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Rising COVID-19 cases in Crook County appeared to dash all hopes of students returning to classrooms after Winter Break. That changed Wednesday after the Oregon Department of Education announced the extension of the Safe Harbor designation.
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After more than two decades serving Oregon’s sprawling Second District in Congress, Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., shared his thoughts with NewsChannel 21 on Wednesday as he prepares to step down.
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Four people – one a fugitive – face felony drug charges after Central Oregon drug agents broke up a trafficking organization that distributed large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin throughout the region, state and elsewhere, officials said Wednesday.
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Look for mixed showers Wednesday night, with lows mid 20s to low 30s.
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Youth enrichment non-profit Camp Fire Central Oregon is providing a COVID-safe way to keep kids active and learning over winter break by raffling off five different “Camp in a Box” packages that feature activities and products from local Bend businesses.
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With a “3, 2, 1 – go!” and some light applause after, four health care workers at Portland’s Legacy Emanuel Medical Center became the first Oregonians on Wednesday to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, which Gov. Brown called “truly the moment we have all been waiting for.”
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Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., announced Wednesday that he has nominated 14 Oregon students, eight from Deschutes County, for acceptance to the prestigious United States service academies.
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The Council on Aging of Central Oregon is encouraging seniors and their family members to be extra-vigilant this holiday season, as more of us are shopping online due to COVID-19 safety precautions.
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As the pandemic extends to nine months, safety concerns for children continue to grow. More and more families are being impacted by the social distancing orders, distance learning, economic hardships, and continued uncertainty.
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Governor Kate Brown is holding a news conference at 11 a.m. Wednesday as Oregon hospitals begin administering the first COVID-19 vaccinations in the state to frontline health care workers. She will be joined by representatives from the Oregon Health Authority and Oregon hospitals, including Legacy Health, Oregon Health & Science University, and Saint Alphonsus in Ontario.
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This year’s winter whale-watching and the 2021 First Day Hikes will go on, but volunteers won’t be stationed at whale watching sites and hikes won’t be led by rangers or volunteers.
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The Bend Park and Recreation District is hosting its first ever Drive-Thru Holiday Food Drive on Saturday, to help fill the shelves at the NeighborImpact Food Bank.
Continue ReadingMt. Bachelor could see a foot or more over the next 36 hours.
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The advance of the next system will not only bring rain today and mixed showers tonight,
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A former Klamath Falls police detective was arrested Tuesday on drugged and reckless driving, official misconduct and other charges, accused of causing a crash while under the influence of fentanyl that was being held as evidence in unrelated cases.
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Students at Ridgeview High School in Redmond are putting on a socially distanced radio play, “It’s a Wonderful Life.’
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The Oregon Department of Agriculture filed administrative rules with the secretary of state this week that significantly limits insecticide chlorpyrifos’ uses immediately and phases out nearly all use by Dec. 31, 2023.
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A home on Diamond Lake Drive in southwest Bend has a cool blue and white holiday motif, worth a swing-by. Share a photo of your fine display on our Holiday Lights Photo Contest page, under the Play tab at KTVZ.COM, and maybe we’ll swing by your place, too!
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