Hood River surgeon identified as Mount Hood fall victim
A well-known doctor and surgeon from Hood River has been identified as the skier who died after a fall on Mount Hood…
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Wyden presses FS chief over backlog of fuels reduction, fire prevention work
At a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., pressed the chief of the U.S. Forest Service…
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United Way of Deschutes County starts 2020 with 2 fundraisers
United Way of Deschutes County has begun 2020 with two very different ways for donors to give back to our Central Oregon community.…
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OSU-Cascades offers Summer Academy for HS students
Oregon State University–Cascades will again host high school students for a Summer Academy that will expose participants to college classes and…
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Redmond residents to get new trash pickup option
The Redmond City Council unanimously passed a city ordinance this week that will give residents the cost-saving option to have their trash picked up…
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Kids Mini-PPP Artwork Contest winner announced
Highland Elementary fifth-grader Piper Abrams wins, and gets her artwork on this year’s…
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Oregon legislative limbo lingers, threatening bills of both parties
Pressure continued to rise and the House and Senate chambers remained empty Wednesday at the Oregon Capitol, one day after most House Republicans…
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More sun and warmth
The sky will stay mostly clear Wednesday night.…
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‘Invention Convention’ fills Miller Elementary with big ideas
More than 200 young problem-solvers were displaying their ideas at Wednesday’s Invention Convention at Bend’s Miller Elementary School, and Greater…
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President Trump puts VP Pence in charge of coronavirus response
President Donald Trump on Wednesday placed Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the US government response to the novel coronavirus, amid growing…
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No snow is expected until Friday…
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La Pine home’s wood shake roof fire stopped fast — again
La Pine firefighters quickly doused a fire on a wood shake roof on Wednesday, at the same home where they stopped a similar roof fire nearly eight…
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Deschutes County to remove about 50 hazard trees near Sunriver
Starting this week and continuing sporadically throughout April, the Deschutes County Road Department will remove approximately 50 hazard trees along…
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Bend microbrewery equipment co. owner facing federal fraud charges
A Bend man appeared in Eugene federal court Wednesday on a seven-count indictment charging him with using his microbrewery equipment company to…
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Kasner murder trial begins in shooting death of neighbor
The grim details of a woman allegedly gunning down her neighbor, shooting a dog and threatening other neighbors with the gun one winter day in a…
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Summit basketball star Jacob Tompkins setting records
A senior on the Summit High School basketball team has not exactly been shooting for lots of school records, but he’s been knocking them down…
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$250M homelessness tax measure on Portland-area May ballot
Metro, the regional government for the three counties in the Portland metropolitan area, has voted to place a ballot measure before voters this May…
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Gov. Brown announces stopgap funding for Pendleton levee repair
Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday $1.8 million in stopgap funding for levee repairs in Pendleton through an emergency no-interest, no-payment,…
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Sisters City Council talks short-term rentals, new DCSO contract
The Sisters City Council held a workshop Wednesday evening to discuss the year-old short-term rental regulations, and also discussed its new contract…
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Demographics drive GOP nosedive on West Coast
Deschutes County has, for the first time in memory, more registered Democrats than Republicans, a sign of how demographic shifts and the GOP’s tack…
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