Oregon House approves crackdown on pesticide
Legislation to protect Oregonians from the dangerous effects of the pesticide chlorpyrifos passed the Oregon House on Wednesday, supporters…
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Study: Fossil fuel methane emissions vastly underestimated
The global fossil fuel industry emits 25% to 40% more methane – a greenhouse gas and contributor to global warming – than previously thought, a…
Continue ReadingSecretary of state’s audit outlines way for Oregon to save millions
The Oregon Secretary of State Audits Division found that leveraging a free service from the U.S. Treasury could help identify millions of dollars in…
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Breese-Iverson, colleague vote against cap and trade bill
Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson, R-Prineville, and GOP colleague voted no Wednesday as a House subcommittee in a party-line vote advanced the controversial…
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Bend Fire & Rescue holds free car seat clinic
Bend Fire & Rescue held one of their free car seat clinics on Wednesday to help make sure folks are using them correctly to keep their child…
Continue ReadingWinning numbers drawn in ‘Daily Game’ game
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the Washington Lottery’s “Daily Game” game were:…
Continue ReadingWinning numbers drawn in ‘Keno’ game
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the Washington Lottery’s “Keno” game were:…
Continue ReadingHow Bernie Sanders became a millionaire
Editor’s Note: This story originally published on April 15, 2019. It has been updated to reflect the Democratic debate on February 19. Sen.…
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BMS Technologies building big in NE Bend
BMS Technologies, a billing and invoice business, is building a 45,000-square-foot facility at 18th Street and Cooley Road in northeast…
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Lacrosse is Bend Park & Rec’s fastest-growing youth sport
Lacrosse may not be the first sport you think of, when it comes to Central Oregon youth sports. But according to Bend Park and Recreation, it’s…
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Juniper Ridge residents get 60-day notice to move
The homeless campers living on Bend’s city-owned Juniper Ridge area got official notice Wednesday that the city will need for them to move in 60…
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New operations facility being built at Roberts Field
A new 42,000-square-foot operations snow removal equipment building is expected to be finished by December. A new federal grant is helping make it…
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Deschutes County schools send home 74 students
…But that number is down on this “Exclusion…
Continue ReadingWinning numbers drawn in ‘Lucky Lines’ game
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the Oregon Lottery’s “Lucky Lines” game were:…
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Redmond Fire & Rescue to seek first local option levy in May
Redmond Fire & Rescue’s Board of Directors said Wednesday they have unanimously agreed to place a five-year local option levy of 27¢ per…
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Help offered for C.O. first responders who struggle with stress
Law enforcement and other first responders are quite often the first people on the scene of a variety of variety traumatic and stressful incidents,…
Continue ReadingNo new snow, for now
Snow is not in the forecast until Saturday…
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Clouds on the way
We’ll see a few clouds develop Wednesday night, but mostly clear skies will allow overnight lows to plunge to single digits to mid-teens.…
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Highway 97 traffic stop leads to meth, Calif. man’s arrest
A California man pulled over for speeding and failure to signal a lane change on U.S. Highway 97 north of La Pine was arrested on drug charges after…
Continue ReadingSouth Dakota man walks through the QC on cross-country journey for veterans
Click here for updates on this story WHITESIDE COUNTY, IL (WQAD ) — In an effort to raise money for the Wounded Warrior…
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