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Month: September 2026

Safety concerns lead to removal of Harmon Park’s 50-year-old play boat

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Park and Recreation District removed a long-standing play boat from Harmon Park this week after staff determined the structure no longer met modern safety standards. District staff regularly inspect all community playgrounds and had fenced off the boat for further evaluation following concerns about chipping paint, rust and exposed

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Recreational burning to reopen in Sisters-Camp Sherman and Cloverdale Districts

SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Recreational burning will reopen on Saturday, Sept. 5, across all areas within the Sisters-Camp Sherman and Cloverdale Fire Districts. The reopening follows a total burn ban during the peak summer fire season. Local fire agencies implemented the restrictions due to red flag warnings and extreme predicted fire behavior in the area.

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Company stiffed $165K for equipment ordered by former Alfalfa Fire Chief Chad LaVallee, despite receiving a FEMA grant to pay for it

Editor’s Note: The Prineville Review is a content partner with KTVZ News through the Oregon Journalism Project By: Justin Alderman Alfalfa, Ore. (Prineville Review) — A company that supplied the Alfalfa Fire District with approximately $165,000 in new breathing equipment to protect firefighters says it has not been paid anything for the purchase more than half

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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer testifies before a House committee in the Rayburn House Office Building in May 2025.

Former labor secretary drank at the office and misused resources, probe finds

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer violated department policy by drinking alcohol at the office and telling her staff to perform personal tasks for her, an independent Labor Department investigation found. The scathing report published Thursday by the department’s Office of Inspector General also found that Chavez-DeRemer accepted expensive gifts

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