Passionate C.O. fans expecting ‘tough game’ between Seahawks and 49ers in NFL wild card
With the NFL playoffs starting this weekend, not everyone in Central Oregon is in agreement on who to root for.…
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Bend-La Pine Schools seeking applicants to serve on budget committee
Bend-La Pine Schools seeks volunteers to join its Budget Committee, beginning in…
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Kôr Community Land Trust, Bend Chamber partner on employer-supported workforce housing pilot
Homeownership is out of financial reach for the majority of Bend’s working population, reports have shown. The Bend Chamber of Commerce and Kôr…
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Bend PD reports nearly 35% jump in DUII arrests in 2022 due to stepped-up enforcement, offers details
Bend police released details Thursday about the record 684 DUII arrests officers made last year, a nearly 35% jump resulting from stepped-up…
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Injured bald eagle recovers at Bend’s Think Wild, joins Yakama Nation Tribes as education ambassador
On August 15, Think Wild, Central Oregon’s wildlife hospital and conservation center, received a call on their wildlife hotline about an injured…
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Bend Fire and Rescue trains for rescues on the ice — but would prefer folks stay safe
Their ice rescue training could save lives, so Bend Fire & Rescue trains every winter. To avoid trouble, they offer these ice safety tips: There…
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Bend city councilors choose Megan Norris as new colleague, filling vacancy
Bend city councilors interviewed four finalists to be their new colleague Wednesday afternoon, then quickly and unanimously chose Megan Norris to…
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‘96% of mass attacks have red flags’: Program will help to monitor C.O. online threats
There’s a new effort on the High Desert to avert tragedies like the August shooting at Bend’s Eastside Safeway, focusing on monitoring online…
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Missing Bend woman’s family organizes own search efforts, with community’s help
Two weeks after the disappearance of Melissa Trench, the Bend woman’s family has sought out friends and others to help in searches in the area of…
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‘Really love this’: Mtn. View HS athlete taking equestrian career D-1, continuing family love of horses
This fall, Mountain View senior Makenna Bomke signed her letter of intent signed her letter of intent for equestrian, at Southern Methodist…
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Kindness is kind of a special thing at Bend’s Silver Rail Elementary
Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend is teaching second-graders to share and all the positive attributes of kindness, including a weekly Monday…
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Pilot Butte fire station finally gets first engine, with a little ‘push’ from kids
Bend Fire and Rescue added a new engine to its fleet Tuesday, for the first time a long time, and some of the youngest members of the community…
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Bend’s downtown Centennial Parking Garage gets new pay-to-exit system, aims to prevent people from not paying
– The city of Bend’s downtown Centennial Parking Garage and Plaza is getting an upgrade on how the public pays for parking spots — and how the city…
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Bend Cultural Tourism Fund seeking 2023 grant applications
The Bend Cultural Tourism Commission, a Visit Bend project, announces the eighth year of the Bend Cultural Tourism Fund with the opening of its…
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Some tuition-free Bend preschool slots remain untapped, despite C.O.’s child care shortage
A Bend preschool taking part in a new state program called the Oregon Preschool Promise says they have open, unfilled child care slots available in…
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Bend police release security photos, description of gunman who fired several shots in air early Saturday
Police released a description and two security images Monday of a gunman who walked through a southeast Bend neighborhood firing numerous shots into…
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Bend man jailed on DUII, hit-and-run charges in Cooley Road crash that seriously injured motorcyclist
A 50-year-old Bend man was arrested on DUII and felony hit-and-run charges Sunday afternoon after allegedly fleeing the scene of a collision with a…
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Major search continues for missing Bend woman; no signs of foul play; father seeks more searchers
Bend police and Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies provided an update Friday on the continuing, extensive search for a missing 38-year-old Bend…
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Bend, Redmond home prices fall a bit as 2022 ends; appraiser sees them ‘stabilizing’
Winter is when home sales usually slow, but year end is when a look back over the year (and past years) often provides valuable perspective, as…
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New Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler gets busy
A few days into her term, new Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler explained Friday why she can’t speak now to the issues related to a controversial proposed…
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