DCSO: Redmond-area chase, search turns up man, woman hiding in trees
An attempted traffic stop in Redmond early Monday morning led to an eight-mile high-speed pursuit and a search by two K-9 teams and thermal-imaging…
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Central Oregon’s job market still recovering from COVID-19 losses
Central Oregon’s jobless rates saw another dramatic improvement in August, with more laid-off workers returning to work, but the COVID-19 impacts are…
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Both major parties frustrated by C.O. campaign sign-stealing, vandalism
With a big election less than 45 days away, political tensions are rising ever higher. Sometimes too…
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Two Four Two Fire leaves destruction — and gratitude for those who saved homes
Touring the destruction left by the Two Four Two Fire, I saw total loss and complete heartbreak, but also much gratitude for the town’s hard-working…
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Gov. Brown visits fire-hit S. Oregon; Lionshead Fire closure area reduced
More than 7,500 firefighters from nearly 40 states and three Canadian provinces worked in improved weather conditions Monday to get lines around…
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Bend boy battling Stage 4 cancer turns 2 with very special birthday parade
Monday marked a very special birthday for a 2-year-old Bend boy battling cancer as his family, friends and neighbors celebrated him — safely –…
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Congress passes legislation to nullify fraudulent 1865 Warm Springs treaty
The U.S. House on Monday unanimously gave final congressional approval to legislation introduced by Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., to nullify a fraudulent…
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Oregon fires update: 7,500 firefighters make progress, more residents can return
Officials reported more significant progress Sunday toward containment of 10 major wildfires still burning across Oregon, with a growing army of…
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Lost motorcycle rider rescued after all-night search west of Bend
A Gilchrist man whose motorcycle wouldn’t start, leaving him stranded in the woods west of Bend, was rescued Sunday morning, cold and tired but OK,…
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DCSO: Tumalo dispute involving gun brings SWAT, CERT teams – no arrests
Several calls to Deschutes County 911 Saturday evening of a dispute in Tumalo involving a man pointing a gun, another man armed with a knife and…
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Oregon fires update: 9 killed, 4,800 structures lost; Camp Sherman evacuation levels lifted
The death toll in Oregon’s devastating wildfires rose by one, to nine on Saturday, while the number of still-missing people dropped to five and the…
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Wildfires update: Canadian fire crews arrive; 2 routes to Valley won’t reopen soon
More residents in the wildfire-devastated Santiam Canyon can return to the area under a reduced, Level 2 evacuation, the Marion County Sheriff’s…
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U.S. Senate OKs bill to name Bend VA clinic for Medal of Honor recipient Robert Maxwell
Oregon lawmakers applaud Friday’s U.S. Senate passage of bill to rename the Bend VA clinic for Robert Maxwell, who was the nation’s oldest living…
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Alleged drug dealer arrested outside SW Redmond home
An alleged heroin and methamphetamine dealer was stopped and arrested Wednesday evening after he left his southwest Redmond home and got in the…
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Depleted Wickiup Reservoir to blame for Deschutes River’s greenish color
The air isn’t the only thing in Central Oregon that has been unusually hazy of…
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Wyoming company to buy, restart Interfor’s Gilchrist sawmill
Neiman Enterprises, Inc. of Hulett, Wyoming announced this week it has entered into an agreement to purchase and reopen Interfor Corporation’s…
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Gas line hit; leak at SE Bend road project leads to closures
There was a gas leak at a construction site in a southeast Bend neighborhood Thursday afternoon that led to a few road closures but no evacuations.…
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Bend man with several airsoft guns arrested in downtown parking garage
A 911 caller’s report of a man in the city of Bend’s downtown parking garage armed with three guns Thursday night brought police to the scene,…
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2-year-old run over, fatally injured NW of Prineville
A 2-year-old child was run over and fatally injured Thursday evening northwest of Prineville, Crook County sheriff’s deputies…
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Wildfire evacuees face home rebuilding scams as they look to rebuild
As Oregon’s wildfire victims look to rebuild their homes and lives, they face a new hurdle: scammers looking to take advantage of their personal…
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