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Despite two straight days of record COVID-19 case numbers, Gov. Kate Brown and other state officials on Friday unveiled new, more flexible guidelines…
Continue ReadingDespite two straight days of record COVID-19 case numbers, Gov. Kate Brown and other state officials on Friday unveiled new, more flexible guidelines…
Continue ReadingHere is the Deschutes County road construction update for the week of Nov.…
Continue ReadingIt took a bumper-to-bumper maneuver to stop a Canby woman who for a time drove the wrong way on Highway 97 near Sunriver early Friday morning,…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 675, while there have been 600 new cases, hitting yet another…
Continue ReadingMt. Bachelor announced Friday more details for its new parking reservation system, a key way the resort plans to manage the number of people on site…
Continue ReadingIt’s been more than seven months since The Venardos Circus has been able to put up its classic red-and-white tent. For the first time since the…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 673, along with a daily record of 575 new cases, the Oregon Health…
Continue ReadingAs the chilly evenings and nights roll in, the city of Bend and the Shepherd’s House have finalized the location for Bend’s new warming…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon, including a Jefferson County man, raising the state’s death toll to 671, along with 424 new cases,…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County District Attorney John Hummel plans to announce Thursday morning his charging decisions in an Oct. 3 melee at Pilot Butte…
Continue ReadingA Bend-area man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in federal prison for running an illegal butane honey oil, or BHO extraction lab on rural…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County commissioners gave their yearly ‘State of the County’ address Tuesday. Topics ranged from rising housing costs and infrastructure…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County said Monday it is considering new building codes and land use regulations to protect communities from wildfire. Proposed changes…
Continue ReadingEven though nearly half of Deschutes County voters have already returned their ballots, Sheriff Shane Nelson and challenger Scott Schaier fought to…
Continue ReadingPortions of the Deschutes County Courthouse were closed and some court hearings delayed Monday after a water leak affected some areas of the…
Continue ReadingSeveral women who formerly worked for the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office spoke out Monday about what they called a history of gender…
Continue ReadingDeschutes National Forest officials have postponed the closure of Forest Service Road 370 from the Todd Lake Trailhead to the junction with FSR 4601…
Continue ReadingIf conditions remain favorable, Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District fuels specialists plan to implement a series of prescribed burns covering nearly 2,500…
Continue ReadingThe Cascade Lakes Highway is getting a few safety upgrades over the next several weeks.…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Transportation has begun clearing trees for a project that will widen U.S. Highway 97 to four lanes for a three-mile…
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