Oregon Senate walkout highlights unusual stalling tactics
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The Oregon Senate has been brought to a halt because Republican lawmakers have refused to show up to work on a…
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GOP boycott in Oregon halts bills on guns, abortion and more
By CLAIRE RUSH and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Most Republican members of the Oregon Senate failed to show up for the second…
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Bend Parks & Rec getting into the food business, will use profits for recreation scholarships
The Bend Parks and Recreation District intends on getting into the food and beverage business at some of its facilities in the near…
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Merkley cosponsors bill to lower federal tax burden for public health nurses
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and John Boozman (R-AR), teamed up Thursday to introduce…
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Want to help revise Bend’s tree preservation rules? City is now seeking committee members
The city of Bend is looking for community members to join a new temporary committee designed to help guide the future of how and where trees will be…
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Live fire: Central Oregon firefighters train on Crooked River Natl. Grassland, ahead of another fire season
The Central Oregon Fire Management Service partnered with local structural firefighting departments around the region Wednesday to provide an…
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GOP boycott: What’s halting vote on guns, abortion and more?
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Partisan tensions in Oregon skyrocketed this week because Republican state…
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Oregon Republicans stay home ahead of abortion, guns votes
By ANDREW SELSKY and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican state senators in Oregon didn’t show up to work on Wednesday,…
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Bend City Council distributes nearly $513K in federal block grant funding to six programs
The Bend City Council on Wednesday evening approved distribution of $512,909 in federal Community Development Block Grant funding for six programs…
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Ex-FBI supervisory agent arrested on Capitol riot charges
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A former FBI supervisory agent has been arrested on charges that he joined a mob storming the U.S. Capitol,…
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City of Bend’s proposed 2023-25 budget nearly $1.3 billion, but with plenty of unanswered questions
Many households would have a lot of head-scratching to do if right now they had to budget revenue and expenses for the next couple of years. That…
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Marine law enforcement training academy participants test their skills on waters of Lake Billy Chinook
The Oregon State Marine Board is conducting its annual two-week marine law enforcement training academy on Lake Billy Chinook through Friday.…
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Redmond Municipal Airport has osprey nest platform removed due to safety concerns
The Redmond Municipal Airport recently had an osprey nest removed from a location near the end of an airport runway. The airport tells us it had to…
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Oregon Senate panel holds final public hearing on bill to end state’s urban ban on self-serve gas
The Oregon Senate Committee on Energy and Environment held its final public hearing Tuesday afternoon on HB 2426, legislation to end Oregon’s ban on…
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More time on the line this year for the Northern Pike Minnow Sport Reward Fishery Program
A new app allows anglers to bypass the registration station so they can spend more time and earn more money for reeling in voracious salmon-eating…
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New OHA report details Oregon’s health care cost spending trends
The Oregon Health Authority on Tuesday published Oregon’s 2022 Annual Cost Growth Trends Report, which presents data on health care spending and…
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Rough road: ODOT lowering Hwy. 26 speed limit near Warm Springs until it’s paved — and it may happen elsewhere
Years of wear and tear have taken their toll on U.S. Highway 26 between Highway 216 and the Warm Springs River, resulting in a highway scattered with…
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Wyden, colleagues urge IRS to prepare for, tackle AI-generated tax scams that seek personal info
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and James Lankford, R-Okla., sounded the alarm Tuesday on the…
Continue Reading Wyden, colleagues urge bakers to stop adding unneeded sesame to baked goods, protect those with allergies
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Reps. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., led a letter Tuesday urging bakers to stop unnecessarily…
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Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan, embroiled in consultant controversy, announces resignation
Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan, who quickly became embroiled in controversy in recent days over a side job she took earlier this year as a…
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