Oregon suicide rates decline, but still remain above national average
Oregon had the nation’s 13th highest suicide rate across all ages in 2020 — an improvement from the year before, when the state was ninth in…
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Business coalition challenges Oregon’s new climate program
A coalition of businesses wants a court to block Oregon’s plan to significantly reduce greenhouse gas…
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Federal funds for Oregon emergency preparedness includes $750K for C.O. coordination center
Sens. Jeff Merkley, Ron Wyden and Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., announced Monday that Portland’s airport will receive a major federal investment to…
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Warm Springs water outage update: Utility official ‘pretty confident’ water plant can be repaired soon
Two water reservoirs on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation are running out of water and delivery of drinking water to homes in those areas has…
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Merkley welcomes Biden administration move to designate Rohingya genocide
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a leading voice on the Rohingya crisis, issued…
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Authorities search for missing N. Calif. man after his dog is found near S. Oregon road
Authorities and volunteers searched Sunday for a missing Northern California man whose dog was found walking alone near a road in southern…
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ODFW bans harvest of sea stars, boosts harvest limit of non-native European green crabs
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted Friday to change shellfish regulations to prohibit the harvest of sea stars and increase the daily bag…
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Wyden, colleagues intro bill to protect consumers, ensure ‘right to repair’
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., alongside Sens. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., and Ben Ray Luján, D- N.M., introduced legislation this week that would protect…
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Wyden visits KTVZ, seeks to end tax breaks for US firms doing business in Russia
Senator Ron Wyden, on a visit Friday to NewsChannel 21, says he wants to do more to punish Russia for invading Ukraine. He wants to end tax breaks…
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C. Oregon Intergovernmental Council seeks Budget Committee members
The Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council, the region’s Council of Governments, is seeking three community members to serve on the COIC Budget…
Continue ReadingOregon Earned Income Tax Credit recipients to get one-time $600 assistance payment
The Oregon Legislature recently passed House Bill 4157, which will provide a one-time $600 payment to Oregon households who received an Earned Income…
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Bend mayor talks of why Central Library request failed while officials ponder next steps
A requested exception to a city land-use process was the sole reason Bend city councilors turned thumbs-down on a request by the Deschutes Public…
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City of Bend summer paving plans: Mt. Washington, Putnam drives, Shevlin Park Road
The city of Bend’s 2022 season street preservation work is scheduled to begin in late March, officials said Thursday after city council approval of…
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Bend councilors reject Deschutes Library request for land-use exception to build Central Library
Bend city councilors heard plenty of divided testimony Wednesday evening on a request by the Deschutes Public Library System for an exception to city…
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State audit finds home mortgage interest deduction ‘deeply inequitable’; Sen. Knopp disagrees
Since 1923 in Oregon, some homeowners have been able to take the interest they pay on their mortgage, and subtract it from their taxable…
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Warm Springs among 14 communities chosen to build cutting-edge energy storage capacity
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced this week that Warm Springs, Talent and Pendleton have been selected by federal officials to…
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Bundy gets probation, no jail, in 2nd trespassing conviction
Far-right activist Ammon Bundy has again been convicted of trespassing at the Idaho Capitol…
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ODF offering C.O. landowners assistance for fuel reduction projects to curb wildfire risks
The Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District said Wednesday it is accepting applications from landowners in several areas of…
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University of Oregon raising tuition and fees; first-year in-state tuition up 4.5%
The University of Oregon’s Board of Trustees approved tuition and fee hikes Tuesday for the upcoming school year, but a “guaranteed tuition model”…
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Gov. Brown signs child care funding bill, visits COCC, talks workforce initiative in Bend
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed House Bill 4005, the $100 million child care investment package, on Tuesday at Bloom Children’s Center in Bend, one…
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