La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – An armed fugitive trying to enter a La Pine-area home Thursday evening resisted arrest and fled an Oregon State Police trooper who deployed his Taser and pepper spray and managed to disarm him. The encounter prompted an alert to area residents to shelter in place, but a manhunt involving several
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After months of lengthy negotiations and amid plans to call in a state mediator, negotiators for the Bend-La Pine Schools and Bend Education Association hammered out a new four-year contract agreement on Monday to replace a contract that expired last summer.
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A La Pine-area woman who left her home late Wednesday without a phone or ID and was reported missing the next day, prompting an extensive search and public notice, was found deceased Saturday, and Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said foul play is not suspected.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust published its Fall 2023 Grants Report Thursday. The report announces: 94 total grants to Pacific Northwest nonprofits totaling $21.9 million.This includes more than $7.5 million through 30 grants to nonprofits serving the Oregon community.The report can be found here. A full list of grantees can be found here. Two
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Two more two day-long rounds of teacher contract negotiations for Bend-La Pine Schools made “significant progress” on several issues, the school district said Tuesday. But with another day of bargaining set for next week and much left to resolve, both sides agreed to call in a state mediator to try to help them reach a deal and avert a walkout.
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Oregon State Police on Saturday identified a 77-year-old La Pine woman who was killed Friday on U.S. Highway 97 when the driver of an SUV turned left onto state Highway 31 and it was struck by an oncoming car, whose passenger was killed.
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A La Pine man who walked away from his home Thursday afternoon and failed to return, prompting a public plea for help finding him, was located Friday at an area hotel, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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The Bend Education Association has provided an update on the status of contract negotiations with Bend-La Pine Schools. With only two scheduled full-day sessions left, educators say they are frustrated but still hopeful of reaching a deal.
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What was supposed to be a deadline, or at least a goal of a deal before winter break has been pushed back as negotiators are still not close to reaching a contract agreement between Bend-La Pine Schools and the teachers union, the Bend Education Association.
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A severe winter storm headed toward the Northwest prompted the National Weather Service in Pendleton on Sunday to issue a rare blizzard warning for Tuesday and Wednesday – not just for the Cascades, but for much of the east slopes, including the La Pine and Sunriver areas.
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The Moon Country Snowbusters’ warming shelter at Wanoga Sno-Park was hit by damaging vandalism over the Christmas Break, according to a post on Facebook. And another group also was hit in a similar timeframe.
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Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Wednesday a missing La Pine man who left a doctor’s appointment Tuesday morning and didn’t return to the memory care facility where he lives has been found safe in Madras.
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Numerous issues involving dogs on a La Pine property have led to an investigation, the seizure of 37 dogs, many in “very poor condition,” and 45 animal neglect, abandonment and other charges against a 48-year-old La Pine woman, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Wednesday.
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Thanks to a change in federal guidelines, 12 additional schools throughout Bend-La Pine Schools will serve free breakfast and lunch to all enrolled students, without the need for families to apply for free and/or reduced meals.
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A reportedly mentally ill La Pine man lit a shed on fire and was seen with a gun late Tuesday afternoon, prompting a warning for neighbors to shelter in place until Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies were able to get him to surrender, a sergeant said.
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The La Pine Rural Fire Protection District, St. Charles Health System, and La Pine Community Health Center jointly announced Thursday that they have decided to resolve and dismiss their ongoing lawsuits over the billing of health care providers for transport services. Here’s their jointly issued news release: The three entities
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Every Central Oregon city and county added residents over the year ended July 1, as did Oregon as a whole — and that’s not a given any more, when you see minus signs starting to emerge in yearly population reports. Growth here on the High Desert is not at the sizzling
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Deschutes County commissioners voiced a generally positive reception Monday to a consultants’ report on three possible recreational campground/RV sites, and to a staff report laying out the details of a possible business license for short-term rental properties in the unincorporated counties.
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A joint meeting was held Wednesday night between Deschutes County commissioners and the La Pine City Council. Among the issues discussed was the County Camping Feasibility Study update. Three areas in the county were considered for private or public RV parks and campgrounds: Fort Thompson Road, Crooked River Ranch
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The La Pine and Sunriver areas are seeing more growth through the emergence of new businesses in the area, while others expand and move to new locations.
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