College statistics show more women, fewer men enrolling
According to the education search website Erudera, a new analysis indicates that US colleges are being dominated by women, based on the student…
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Crook County School Board adopts parental rights resolution
The Crook County School Board voted 4-0 Monday night to adopt a resolution supporting the parent-child relationship when it comes to education.…
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Summit keeps running ahead: Girls cross-country team wins 13th straight state crown
A dynasty continued this weekend at the OSAA State Cross-Country Championships in…
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Bend pediatricians: Demand for Pfizer vaccine for kids ages 5-11 higher than first supplies
Bend pediatricians say they are experiencing a higher demand for the newly available Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds than the initial…
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Bend-La Pine Schools launches improved, interactive COVID-19 dashboard
Bend-La Pine Schools launched on Monday a new, interactive and more robust COVID-19 Dashboard, offering up-to-date notifications about COVID-19…
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C.O. children begin receiving first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Saturday was a big day for 8-year-old Miles Peoples, who got his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Central Oregon Pediatric Associates.…
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‘The virus sets the timeline,’ Oregon Health Authority director tells Redmond School Board
The Redmond School Board asked for some answers last week from Gov. Kate Brown and state health officials about when local school boards would regain…
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Paramotoring, a growing outdoor sport, brings noise issues for some Central Oregonians
Paramotoring, created from paragliding has become popular in Central…
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Key ODOT project east of Bend will add roundabout at Hwy. 20 and Ward/Hamby roads
A dangerous intersection east of Bend is changing, in an effort to save lives. The Oregon Department of Transportation will begin work Monday on a…
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Power outage hits Deschutes County 911; calls rerouted for nearly an hour
Deschutes County 911 officials are investigating the cause of a power outage Thursday evening that knocked out phones and radio communications for…
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One Class at a Time: North Star Elementary teacher honored for viral P.E. curriculum
In our latest One Class at a Time honor, NewsChannel 21 and our partners at Mid Oregon Credit Union presented $500 to Ms. Jenny White, a physical…
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Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office warns of new wave of scam calls demanding money to ‘avoid arrest’
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office received at least five reports Thursday of scam calls from someone claiming to be with the agency and demanding…
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Artificial bat roosts added on Deschutes National Forest to help flying mammals’ population
With winter just around the corner, bats in Central Oregon are beginning to hibernate. But once they awaken, the Deschutes National Forest has…
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Cascades East Transit reimagines ‘mobility hubs, eyes possibility of electric buses down the road
Cascades East Transit is working toward renewable fuel options, so you might see electric buses rolling down High Desert streets one…
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Gusty winds have some C.O. impacts; NWS high wind warning expires
Central Oregon’s blustery winds on Thursday didn’t hit the speeds the National Weather Service warned of, but did gust to nearly 40 mph at Bend…
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Redmond Airport among 7 in Oregon getting American Rescue Plan funds to help concessions
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Thursday that more than $13.5 million from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 will be heading…
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Deschutes Library Board picks Bend’s Kirby Nagelhout to build new Central Library, update Redmond
The Deschutes Public Library District Board last Friday selected Bend-based Kirby Nagelhout Construction Company as the construction manager/general…
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Amid Hunnell Road cleanup, Bend councilors review managed camp requirements
As winter weather approaches in Bend, homeless campers along Hunnell and Clausen roads are once again being asked to cleanup, move over and and make…
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St. Charles official defends COVID visitor policy after senior waiting outside sparks debate
A recent Facebook post of an elderly man waiting outside the St. Charles Bend Emergency Department due to COVID-19 visitor policies has stirred up…
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Driver arrested in SW Redmond hit-and-run crash that left woman seriously injured, in coma
A 22-year-old Redmond woman was arraigned Wednesday afternoon on hit-and-run and other charges, accused of an Oct. 26 hit-and-run crash in southwest…
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