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Retiring Bend Police Chief Porter: More training is needed – but it’ll cost
As retirement approaches, Bend Police Chief Jim Porter touts progress in many areas, but says more training, some tough issues lie ahead, amid…
Continue ReadingAs retirement approaches, Bend Police Chief Jim Porter touts progress in many areas, but says more training, some tough issues lie ahead, amid…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County commissioners and state park officials met Wednesday to discuss possible solutions to the latest parking issues on streets near…
Continue ReadingSome businesses in Bend are participating in a campaign that aims to show solidarity and inclusivity with LGBTQIA+, transgender, black and indigenous…
Continue ReadingFor Stacy Rightmire, summertime can be one of the busiest times of the year for her roofing company — and with the recent storm that tore through…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown took new steps in response to a rise in COVID-19 cases in some areas of the state on Wednesday, including a requirement to wear face…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Health Authority reported one new death from COVID-19 on Wednesday, for a total of 183, along with 120 new cases of the virus…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County sheriff’s deputies said a citizen found the mountain bike of a Portland man whose body was found by ATV riders east of Bend on…
Continue ReadingFor the first time in more than three months, St. Charles Health System is allowing one visitor a day for its hospital patients, under certain…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes National Forest has announced it will reopen the popular Tumalo Falls day-use site to visitors on…
Continue Reading‘Chapter 2’ of the Deschutes Public Library’s phased reopening starts on June 22, when customers can enter the buildings again — albeit in a…
Continue ReadingUnited Academics of Oregon State University and Oregon State University have signed and adopted an inaugural collective bargaining agreement for the…
Continue ReadingSome Bend-area businesses are struggling to obtain enough products due to manufacturing plant closures and reductions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As…
Continue ReadingT-Mobile resolved cellphone outages Monday night, but not before thousands of customers were affected, including some in Central Oregon.…
Continue ReadingA Bend man says three of his children were hospitalized after mistaking a toxic plant for wild onion and consuming it. Now, he wants to warn others…
Continue ReadingOn Friday evening, the Central Oregon Black Leaders Assembly will host a march up Pilot Butte and a ceremony at the summit to celebrate Juneteenth.…
Continue ReadingOregon has recorded two more deaths from COVID-19 and a record 278 new cases, largely due to a major northeast Oregon outbreak associated with a…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., sent a letter Tuesday to Oregon Employment Department Interim Director David Gerstenfeld, urging…
Continue ReadingA Bend 7-Eleven store employee asked a couple causing a disturbance to leave Monday night, but the man challenged the worker to a fight, punched and…
Continue ReadingLike the nation as a whole, Oregon’s unemployment rate declined from record levels in May, according to new numbers released Tuesday. But despite the…
Continue ReadingThe Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs announced Tuesday that Indian Head Casino will reopen at 10 a.m. on Thursday after a nearly three-month…
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