Stubborn fire damages home north of Sisters
A fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon at a home north of Sisters proved stubborn to extinguish, keeping firefighters on the scene for several…
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Redmond school board approves retaining legal counsel over COVID-19 mandates
The Redmond School Board voted 4-1 Tuesday night to retain outside legal counsel as it seeks to regain local control when it comes to state mask and…
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Bend Chamber: Survey shows residents support more, denser housing
With the rising cost of single-family homes in Bend dominating headlines, Bend residents are actually more concerned about rising rents that make…
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Restorative Justice and Equity Group in Bend holds panel to address C.O. racial issues
The shooting death of 22-year-old Barry Washington Jr. in downtown Bend on Sept. 19 has left a lot of anger and heartache among Central Oregon’s…
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ODOT notifies homeless campers of ‘no camping’ policy, planned removals
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) –The Oregon Department of Transportation had a crew out Tuesday morning, serving homeless camp removal notices at two locations…
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Fire retardant could be ‘game-changer’ in fighting wildfires
U.S. Forest Service officials on Tuesday approved a long-lasting fire retardant that could significantly aid in fighting increasingly destructive…
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No homecoming dances for C.O. high schools; parents step up to host unofficial event
Bend-La Pine Schools will not be having homecoming dances this year, but some parents are stepping in to try to fill the gap.…
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‘It’s scary’: Bend hunter worried about shared hunting, recreational lands
Deer hunting season began on Saturday, and Dee Neff was out all weekend in the Deschutes National Forest, searching for bucks. Neff was born and…
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St. Charles to require that all hospital, clinic visitors be fully vaccinated
To further protect its patients and caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Charles Health System announced Tuesday it soon will require that…
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Prescribed burn planned Wednesday north of Fort Rock
If conditions remain favorable, fuels specialists on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to conduct a prescribed burn Wednesday on 375 acres of…
Continue ReadingLooking ahead to an already crowded OR gubernatorial race, including a Bend man
About five months before the deadline, nearly a dozen candidates already have filed to run for Oregon governor in 2022, including a Bend resident.…
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Suspect in thefts, burglaries arrested after NE Bend guns-drawn traffic stop
A report of a burglary in progress at a northeast Bend home led to a guns-drawn traffic stop Monday morning, the arrest of a fleeing suspect and…
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3 Redmond School District bus routes canceled after 7 drivers call out sick
The Redmond School District canceled three bus routes for students Monday morning due to seven bus drivers calling in sick, an unusually high number,…
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Proposal to make Deschutes County commissioner seats non-partisan aims for May ballot
An initiative petition to ask voters whether Deschutes County commissioner seats should become non-partisan has been circulating since May, and it…
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Tesla solar roof available in Central Oregon; Bend resident says extra cost is worth it
A new way to do solar roofing has arrived in Central Oregon, and it’s backed by Tesla, the high-profile electric car…
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Sparks may fly as Bend City Council takes public comment on permanent fireworks ban
After banning the public use of fireworks this summer due to excessive drought conditions, the Bend City Council appears poised to make that ban…
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Fire damages Madras home office; resident suffers smoke inhalation trying to put it out
A Madras resident was treated for smoke inhalation Monday morning after he tried to put out a fire that broke out in a home office, a fire official…
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Prescribed burns planned Tuesday in Metolius Basin, near Crescent Lake
On Tuesday, fuels specialists on the Sisters Ranger District plan to conduct a 120-acre prescribed burn in the Metolius Basin south of the Metolius…
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Bend police: Fatal train-pedestrian collision determined to be suicide
A man was struck and killed on railroad tracks in northeast Bend late Saturday afternoon by a BNSF Railway freight train, in what police said Monday…
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373 pounds of methamphetamine worth over $1 million seized in Lane County, Oregon’s largest ever
Federal prosecutors announced Monday that a break-up of a Lane County drug ring led to five arrests and Oregon’s largest methamphetamine seizure in…
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