Jack Elder turned 15 minutes of luge practice into an Olympic appearance
Jack Elder walked on to the world championships in Davos Switzerland, sled in hand and raced his first competitive race.…
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Murdock Trust grant to Sustainable Northwest funds new regenerative ranching program
The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust has granted $488,500 to Sustainable Northwest’s new program for regenerative ranching, which aims to become the…
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Upset Redmond homeowners say blasting for development caused damage; city stops work
The sound of construction is what homeowners on Northwest Teak Avenue in Redmond are used to hearing. However, neighbors say some of the work has…
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Consultant urges numerous changes to improve COCC Campus Public Safety operations
Nearly six years after the brutal murder of Central Oregon Community College student Kaylee Sawyer by a campus security officer, a consultant this…
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Still searching for answers: Five ‘cold cases’ being investigated in Deschutes County
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is hoping for more advances in technology and help from the public to solve five open “cold cases” in…
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Bend Brewfest is back after a 2-year hiatus, on earlier mid-May dates, timed with the PPP
After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, Bend Brewfest will be back in 2022, featuring a new look, a new schedule, and the vast selection of local…
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Forest Service plans 67-acre prescribed burn Thursday SW of Sisters
Favorable conditions exist for Sisters Ranger District firefighters to conduct a 67-acre understory prescribed burn about 2 1/2 miles southeast of…
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Deschutes River Conservancy gets federal funds for water bank; senators seek to assure future funding
Funding for the Deschutes River Conservancy was included in a $20.5 million package for a suite of 13 drought resiliency projects in five Western…
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NeighborImpact’s Mobile Food Pantry expands to COCC, Culver schools
NeighborImpact’s Mobile Food Pantry has expanded to include two new distribution locations, thanks to partnerships with Central Oregon Community…
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Oregon will lift general indoor mask requirement by March 31, officials say
Oregon will remove general mask requirements for indoor public places no later than March 31, state health officials announced…
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Ski-jumping competition — on Pilot Butte? You betcha!
In a special Olympic Zone segment, NewsChannel 21’s Lee Anderson talks with an organizer and a competitor in the 1965 National Junior Ski…
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Portland-area man sentenced to 8-plus years in federal prison for sex trafficking woman to Bend
A Multnomah County man was sentenced to more than 8 1/2 years in federal prison Monday for transporting an adult victim from California to Bend and…
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Judge denies Ian Cranston release on bail; dramatic Barry Washington shooting video played in court
After dramatic videos of Ian Cranston’s fatal shooting of Barry Washington Jr. on a downtown street corner, and what led up to it, were played in…
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US Dept. of Energy awards $25 million for wave energy technology testing at OSU
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $25 million to eight groups for the testing of wave energy technologies at Oregon State…
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Prescribed burn of downed juniper planned on Crooked River National Grassland NNW of Prineville
If conditions remain favorable, firefighters will be igniting a prescribed burn in downed juniper Tuesday on the Crooked River National Grassland…
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Memorial service set for fallen St. Paul volunteer firefighter; donations accepted
On Thursday, February 3rd, the St. Paul Fire District as well as other mutual aid partners,
responded to a reported barn fire at Champoeg Creek and…
Prineville woman talks of being on phone with ‘best friend,’ hearing his deadly encounter with deputy
Prineville resident Jennifer Hill says Nicholas Rodin “was my best friend for 20 years now” – but she also knew he was wanted on an arrest…
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Bend city councilor discusses homeless issues with concerned residents at Drake Park gathering
“The more shelters we have, the less people on the streets, the less crime that we have on our streets,” City Councilor Megan Perkins told dozens…
Continue ReadingSee these Central Oregon YouTube divers crack a missing-person cold case in Florida
When Margaret “Jan” Shupe Smith, 59, vanished near Lakeland, Florida last year, her family and police were…
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Bend snow biker hits tree, injured near Kwohl Butte, prompting rescue effort
A Bend man was injured Saturday afternoon when his snow bike struck a tree near Kwohl Butte, south of Mt. Bachelor, and a satellite GPS monitoring…
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