Witness recounts Ohio man’s 40-foot cliff fall near the Deschutes River in Bend
Sometime after midnight on Wednesday morning, Marcus Wolf found his friend, who had just fallen 40 feet from of a cliff he was scaling near the…
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C.O. medical providers are still urging you to get your flu shot this fall
Many people are still battling the respiratory damages of COVID-19, and with flu season fast approaching, you may be wondering if the flu vaccine can…
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More than 400 sign petition to reopen Redmond schools this fall
A Redmond woman has started a petition asking the Redmond School District to allow students and teachers to go back to their classrooms for in-person…
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Gov. Brown declares state of emergency due to statewide wildfire threat
Gov. Kate Brown declared a state of emergency Wednesday due to the imminent threat of wildfire across Oregon.…
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COCC joins federal initiative to train students in drone technology
Central Oregon Community College’s unmanned aerial systems program is now part of a new federal initiative designed to train students seeking a…
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Portland rioters set fire to county government building
Rioters in Portland broke out the windows of a county government building, sprayed lighter fluid inside and set a fire in a demonstration that…
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Oregon reports 11 more COVID-19 deaths; toll tops 400, but cases on decline
OVID-19 has claimed 11 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 408, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingOregon, partners launch $500 emergency COVID-19 relief check program
Starting Wednesday, Oregonians facing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to apply for a one-time payment of…
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Neighbors say Bend’s Hawthorne transit station is becoming too crowded
A group of Bend residents called the Hawthorne Avenue Neighbors are calling for big changes, much sooner than proposed by the city and Cascades East…
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One driver cited, another flown to hospital after Hwy. 126 crash near Powell Butte
An Albany man was cited for reckless driving Wednesday morning after his car slammed into the back of another car stopped to turn left on Highway 126…
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Redmond woman killed in multi-vehicle Hwy. 97 crash south of Madras
A Redmond woman was killed and several other people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of U.S. Highway 97…
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Fallen Bend Marine’s family joins in memorial walk up Pilot Butte
Dozens of veterans and others from around the area gathered Tuesday evening to take a walk up Bend’s Pilot Butte to honor the memory of Marine Pfc.…
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Drought could mean fewer local sustainable products, Bend-area farmer says
With drought conditions persisting, the Arnold Irrigation District, which supplies hundreds of farms and ranches in Central Oregon, has shut off its…
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First-time homebuyers struggle in Bend’s booming real estate market
Devin Lakovics says she’s ready to buy her first home But in Bend’s booming real estate market, that can be far easier said than…
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Prineville man facing DUII, hit-and-run charges; ODOT construction trailer hit
A 25-year-old Prineville driver was arrested Monday night on DUII, hit-and-run and other charges, accused of hitting an ODOT construction trailer in…
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Oregon unemployment rate falls in July, but job recovery slows, state economists say
Oregon’s total non-farm payroll employment rose by 20,500 jobs in July, less than half the gain of 57,000 jobs seen in June, the Oregon Employment…
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Last Juniper Ridge Fire evacuation levels lifted
All evacuation notices for the Juniper Ridge Fire that broke out Saturday north of Bend have been lifted, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said…
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Wildfire in Opal Creek Wilderness north of Detroit prompts area closures
The Beachie Creek Fire in the Opal Creek Wilderness north of Detroit has prompted area…
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Bend-area family’s motor home struck by falling tree
Sunday’s thunderstorms were accompanied by strong winds that caused damage across Central Oregon, but one family in particular was hit hard off…
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A rescue for the birds: Team effort frees entangled osprey near Terrebonne
A team effort by several public and private entities on Monday helped free a fledgling osprey that became severely entangled in its nesting materials…
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