Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center loses revenue due to COVID-19
A combination of decreased revenue and increased expenses due to COVID-19 cancellations are making things tough for the Deschutes County Fair and…
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Secretary of State Clarno fires elections director after he detailed problems
Oregon’s elections director was abruptly fired in a text message by the secretary of state after he pointed out serious issues with the state’s…
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COVID-19 affects Oregon’s trucking industry
From pandemic bulk buying, rise in e-commerce and losing access to routes due to wildfires, Oregon truckers have faced a number of challenges. The…
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Redmond Cares seeks help as it gears up to help families this holiday season
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Redmond Cares is looking to partner with the Redmond and greater Central Oregon community in a push to raise funds for…
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Gov. Brown adds four more counties to ‘Two-Week Pause’ over COVID-19 spread
Gov. Kate Brown announced Monday the addition of four counties — Baker, Clackamas, Union and Washington — to the Two-Week Pause on social…
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Bend man accused of pulling airsoft gun on street sweeper driver in road rage incident
A Bend man has been charged with menacing, accused of pulling a handgun, which later turned out to be an airsoft gun, on a street sweeper driver in a…
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Mosaic Medical receives nearly $1 million federal grant for new Madras clinic
Mosaic Medical, Central Oregon’s largest community health center, said Monday it was one of 165 such entities across the nation to recently receive…
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Sisters Ranger District to begin hazardous fuels reduction projects
This week, the Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest will begin masticating brush on several sites across the district to reduce…
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Crook County to offer free drive-thru flu shot clinic, COVID-19 testing Saturday
The Crook County Health Department as the lead agency is partnering with Mosaic Medical and local support agencies and volunteers to conduct a free…
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Cascade Lakes Highway, Paulina Lake Road to close Thursday morning
The Deschutes County Road Department said Monday it plans to close the Cascade Lakes Highway and Paulina Lake Road for the winter at 7 a.m. on…
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Portland police arrest 14, tow 16 cars in street racing crackdown
Authorities say 14 people were arrested and 16 cars were towed after street racers took over several streets in Portland Sunday night.…
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TSA offers RDM air travelers tips for smooth holiday check-in amid COVID-19
If you’re planning to fly during the Thanksgiving holiday period, here are some steps that you can take now, well ahead of Thanksgiving, to help…
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URGENT – Trump fires Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
(CNN) — President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Monday that he has fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and that Christopher Miller, who…
Continue ReadingOregon mails millions in unclaimed funds to current, former Oregonians
The state said Monday it has mailed about $3.2 million in unclaimed funds to nearly 11,000 Oregonians, marking a distribution of unclaimed property…
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Watch Live: Biden gives remarks on COVID-19 response
 Watch live coverage as President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks after meeting with his newly formed coronavirus task…
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Groups urge greater transferability of college credits
Citing a pair of problems, higher education groups want institutions to make it easier for students to transfer course credits between…
Continue ReadingGov. Brown disbands joint Portland security command
Citing a weekend of mostly peaceful protests and demonstrations, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has rescinded an executive order that put state troopers,…
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Event held in Bend to collect and reuse campaign yard signs
With election season coming to an end, a handful of groups in Bend held an event Sunday to collect signs to…
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Redding, Calif., woman killed in crash on icy Hwy. 97 north of Crescent
A Redding, California woman was killed and several other people were injured Sunday morning in a head-on crash on an icy stretch of U.S. Highway 97…
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Oregon reports 874 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death; case count tops 50,000
COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 730, along with 874 new cases, the second-highest count recorded,…
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