NW Civil Air Patrol pilots join wildfire efforts
Flying is tricky due to smoke, temporary flight restrictions over wildfires and off-and-on rain showers, but four Oregon and one Washington Civil Air…
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League of Women Voters helping register voters
The League of Women Voters of Deschutes County is staffing tables at libraries for several Saturdays to help people register to vote or update their…
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Adventure Medics in Bend victims of vehicle break-ins
Adventure Medics, a private contractor providing medical assistance to wildland firefighters, were victims of several car break-ins this week at…
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OSU-Cascades students get COVID-19 tests on move-in day
COVID-19 testing and other precautions were in place for this weekend’s move-in of OSU-Cascades students at the Bend campus residence…
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Oregon State Parks assessing fire, wind damage: 900 acres burned, 24 parks closed
The devastating wildfires that continue to level the Oregon landscape have so far burned about 900 acres of state park land, most of it undeveloped…
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Oregon fires update: 9 killed, 4,800 structures lost; Camp Sherman evacuation levels lifted
The death toll in Oregon’s devastating wildfires rose by one, to nine on Saturday, while the number of still-missing people dropped to five and the…
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Oregon reports 5 more COVID-19 deaths, 266 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 525, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingOregon lawmakers, parties comment on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing
Oregon lawmakers, Gov. Kate Brown and political parties issued statements on the passing late Friday of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader…
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More than 1,300 Coffee Creek inmates return, week after evacuation to Deer Ridge
More than 1,300 inmates who were evacuated last week from the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville due to a wildfire threat have…
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N. Umpqua Highway 138E to remain closed into next week
Due to ongoing firefighting efforts, Oregon 138E (North Umpqua Highway) will remain closed between Idleyld and the Oregon 230 junction (milepost…
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City of Bend road and traffic report: Week of Sept. 21-27
Here is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of Sept.…
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Umatilla, Morrow taken off COVID-19 county watch list, leaving only Malheur
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday that Umatilla and Morrow counties have succeeded in reducing the spread of COVID-19 sufficiently enough to be…
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Lawmakers seek more funds to fight wildfires – and more pre-season prescribed burns
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined dozens of colleagues Thursday in asked Senate and House leaders…
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Bend restaurant raises funds to help wildfire evacuees
Kefi Fresh Mediterranean in Bend is raising funds for wildfire…
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C.O. Assn. of Realtors to stage virtual candidate forums online
The Central Oregon Association of Realtors is moving its candidate debates online, like so many events these days. NewsChannel 21’s Lee Anderson will…
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Helt backs Oregon schools’ hate-symbols ban, aims to make it state law
The Oregon Board of Education is sending a strong…
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Deschutes County road construction update: Week of Sept. 20-26
Here is Deschutes County’s weekly road construction update for the week of Sept.…
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Wildfires update: Canadian fire crews arrive; 2 routes to Valley won’t reopen soon
More residents in the wildfire-devastated Santiam Canyon can return to the area under a reduced, Level 2 evacuation, the Marion County Sheriff’s…
Continue Reading Oregon reports no new COVID-19 deaths for 2nd straight day; 295 more cases
The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from Thursday and remains at 521, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday. It’s the first…
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U.S. Senate OKs bill to name Bend VA clinic for Medal of Honor recipient Robert Maxwell
Oregon lawmakers applaud Friday’s U.S. Senate passage of bill to rename the Bend VA clinic for Robert Maxwell, who was the nation’s oldest living…
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