OSU receives $5.9 million to study environmental health problems
An Oregon State University-led research center has been awarded $5.9 million to support studies aimed at understanding how environmental exposure to…
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C.O. fires on the Fourth stopped small; one burns 94 acres in N. Central Oregon
Central Oregon firefighters spent much of the holiday checking on and putting out abandoned campfires or other small blazes, while one to the north…
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St. Charles Bend update: Hospital has 9 COVID-19 patients, 3 in ICU
St. Charles Bend had nine patients Saturday with COVID-19, including three in intensive care and on ventilators, a drop from the record 11-patient…
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Oregon reports 4 COVID-19 deaths, 303 new cases, 12 in Central Oregon
COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 213, along with 303 new cases that move the total close to…
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St. Charles ER doctor talks of ‘desperation’ amid record COVID-19 admissions
A St. Charles Bend emergency physician shared what he called a “somewhat grim” message in a video he took outside the hospital’s ER on Friday, amid a…
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Redmond schools offer ‘preview’ of fall return to classes
New Redmond school Superintendent Dr. Charan Kline informed parents and the community on Friday about the current, preliminary plans for a fall…
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Portland police, feds make 10 arrests in federal courthouse attack, riot
Portland police made nine arrests and federal officers made another in an overnight attack on the Hatfield Federal Courthouse in downtown Portland…
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Redmond brings back ‘First Fridays’
With masks in place or in hand, people in Redmond were heading to downtown businesses for the first real ‘First Friday’ in quite some time.…
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Wyden backs bill to help seniors in federally assisted housing amid COVID-19
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Thursday co-sponsored legislation that would provide $1.2 billion to ensure federally-assisted senior…
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Oregon AG highlights first data report on new hate, bias crime, incidents law
Oregon Attorney General Ellen on Thursday highlighted the results of the first Senate Bill 577 report  from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission,…
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Wyden co-sponsors bill to protect firefighters during COVID-19 pandemic
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Friday his co-sponsorship of the COVID-19 as a Presumptive Disease in Wildland Firefighters Act  to protect…
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Gov. Brown steps up mask, COVID-19 enforcement; 8 counties put on ‘watch list’
In light of rising COVID-19 case counts over the month of June, including a record-high 375 cases Thursday, Gov. Kate Brown announced stepped-up…
Continue Reading Oregon reports 344 new COVID-19 cases, 15 in C. Oregon; no new deaths
The state’s death toll from COVID-19 remains unchanged at 209, but another 344 new cases were reported, pushing the total toward 10,000, the…
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OLCC enforcement staff conducting spot checks of bars, restaurants
Oregon Liquor Control Commission enforcement staff will fan out across the state during the 2020 Independence Day holiday weekend to ensure that…
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C.O. veteran reflects on first cross-state motorcycle ride honoring POWs, MIAs
There are 999 veterans across the state of Oregon who are still considered missing in action from WWII until today. Several others were prisoners of…
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Portland judge: Journalists, legal observers exempt from orders to disperse
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Some journalists and legal observers will be exempt from Portland police orders requiring protesters to disperse after an…
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Iconic, 120-year-old Portland elk statue removed after fire set during protest
A 120-year-old statue of an elk has been removed from downtown Portland after protesters lit a fire underneath it Wednesday…
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Gov. Brown blasts OSP troopers for not wearing masks
Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday denounced four Oregon State Police troopers who were seen on video without face masks in a coffee shop, saying such…
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Epic Aircraft E1000 wins Flying Innovation Award
The Epic Aircraft E1000 has been selected to receive Flying Magazine’s prestigious 2020 Flying Innovation Award, which recognizes the most…
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Bend taco shop robbery suspect arrested after return holdup 3 nights later
The suspect in an armed robbery of a Third Street taco shop was chased by workers and caught by police late Wednesday night after officers said she…
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