Juniper Swim & Center fitness pools to reopen, beginning in a week
The Bend Park and Recreation District will reopen the Juniper Swim & Fitness Center pools in two steps, beginning Monday, June 22. Pool use will…
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State OKs 3 new community college-to-university transfer degrees
The Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission announced Monday the approval of three new statewide major-specific transfer degrees designed to…
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DCSO SAR rescues lost hiker near Johnny Lake
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers came to the aid Sunday of a Monmouth man who became separated from others and got lost after…
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Mt. Bachelor announces summer schedule, including debut of fast new zip line
Mt. Bachelor, a year-round POWDR mountain resort located at the heart of Bend culture, on Monday announced its summer 2020 operating schedule,…
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Marines select Mtn. View HS student for prestigious military academy
The United States Marine Corps recently announced that Jacob Ashby of Mountain View High School in Bend has been selected for the 2020 Semper Fidelis…
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OSU’s COVID-19 tracing project expands to Newport, site of recent outbreak
NEWPORT, Ore. (KTVZ) – TRACE-COVID-19, the groundbreaking Oregon State University project to determine community prevalence of the novel…
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Pickup jumps curb, pushes fuel oil tank into La Pine barber shop
A driver’s pickup truck jumped a curb and crashed into the outside wall of a La Pine barber shop Monday morning, also hitting a fuel oil tank and…
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Old McKenzie Pass Highway reopens to motorists
The Old McKenzie Pass Highway, Oregon’s historic Highway 242, reopened to motor vehicles on…
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Oregon lawmakers call for more inmate releases due to COVID-19 risk
Leaders of the Oregon House and Senate judiciary committees released a multi-pronged “decompression” plan Monday to address the problem of…
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Precision Castparts laying off 700-plus in Portland area
Precision Castparts Corp., one of Oregon’s largest manufacturing firms, has notified the state it will lay off 717 workers at its two…
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Oregon wildlife advocates push feds for more highway crossing funds
Highway undercrossings have come to play an integral role in keeping drivers and wildlife…
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Bend man killed, 2 others seriously hurt in Hwy. 20E rear-end crash
One Bend man was killed and two others were seriously injured Sunday afternoon when a van crashed into the rear of an SUV as both vehicles prepared…
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2nd Black Lives Matter rally at Bend’s Drake Park
For a second week, a Black Lives Matter gathering was held Sunday in Bend’s Drake Park, with more speakers sharing personal stories and changes they…
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Oregon reports 2 more COVID-19 deaths, 101 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 176, along with 101 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority…
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Oregon AG warns: Watch out for impostor contact tracers
Contact tracing is important in curbing the spread of the COVID-19 virus. But Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum warned Saturday to watch out…
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2 pioneer statues toppled amid protests at University of Oregon
Two long-standing statues have been torn down on the University of Oregon campus this weekend — the Pioneer Mother and the Pioneer outside Johnson…
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Prineville ‘CROP’ Farmers Market season underway
A weekly CROP (Crooked River Open Pastures) Farmers Market took place Saturday in…
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Prineville Black Lives Matter rally brings counter-protest; police make 4 arrests
Dozens of Black Lives Matter protesters and counter-protesters gathered on either side of Third Street in downtown Prineville on Saturday afternoon,…
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Bend driver injured, cited in fiery Highway 97 DUII crash south of Redmond
A Bend woman faces drunken and reckless driving charges after her SUV left Highway 97 south of Redmond Saturday morning and rolled, throwing her to…
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Gov. Brown plans to release some inmates to slow virus spread
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has asked for a list of names by June 22 of inmates eligible for possible release to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the state…
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