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Local Alert Weather, Tue. AM, 9.4.18
Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone… After a chilly, but clearer start to our day we are expecting to stay quite nice. With plenty of sunshine and a…
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Man, 27, found fatally shot in Keizer
KEIZER, Ore. (AP) – A 27-year-old man was found fatally shot in Keizer. The Keizer Police Department said the man was found early Tuesday…
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Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Avoiding student loan debt scams
This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against student loan debt scams. After four great years…
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Bend eyes study of microtransit options
What do you get when you cross the on-demand travel advantages of an Uber or Lyft with a fixed-route bus line scrubbed due to low ridership? Perhaps…
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Latest break-ins at NE Bend food truck lot not the first
Police are investigating a string of break-ins at a food truck lot in northeast Bend — and it’s not the first to occur there in recent…
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New wildfire destroys two homes in SW Oregon
(Update: Fire fully lined, two homes and 13 outbuildings destroyed) A nearly 200-acre day-old wildfire that destroyed two homes and more than a dozen…
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Flags fly high at Eagle Crest; one sparks debate
Two flag displays in the Eagle Crest neighborhood west of Redmond have people talking. You might look at them and say one is patriotic and the other…
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Local Alert Weather – Mon. PM
Happy Labor Day, everyone! Tonight we’ll see breezy conditions out of the northwest through sunset. Winds will be calm overnight with mostly…
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Natural gas projects to affect NW, SE Bend streets
Traffic patterns in Bend will be impacted this week by two different Cascade Natural Gas projects. Starting Tuesday, crews will move to the alley on…
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Scientists learn why Mount St. Helens is ‘out of line’
Some of the clearest, most comprehensive images of the top several miles of the Earth’s crust have helped scientists solve the mystery of why…
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Billionaire Seahawks owner Paul Allen gives big to GOP
SEATTLE (AP) – Billionaire Seahawks owner and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen made his largest-ever foray into congressional politics this year…
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Weekend shootings in Portland, Seattle, Salem
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A shooting at the Gateway Shopping Center in Northeast Portland left one man injured on Labor Day, while other unrelated…
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Bend businessman arrested in online luring, sex abuse case
(Update: Adding business owned by Thoma that was searched) A 50-year-old Bend businessman was arrested Saturday at Sawyer Park, accused of connecting…
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Police: Prineville driver struck with gun in road rage case
A Prineville driver said another motorist pulled a gun and hit him on the side of the face Saturday evening in a road rage incident that has officers…
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Some SW Wash. teachers reach deals to end strikes
SEATTLE (AP) – Some of the teachers who were striking in southwest Washington state have reached tentative contract deals to end their…
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August was warmer, drier than average in Bend, Prineville
Temperatures in Bend and Prineville averaged warmer than normal in August, while precipitation for the month and year are below-average, according to…
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Forest Service hiring 1,000 NW temp workers for 2019
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. Forest Service is hiring 1,000 temporary workers for spring and summer of 2019 in Oregon and Washington. The…
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Family rescued off SW Ore. peak; dog hitches ride
When rescuers helped a family stranded and lost on Mount McLaughlin in southwest Oregon reach safety Saturday night, one of their two dogs, unable to…
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Wash. wildlife marksman shoots wolf from helicopter
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – A Washington state wildlife marksman fatally shot a member of the Togo wolf pack from a helicopter Sunday. The Seattle…
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