Oregon reports 2 more COVID-19 related deaths, 356 new cases
There are two new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,676, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingThere are two new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,676, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingMarch and April were among the driest spring months since the 1890s. Many streams are already at 25 percent of the flow that is typical for this time…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Legislature gave final passage Wednesday to HB 3026, a bipartisan bill that will waive application fees for state-issued IDs for people…
Continue ReadingOregon would adopt one of the country’s most ambitious timelines for eliminating carbon dioxide emissions from its power grid under a bill being…
Continue ReadingCharting new territory in its geographical information systems (GIS) program, Central Oregon Community College will this fall begin offering a new…
Continue ReadingA new wildfire was reported Tuesday night in steep terrain three miles southwest of Elkton in Douglas County and grew to 150 acres overnight, but…
Continue ReadingAn Oregon state representative violated workplace rules against sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment with a series of texts to a…
Continue ReadingOregon lawmakers have passed a bill allowing the sale of cocktails to-go to continue after the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Continue ReadingThe 2020 Olympics in Tokyo were postponed a year, due to the pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped Bend’s Mel Lawrence from training hard, in hopes of…
Continue ReadingHomeless camps have become a more common sight throughout Bend, as related issues gain greater…
Continue ReadingA small brush fire broke out along railroad tracks near the Bend Parkway and Empire Avenue Tuesday afternoon, prompting closure of the northbound…
Continue ReadingLiving in Central Oregon comes with being neighbors to a variety wildlife. Southwest Bend resident Joe Hull posted on a Facebook page Saturday a…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown on Tuesday announced updates to county risk levels under the state’s public health framework to reduce transmission and protect…
Continue ReadingA year after the Warm Springs Tribal Police Department’s roughly half-century-old jail was closed, amid COVID and other issues, the U.S. Interior…
Continue ReadingThere are three new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,674, and 177 new cases, the lowest figure in over three…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon House on Tuesday passed and sent to the governor’s desk Senate Bill 398 A, which makes it a Class A misdemeanor or crime of intimidation…
Continue ReadingThe third and final round of Oregon’s Landlord Compensation Fund program opened for applicants Tuesday. It includes at least $60 million in…
Continue ReadingAfter several months of warmer and drier than average weather, Bend had a pretty average May, the National Weather Service reported…
Continue ReadingThings were still a bit different, due to COVID-19. but several traditional gatherings still took place across the High Desert on Monday to mark…
Continue ReadingThe Memorial Day holiday weekend brought lots of air travelers back to the Redmond Airport — the heaviest traffic since the pandemic began — and…
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