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In a second major push to support Central Oregon students and families navigating distance learning during the pandemic, Better Together has…
Continue ReadingIn a second major push to support Central Oregon students and families navigating distance learning during the pandemic, Better Together has…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregonians have always rallied to help others in the community, especially during a year in which many of us needed it most. Now, several…
Continue ReadingOfficials say an 11-person COVID-19 outbreak at the Wilsonville office of the Oregon Employment Department will likely cause further delays in the…
Continue ReadingA 38-year-old Bend man has been indicted on criminal mistreatment and assault charges in connection with injuries to his infant daughter that were…
Continue ReadingA 33-year-old Bend woman has been indicted on criminal mistreatment and assault charges in connection with injuries to her infant son that were…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed 18 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 953, along with 1,244 new cases. the Oregon Health Authority…
Continue ReadingNeighborImpact has awarded $109,000 in grants to 13 Madras small businesses and microenterprises that were financially impacted by the COVID-19…
Continue ReadingStudents across Oregon, including in Madras, will soon have safer ways to get to and from school, with Tuesday’s approval of $28.3 million in Safe…
Continue ReadingA very active investigation, including serving of 40 search warrants, has identified “multiple suspects” in a mid-August double-homicide in…
Continue ReadingThe Bend Park & Recreation District Board met Tuesday night to discuss several topics, including a proposal to waive more development fees for…
Continue ReadingPoachers killed a bull, a cow and a spike elk east of Sisters on or about Oct. 28, and Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife troopers are looking for…
Continue ReadingJosh Pardee, an angler from Bend, has been fishing in Central Oregon for a long time.…
Continue ReadingConditions are already superb at Mt. Bachelor, with a 40-inch base as of Dec. 1.
But there are no skiers or snowboarders…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown announced updates Tuesday to county risk levels under the state’s new public health framework to reduce transmission and protect…
Continue ReadingSens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced new legislation Tuesday to incentivize utility companies to do more to reduce wildfire risks as…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown on Tuesday released her recommended budget and policy agenda for the 2021-23 biennium, which she said focuses on the key challenges…
Continue ReadingSisters fifth-graders cannot return to in-person learning until at least Jan. 11 — and if Deschutes County’s COVID-19 case numbers don’t improve,…
Continue ReadingA Bend man was sentenced Tuesday to 21 months in federal prison for crafting a hoax bomb and phoning in a threat to blow up the Deschutes County…
Continue ReadingBend’s string of warmer-than-normal months continued in November, but the drier-than normal period was snapped by a much rainier month than usual,…
Continue ReadingParticipants in a recent downtown Bend protest against Gov. Kate Brown’s two-week “freeze” won’t be charged with violating her order related…
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