OHA: COVID-19 booster could be available in Oregon as soon as next week
People in Oregon could start receiving the nation’s newest COVID-19 vaccines as soon as next week after a federal advisory body earlier this week…
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Deschutes River Conservancy praises legislative funding package for drought, water issues
This year’s Oregon legislative session approved a $142 million package to bolster drought resilience and water security for Oregon’s rivers and…
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‘Home Rule’: Deschutes County commissioners debate whether to ask voters to expand to a five-member board
Deschutes County commissioners will discuss at their Monday afternoon work session if they want to ask voters whether to expand the three-member…
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September marks National Suicide Awareness Month; Central Oregon offers help, support, training events
This month, in recognition of National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Deschutes County, in collaboration with the Central Oregon Suicide…
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‘We have achieved our dream here:’ High Desert Christian Academy holds ribbon-cutting to celebrate new home
The High Desert Christian Academy held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday morning to commemorate the transformation of the former Pioneer Memorial…
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‘Wishes & Dishes’: Two C.O. Make-A-Wish families unite 10 Bend-area chefs, to help grant more wishes
Grant Williamson is a 7-year-old Bend boy who was diagnosed with cancer at age 2. Now, Grant is a cancer survivor and has been named a Make-A-Wish…
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Bend’s Knopp, other GOP senators who boycotted Oregon Legislature file for reelection, despite being disqualified
Oregon state senators with at least 10 absences during a record-setting Republican walkout are supposed to be disqualified from running for…
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Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Bend campus dedicated, named for former Sheriff Les Stiles
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office main campus was dedicated Wednesday and formally named the Les Stiles Justice Center in honor of the…
Continue ReadingHurricane Lee lashing Bermuda before striking coastal New England and Atlantic Canada
CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Lee began to unleash strong winds on Bermuda Thursday morning, ahead of a track…
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Madras chase of Klamath Falls man suspected of energy drink theft from coffee stand ends in arrest at gunpoint
A Klamath Falls man suspected in the theft of an energy drink from a Madras coffee stand Wednesday afternoon fled pursuing officers who heard shots…
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C.O. First Interstate Bank employees make blankets for children on Volunteer Day
First Interstate Bank locations across 14 states closed at noon Wednesday so employees could help out in the community for their sixth annual…
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No arrests in the 2 months since Evelyn Weaver’s killing; DA Gunnels assures it’s ‘definitely not a cold case’
Deschutes County District Attorney Stephen Gunnels says there have been no arrests or major updates to share in the “very active” investigation into…
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Crooked River Ranch Fire & Rescue sends 5-year local option levy to voters on Nov. 7 ballot
(Update: Adding video, comments from department) CROOKED RIVER RANCH, Ore. (KTVZ) — In less than two months, voters in Crooked River Ranch will…
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ODFW reports small increase in deaths of Madras-area deer, apparently from adenovirus disease
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Wednesday it has seen a small increase in mule deer in and around Madras that are dying from what…
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Sisters High’s school-based health center will expand days of operation next month, thanks to partnership
The Sisters School-Based Health Center, located adjacent to Sisters High School, will soon expand its operations from two days a week to four days a…
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OSU-Cascades attracts more than $2 million in annual research award, grant funding
Researchers at Oregon State University-Cascades brought in $2.3 million in funding during the recent fiscal year to address challenges as varied as…
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USFS: All resorts, recreation sites east of Cascade Lakes Highway remain open to the public amid fuel break work
Agency also warns that warmup brings potential for more fire activity BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — All resorts and recreation sites on the east side of…
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Campbell River, B.C. man gets 4-year prison term in 2019 DUII crash that killed 2 Americans, one from Bend
A Campbell River, British Columbia man who killed two members of an American family, including a Bend architect and high school robotics coach, and…
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‘It will never look like that again’: Firefighters reflect, 20 years since the B&B, Central Oregon’s largest wildfire
– It’s now been 20 years since the B&B Complex Fire — two big fires that merged into a giant one — exploded in the Deschutes National Forest…
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Ask the Mayor: Viewers’ questions include unpaved roads, roundabout rules, roadkill and high rents
Thanks for the dozens of questions you sent in for our monthly Ask the Mayor segment with Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler, who stops by NewsChannel 21 at…
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