Redmond woman, Texas man killed in Highway 26 head-on crash on Warm Springs Reservation
Two drivers were killed, a Texas man and a Redmond woman, in a head-on crash Saturday afternoon on U.S. Highway 26 on the Warm Springs Indian…
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Redmond Airport to hold multi-agency disaster drill Wednesday, says flights won’t be affected
Redmond Municipal Airport and Redmond Fire and Rescue will conduct a full-scale emergency response disaster training drill Wednesday, starting at 9…
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Cooldown will help crews on nearly 126,000-acre Cedar Creek Fire, now 45% contained
Cooler temperatures and higher humidity will help the nearly 700 firefighters still battling the 2 1/2-month-old Cedar Creek Fire, which has grown to…
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Bend, Sisters mayors among 25 pitching $123.5 million-a-year plan to tackle homelessness
An Oregon Mayors Association task force of 25 mayors, including the mayors of Bend and Sisters, submitted a letter Friday to Oregon’s three…
Continue ReadingDemocrats are facing stiff battles for governor in these key states
By Gregory Krieg, Maeve Reston, Eric Bradner, Dan Merica, Michael Warren and Steve Contorno, CNN Democratic nominees for governor are facing the…
Continue ReadingHow one Minnesota county has been rapidly housing the homeless since the pandemic
By Katie Lobosco, CNN Photographs by Sarah Silbiger for CNN On a breezy morning in July, Fabian Jones rode his new bike to the homeless shelter where…
Continue ReadingSmoky air again affecting PNW amid fires, red flag warnings
SEATTLE (AP) — Most of the Puget Sound region in Washington state was experiencing degraded air quality Saturday because of smoke from wildfires…
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Violent week a grim sign as targeted killings of police rise
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The shooting deaths of two Connecticut officers and wounding of a third punctuated an especially…
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Biden’s late push across West aims to deliver votes for Dems
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — President Joe Biden strode into the telephone bank at a crowded union hall and eagerly began…
Continue ReadingIndependent candidate upends Oregon race for governor and gives GOP an opening
By Maeve Reston, CNN Betsy Johnson casts herself as the candidate for Oregon governor who will speak for voters who are “fed up” with…
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Deschutes DA confirms Bend real estate investor, developer was shot, killed in driveway of his home
Nearly a week after a 70-year-old real estate investor and developer was shot and killed in the driveway of his home just east of Bend, Deschutes…
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A GOP gov in liberal Oregon? Dems sound alarm on ‘spoiler’
By ANDREW SELSKY and SARA BURNETT Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is typically known as a bastion of West Coast liberalism, where…
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Deschutes County commissioners DeBone, Adair spar on issues with challengers Tatom, Schmidt during KTVZ debate
Less than a week before ballots start arriving in the mail, Deschutes County commissioners Tony DeBone and Patti Adair, both Republicans, defended…
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High wildfire risk forecast for this weekend around Cascades
SEATTLE (AP) — National Weather Service officials have issued weekend red flag warnings for Oregon and Washington around the Cascade Mountains…
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Oregon seeing drop in reported COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths
The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Monthly Data Report, released Thursday, shows a decrease in COVID-19-related cases, hospitalizations and…
Continue ReadingTwo of the largest supermarkets in America are merging
By Nathaniel Meyersohn and Jordan Valinsky, CNN Kroger announced Friday that it plans to buy Albertsons in a nearly $25 billion deal that could…
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Meta bolsters C.O. workforce development with four grants totaling $250,000
Four Central Oregon entities — East Cascades Works, the Crook County School District, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Youth…
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Highway 20 temporary 45 mph speed zone goes into effect Friday between Tumalo and Bend
A temporary reduced speed zone of 45 mph is coming to U.S. Highway 20 between Bend and Tumalo, starting Friday. The reduction will take place between…
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Bend Park and Rec expands winter program registration times, makes other changes to avoid problems
The Bend Park and Recreation District has expanded the timeframe and made several changes to its online registration for winter programs after…
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$380,000 Murdock Trust grant to help fund new Redmond ReStore, expected to open next year
A $380,000 grant to Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity, announced Thursday by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, provides the final funding needed to…
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