Fire destroys camper at Bend’s Hunnell Road encampment; cause traced to smoking
A fire destroyed a small camper at the Hunnell Road homeless encampment late Saturday afternoon, putting up tall flames and black smoke.…
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Trail Blazers broadcaster Bill Schonely dies at 93
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Bill Schonely, the longtime Portland Trail Blazers broadcaster with a distinctive…
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Bend Planning Commission, City Council to take up master plan for unique affordable housing effort
A unique housing opportunity in the works for close to seven years is coming before the Bend Planning Commission and Bend City Council in the next…
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Deschutes National Forest to receive over $40 million in next 5 years to expand wildfire risk reduction work
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Friday that the US Department of Agriculture is providing over $40 million…
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Bend woman shares painful story of losing her brother, in hopes others can avoid tragic fate
In this special report, NewsChannel 21’s Patrick Priest spoke with a Bend woman who shared the painful loss of her brother to a suspected fentanyl…
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California pair’s SUV slides off snowy forest road SE of Bend; Deschutes County Sheriff’s SAR comes to rescue
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers came to the aid of two California residents whose SUV slid off a…
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Trash clutters Bend Parkway roadsides, prompts complaints; ODOT wants to hear from public
The Bend Parkway is used by thousands of Central Drivers every day. People can see how the roadway looks and what sometimes clutters the roadsides…
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Dill, the puppy injured in Bend head-on crash, making good recovery, surrounded by friends and caregivers
A puppy who was seriously injured in a head-on crash on South Highway 97 in Bend last Saturday is recovering well, having undergone surgery at an…
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Bend Brewfest called off for 2023; organizers will await return to Hayden Homes Amphitheater
The Bend Brewfest, the second-largest craft beer festival in the Pacific Northwest, has been called off for this summer and postponed until it can…
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One 15-year-old arrested, second sought in assault of Bend man at Pine Nursery Park
A Bend man who witnessed several drivers in dangerous maneuvers at Bend’s Pine Nursery Park Thursday night was assaulted by one teen while…
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OSP K-9 Marley helps trooper find 15 lbs. of hidden drugs during Hwy. 97 traffic stop north of Bend
An Oregon State Police trooper made a traffic stop on Highway 97 north of Bend Thursday evening, “noticed signs of criminal activity” — and…
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Bend surgeon who pioneered training Ethiopian neurosurgeons to treat children with spina bifida dies at 76
Dr. Marinus (Dick) Koning, the Dutch-American surgeon who pioneered the training of Ethiopia’s first generation of neurosurgeons to treat babies…
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Pile burning planned next week along Geneva Road on Crooked River National Grassland
If conditions remain favorable early next week, firefighters will begin pile burning on the Crooked River National Grassland in the area of the…
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‘It’s a humanitarian issue’: Redmond church hosts forum, panel talk on homelessness
At Mountain View Fellowship Church in Redmond, a forum Thursday evening focuses on homelessness, bringing the community together to discuss…
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City Club of C. Oregon hosts forum on ‘Challenges in Youth Sports,’ conducts survey
Thursday’s forum was hosted by former Olympian Jay…
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Oregon’s drug decriminalization gets poor marks on audit
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization has had a rocky start, but Secretary of…
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Bend councilors get lower-rating survey results, vote 4-2 to adopt state rules, drop parking-space minimums
At their first regular meeting of the new year, Bend city councilors heard divided testimony, then voted 4-2 to adopt a state-mandated directive to…
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Smith Rock State Park gets wider pedestrian footbridge this summer; work to interrupt some access
Smith Rock State Park is slated to get a new, wider pedestrian bridge this summer, which means there will be no bridge access for up to four weeks…
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Oregon’s jobless rate rises to 4.5% at year’s end, despite adding 14,300 jobs in last two months
Oregon’s nonfarm payroll employment rose by 6,100 jobs in December, following a gain of 8,200 jobs in November, but the jobless rate rose…
Continue ReadingThis is the evidence investigators used to help their search for the suspect in the Idaho student killings
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A bloody crime scene left in the aftermath of four college students killed in Idaho would help authorities navigate their hunt…
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