Suspect in Salem drug trafficking, major ‘ghost gun’ manufacturing faces federal charges
A federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment Thursday charging a Salem man with distributing counterfeit oxycodone pills containing…
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City of Bend summer paving plans: Mt. Washington, Putnam drives, Shevlin Park Road
The city of Bend’s 2022 season street preservation work is scheduled to begin in late March, officials said Thursday after city council approval of…
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Giant white sturgeon, over 7 feet long, seized from Scappoose Bay poachers, released
A giant white sturgeon more than seven feet long was among five sturgeon seized and released by Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife troopers…
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High Desert Museum says farewell to Rogue, the river otter
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Rogue, a North American river otter who lived at Bend’s High Desert Museum for the past nine years, was humanely euthanized on…
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Bend councilors reject Deschutes Library request for land-use exception to build Central Library
Bend city councilors heard plenty of divided testimony Wednesday evening on a request by the Deschutes Public Library System for an exception to city…
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State audit finds home mortgage interest deduction ‘deeply inequitable’; Sen. Knopp disagrees
 Since 1923 in Oregon, some homeowners have been able to take the interest they pay on their mortgage, and subtract it from their taxable…
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Growing list of big, traditional C.O. events set to return this year after 2-year COVID hiatus
When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down many of the High Desert’s traditional yearly events for the foreseeable future in 2020, few if any people…
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Sisters Movie House joins C.O. in support of Ukraine with film fundraiser
Along with several other Central Oregon businesses and individuals, the Sisters Movie House is showing support of Ukraine with a fundraiser, in this…
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‘Pretty special’: Bend Senior High Unified basketball team wins state Special Olympics championship
A big win for the Bend Senior High Unified Basketball team, claiming the title of state champions on Saturday. Unified Sports is a program that…
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Warm Springs among 14 communities chosen to build cutting-edge energy storage capacity
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced this week that Warm Springs, Talent and Pendleton have been selected by federal officials to…
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Bundy gets probation, no jail, in 2nd trespassing conviction
Far-right activist Ammon Bundy has again been convicted of trespassing at the Idaho Capitol…
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ODF offering C.O. landowners assistance for fuel reduction projects to curb wildfire risks
The Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District said Wednesday it is accepting applications from landowners in several areas of…
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Garage fire spreads to NW Redmond home; no injuries, firefighters rescue several cats
A fire in a garage full of personal belongings spread to part of a northwest Redmond home Tuesday afternoon, but all occupants got out unhurt and…
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Gov. Brown signs child care funding bill, visits COCC, talks workforce initiative in Bend
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed House Bill 4005, the $100 million child care investment package, on Tuesday at Bloom Children’s Center in Bend, one…
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Deschutes County commissioners discuss homeless, other issues with Redmond city councilors
Deschutes County commissioners and Redmond city councilors discussed several Redmond-area projects during their joint meeting Tuesday evening, but as…
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Murals brighten, inspire at homeless shelter in NE Bend
Three local artists bring paintings and messages of beauty and hope in artwork installed Tuesday on the exterior wall of the Shepherd’s House…
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Some C. Oregonians share enthusiasm for bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent
A movement to make Daylight Saving Time permanent took a big step forward Tuesday, with the U.S. Senate unanimously passing legislation to end the…
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Oregon looks to build more public EV charging stations in Central Oregon, across state
State officials met with Bend’s transportation planners Tuesday to present them with the state’s report on electric charging…
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M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust’s $350,000 ‘top off’ grant supports new Madras Health Center
Mosaic Medical, a nonprofit community health center providing quality care for all in Bend, Redmond, Prineville and Madras, was recently awarded a…
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Landslide shuts U.S. Highway 101 on north Oregon coast
An active landslide has closed a stretch of U.S. Highway 101 in both directions Tuesday along the northern Oregon coast at milepost 47, north of…
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