Supreme Court curbs EPA’s ability to fight climate change
By Ariane de Vogue, Ella Nilsen and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Supreme Court curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to…
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OHA reports decline in Oregon COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths over past 2 weeks
The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Biweekly Data Report, released Wednesday, shows a decrease in COVID-19-related cases, hospitalizations and…
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Deschutes County imposes public use restrictions on unprotected and county-owned land to curb wildfire threat
Deschutes County commissioners voted Wednesday to impose public use restrictions on unprotected lands within the county and on all county-owned land…
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Police surround SE Bend home when fugitive refuses to come out, eventually surrenders
When a parole and probation officer came calling, a 35-year-old Bend man wanted on a felony warrant went back inside a southeast Bend home and…
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Deschutes Public Library System may spend $10.25 million to buy new Central Library site in SE Bend
Three months after Bend city councilors poured cold water on a proposed north Bend site for the Deschutes Public Library’s 100,000-square-foot…
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Redmond Fire & Rescue adopts state fire code, bans open burning within city limits
Redmond Fire and Rescue has adopted and implemented the state’s fire code this month, and is banning outdoor debris burning within the…
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Oregon secretary of state’s audit finds much work still to do on prescription drug monitoring, ease opioid crisis
Secretary of State Shemia Fagan and the Oregon Audits Division released a follow-up report Wednesday to a 2018 audit of Oregon Health Authority’s…
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Wash. motorcyclist killed, passenger critically injured in crash at Highways 97-361 intersection near Culver
A Washington state motorcyclist was killed and his passenger critically injured Tuesday afternoon in a collision with a car whose driver failed to…
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‘We have good days and bad days’: How Redmond fireworks stand sales are going so far this Fourth season
(Update: Adding video and comments from parent volunteer at Redmond TNT fireworks stand) REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Firework sales have been…
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City of Bend proposes Home Energy Score requirement to help buyers make purchasing decisions
Homebuyers will have an easier time finding out how much they’ll be spending for a home’s energy…
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2023, 2024 trial dates set for two men charged in August 2020 double-homicide of NE Bend couple
A Deschutes County judge set late 2023 and early 2024 trial dates Tuesday afternoon for a Bend-area man and his nephew, accused of murder in the…
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Oregon’s new wildland-urban interface, statewide wildfire risk map to be available Thursday
The wildland-urban interface and statewide wildfire risk map will be available through the Oregon Explorer online tool on Thursday, as required by…
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Bend’s Pilot Butte show, Central Oregon’s other traditional fireworks displays set to go, despite challenges
Bend’s Fourth of July fireworks show from atop Pilot Butte will blaze into the sky next Monday night, and other colorful, traditional displays are…
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Jersey Mike’s Subs pays nearly $25K in fines for federal child labor law violations at 10 locations, 2 in Bend
A federal investigation at 10 Jersey Mike’s Subs locations, including two in Bend, found the popular chain of sandwich shops allowed 14- and…
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Conservationists call for action on Northwest wolf poaching
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Wildlife advocates say there has been a distressing uptick in wolf poaching cases in…
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Prineville’s Central Oregon Butcher Boys among six Oregon meat processors awarded ODA grants
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — After a competitive process, the Oregon Department of Agriculture chose six Oregon meat processing business to receive a…
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Bend’s new Lighthouse Navigation Center aims to help the houseless gain autonomy, stability
“It’s exciting, you know, to see that there’s still compassion to be found, there’s still help to be found, and it’s not just that homeless…
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8-hour standoff with barricaded man at La Pine home ends in his arrest on numerous charges
An eight-hour standoff at a La Pine home that involved the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team ended early Monday morning with the arrest…
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Lebanon man killed in motorcycle crash on U.S. Highway 20 east of Sweet Home
SWEET HOME, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Lebanon man was killed in the crash of his motorcycle Sunday evening on U.S. Highway 20 about 25 miles east of Sweet…
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Alpenglow Community Park opens in SE Bend; some finishing touches underway
The Bend Park and Recreation District announced Monday the opening of the Alpenglow Community Park in southeast Bend, though a few features are still…
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