BasX founder says company’s new owners are committed to Redmond ‘long-term’
BasX Solutions new owners, AAON of Tulsa, Oklahoma, plans to continue growing the company in Redmond, the founder of BasX said Friday.…
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SE Bend family acts fast; firefighters stop garage blaze before it can spread
A fire that caused $15,000 in damage to the garage of a southeast Bend home Friday morning was caused by a wick used to light smoking materials that…
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Proposed SE Bend gas station sparks neighborhood controversy, petition drive
“For Sale” signs are hard to miss in the empty lot across from the Brosterhous and Murphy roads roundabout in Southeast Bend. The land has already…
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Labor, supply shortages affecting holiday grocery shoppers in Central Oregon
Food 4 Less is a locally owned grocery store preparing for the holiday season, but there are some items it’s prepared to run out…
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Bentz introduces bill to limit northern spotted owl habitat designation
Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ore., introduced on Thursday H.R.6019, a bill that would codify the Trump Administration’s Northern Spotted Owl Critical…
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Rep. Reschke to run for redrawn House District 55, including much of Deschutes County
State Rep. E. Werner Reschke, R-Klamath Falls, announced Friday his intent to file to run for state representative for the newly redrawn House…
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Oregon DHS works to recover $7.8 million in mistakenly issued Pandemic EBT student food benefits
The Oregon Department of Human Services said Friday it mistakenly issued $7.8 million of Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) food benefits to about 5,800 students…
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Bentz issues statement on ‘no’ vote on Build Back Better bill; Merkley hails House passage
Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario) released the following statement Friday regarding his vote against the Build Back Better…
Continue Reading‘Self-defense is not illegal’: Kyle Rittenhouse tells Fox News after not-guilty verdict
By Ray Sanchez, Eric Levenson and Brad Parks, CNN Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who killed two people and shot another during unrest in Kenosha,…
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Homeless camps off China Hat Road prompt fire danger concern, call for solutions
s the issue of homelessness continues to grow in Bend, residents living at the south end of Bend feel the homeless camps off China Hat Road also…
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Smith Rock State Park due to gain new visitor center, parking/traffic improvements
The Oregon State Parks and Recreation Commission approved an initial list of park capital improvement projects Wednesday, to be funded by new general…
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Two Central Oregon referees receive state’s top ‘Official of the Year’ awards
The Oregon Athletic Officials Association has announced its first awards for officials of the year — and two Central Oregon referees, Chuck Aldred…
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DCSO deputy, K-9 help police arrest SE Bend home break-in suspect
A Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy and K-9 partner helped Bend police find and arrest a burglary suspect who allegedly broke into a southeast Bend…
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Direct route: Murphy Road railroad bridge opens, offers new east-west link for growing SE Bend
A new bridge crossing over the train tracks and extending Murphy Road to 15th Street in southeast Bend, opened Thursday with a ribbon-cutting, a…
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City of Bend ‘playing catch up’ with homelessness; council posting possible solutions
Bend city councilors posted a long list of active and possible solutions to address the houseless…
Continue ReadingState Rep. Jack Zika, R-Redmond, won’t seek reelection, cites ‘family illness, personal health’
State Rep. Jack Zika, R-Redmond, announced Thursday that he will not run for reelection next year “due to family illness and personal health…
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Oregon AG joins multi-state investigation of Instagram’s promotion to children, young adults
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Thursday that the state has joined a nationwide investigation into Meta Platforms, Inc.,…
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Logging, brush removal prompt new weekday closures in Phil’s Trail area west of Bend
The Deschutes National Forest said Thursday it is implementing additional temporary closures starting Monday on portions of trails within the…
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Councilors review Old Bend Neighborhood parking program, get earful about homeless camps
As Bend welcomed in the new year in 2021, the Old Bend Neighborhood also ushered in a new residential parking permit pilot program, near Delaware and…
Continue Reading Bend woman seriously hurt in SE Third Street vehicle-pedestrian crash
A Bend woman was struck and seriously injured Wednesday afternoon in a vehicle-pedestrian crash on Southeast Third Street, police…
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