St. Charles to require that all hospital, clinic visitors be fully vaccinated
To further protect its patients and caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Charles Health System announced Tuesday it soon will require that…
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Prescribed burn planned Wednesday north of Fort Rock
If conditions remain favorable, fuels specialists on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to conduct a prescribed burn Wednesday on 375 acres of…
Continue ReadingLooking ahead to an already crowded OR gubernatorial race, including a Bend man
About five months before the deadline, nearly a dozen candidates already have filed to run for Oregon governor in 2022, including a Bend resident.…
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Suspect in thefts, burglaries arrested after NE Bend guns-drawn traffic stop
A report of a burglary in progress at a northeast Bend home led to a guns-drawn traffic stop Monday morning, the arrest of a fleeing suspect and…
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3 Redmond School District bus routes canceled after 7 drivers call out sick
The Redmond School District canceled three bus routes for students Monday morning due to seven bus drivers calling in sick, an unusually high number,…
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Proposal to make Deschutes County commissioner seats non-partisan aims for May ballot
An initiative petition to ask voters whether Deschutes County commissioner seats should become non-partisan has been circulating since May, and it…
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Tesla solar roof available in Central Oregon; Bend resident says extra cost is worth it
A new way to do solar roofing has arrived in Central Oregon, and it’s backed by Tesla, the high-profile electric car…
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Sparks may fly as Bend City Council takes public comment on permanent fireworks ban
After banning the public use of fireworks this summer due to excessive drought conditions, the Bend City Council appears poised to make that ban…
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Fire damages Madras home office; resident suffers smoke inhalation trying to put it out
A Madras resident was treated for smoke inhalation Monday morning after he tried to put out a fire that broke out in a home office, a fire official…
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Prescribed burns planned Tuesday in Metolius Basin, near Crescent Lake
On Tuesday, fuels specialists on the Sisters Ranger District plan to conduct a 120-acre prescribed burn in the Metolius Basin south of the Metolius…
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Bend police: Fatal train-pedestrian collision determined to be suicide
A man was struck and killed on railroad tracks in northeast Bend late Saturday afternoon by a BNSF Railway freight train, in what police said Monday…
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373 pounds of methamphetamine worth over $1 million seized in Lane County, Oregon’s largest ever
Federal prosecutors announced Monday that a break-up of a Lane County drug ring led to five arrests and Oregon’s largest methamphetamine seizure in…
Continue ReadingFacebook asks court to dismiss FTC antitrust complaint
CNN By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Facebook is continuing to battle US regulators that are calling for the company to be broken up, this time asking…
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Bend women help spread word of the importance of mammograms
In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, NewsChannel 21 spoke with two women in Bend on two different journeys to…
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Cyclist injured in Kent’s Trail bike crash prompts rescue effort
A California woman was injured in a bike crash on a trail southwest of Bend Saturday afternoon, prompting a rescue effort, officials…
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Cougar Peak Fire NW of Lakeview burns nearly 92,000 acres, reaches 85% containment
The nearly month-old, nearly 92,000-acre Cougar Peak Fire 15 miles northwest of Lakeview has reached 85% containment, and the fire management will be…
Continue ReadingThe California oil spill is endangering wildlife. Here’s how authorities are trying to clean it up
CNN By Amir Vera, CNN The pristine beaches and beautiful wildlife in Southern California are now suffering after a weekend oil spill that responders…
Continue ReadingBlast targeting Kabul mosque leaves ‘a number of civilians dead,’ Taliban spokesman says
By Clarissa Ward, Tim Lister and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN An explosion ripped through a crowd outside the entrance of a mosque in central Kabul on Sunday,…
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‘Finally going to get their justice’: Family relieved by arrests in Bend double-homicide
The family of Ray Atkinson Jr. and his fiancé Natasha Newby have been waiting for this day since the couple was killed 14 months ago at their Bend…
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Latino Community Association expands Bend location, adds new services
The Latino Community Association in Bend has expanded and moved into a new location that provides benefits for the organization and those it…
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