Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine gets emergency use authorization from FDA
The US Food and Drug Administration authorized Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine Saturday. It is the first single dose Covid-19 vaccine available…
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Grazing rights rescinded for controversial Eastern Oregon ranchers
A senior adviser in the U.S. Department of Interior has rescinded a January Trump administration decision to grant grazing allotments to an Eastern…
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High winds topple trees, cause damage in Sisters area
Clean-up efforts were underway in Sisters on Friday after winds gusting past 50 mph Thursday night toppled trees, one of which sent limbs falling…
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‘I just heard a big boom’: High winds topple tree onto Terrebonne home
Teresa Garcia has lived in her house on Seventh Street in Terrebonne for more than 20 years and had a feeling where the trouble would come…
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Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office chooses body, dash camera vendor
After two months of field testing, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Friday it has chosen the vendors for its body-worn and in-car camera…
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Deschutes County to receive 800 fewer COVID-19 vaccine first doses next week
The Oregon Health Authority has allocated 2,340 first-dose COVID-19 vaccines to Deschutes County for next week — that’s 800 fewer than this week,…
Continue ReadingOregon reports 2 more COVID-19 related deaths, 336 new cases
There are two new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,206, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Two companies appeal OSHA fines in roofer’s fatal fall at Caldera HS construction site
The general contractor and roofing subcontractor for the new Caldera High School under construction in southeast Bend have been fined about $6,000 in…
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Oregon gives timeline for expanded COVID-19 vaccine distribution in coming weeks
Gov. Kate Brown and Oregon Health Authority officials rolled out plans for expanding COVID-19 vaccination distribution on Friday, as shipments are…
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City of Bend reopening City Hall, some facilities to limited in-person visits
The city of Bend said Friday it will begin a limited reopening of some of its public facilities for in-person services beginning…
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Bend PD adds first of two dedicated DUII/aggressive driving officers
Over the last four years, community members have ranked traffic safety and enforcement consistently high in the bi-annual Bend Police Department…
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‘Real special’: Bend man catches rare, mysterious fox on camera near Mt. Bachelor
Alan Miles of Bend took these photos of what appears to be a rare Sierra Nevada red fox at a Mt. Bachelor parking…
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Oregon Senate hit by another GOP lawmaker boycott, now over COVID-19
Republican lawmakers boycotted an Oregon Senate session Thursday morning, using a tactic they had employed in the past two years to assert their will…
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Bend’s High Desert Museum has big plans for record $6 million donation
The Sisters-based Roundhouse Foundation is awarding $6 million to the High Desert Museum, the largest single donation in the museum’s nearly…
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Bend High volleyball team excited to start season, despite changes
On Wednesday, Bend High wrapped up their girls’ volleyball tryouts and began preparing for their regular…
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Controversial gun control bill moves to floor of Oregon Senate
An Oregon Senate bill sponsored by Democratic lawmakers would let local jurisdictions potentially ban handguns in public places, which critics say…
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From facing death to a new lease on life: C. Oregonians help save young homeless man
Thanks to an unsuspecting interaction with a stranger on a below-freezing November night, a long-time homeless man has a new lease on…
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Bend PD: Homeowner holds attempted burglary suspect at gunpoint
A southeast Bend homeowner, awakened by someone breaking out a kitchen window, held an attempted burglary suspect at gunpoint Thursday morning until…
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Alleged drugged driver cited after car slams into Bend convenience store
An alleged drugged driver from Seattle was cited on several charges early Thursday morning after his car left North Highway 97 in Bend and crashed…
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Two Bend men accused of stealing $1,000s in items from 4 large stores
Two Bend men have been arrested on organized retail theft and other charges, accused of stealing more than $6,300 worth of items from four major…
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