C.O. snowstorm triggers numerous crashes, slide-offs, several highway closures
A long-delayed blast of winter hit Bend and other parts of the High Desert on Friday, with several inches of snow leading to numerous crashes,…
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State agency expands online database of cases involving law enforcement officers
There are two critical components of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training mission that work together to promote excellence in…
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Oregon reports 22 more COVID-19 deaths, one from Deschutes; 877 new cases
There are 22 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including Deschutes County’s 40th death, raising the state’s death toll to 1,865, the Oregon…
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Hitting the road, by skis, in Sisters as winter finally, suddenly returns
From sunny and mild to a winter wonderland, overnight: Sisters homeowners and business owners alike were busy shoveling snow as cars slid around the…
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Redmond School District pushes back reopening nearly 3 weeks, to Feb. 22
A rise in Deschutes County COVID-19 cases — and a growing number of Redmond School District staff and students sick or in quarantine — will push…
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Gov. Kate Brown, other officials defend vaccine rollout pace, priorities
Gov. Kate Brown and other state officials explained and defended the state’s vaccination priority and rollout during a Friday news conference,…
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OSU panel discusses problems facing America amid presidential transition
President Joe Biden was officially sworn into office on Wednesday. He takes over a fragile nation, whose wounds are still healing from a riot at the…
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Oregon’s Crater, Waldo lakes designated ‘Outstanding Resource Waters’
Two remarkably clear and internationally known bodies of water in Oregon – Crater Lake and Waldo Lake – now have additional state protections,…
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BLM, in Trump’s final days, issues disputed grazing permit to Hammonds
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, in the final days of the Trump administration, issued a grazing permit to two Eastern Oregon father-and-son…
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Oregon, C.O. HS graduation rates rise amid tumultuous year affected by COVID-19
Despite a number of major COVID-19-related changes to last year’s school year, students and schools still found ways to increase graduation rates.…
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Central Oregonians react to extension of student loan payments freeze
The Biden administration has extended the student loan payment moratorium through Sept. 30, affecting the nearly 40 million Americans who owe over…
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Oregon Health Authority reports 11 more COVID-19 deaths, 849 new cases
There are 11 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,843, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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State of the State: Brown looks back at Oregon’s crises, ahead to goals
Nearly a year after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown delivered her annual State of the State speech on Thursday, as…
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Gov. Brown’s office holds out little hope for delayed prep football season
High school football remains on Gov. Kate Brown’s prohibited list of activities, even with the scheduled start of the delayed season just a few weeks…
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DCSO removes 2,900 lbs. of trash from 9 dump sites off Lower Bridge Road
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office work crew deputies responded last week to complaints of illegal dumping off of Lower Bridge Road in…
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DCSO SAR members rescue motorist stuck in snow on Cascade Lakes Highway
A father’s call to 911 and a cellphone ping helped Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue come to the aid of a 20-year-old Willamette…
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3 more Oregon state prison inmates with COVID-19 die; 7 in a week at Two Rivers
State officials say three more people who were incarcerated in Oregon prisons have died after contracting COVID-19.…
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St. Charles Redmond reports COVID-19 outbreak; 31 caregivers affected
St. Charles Health System said late Wednesday it has reported an outbreak of COVID-19 cases at the St. Charles Redmond hospital campus to Deschutes…
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Deschutes County gets state OK to begin vaccinating K-12 educators, staff
Deschutes County announced Thursday it has received approval from the Oregon Health Authority to begin providing COVID-19 vaccines to local K-12…
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Oregon reports 24 more COVID-19 deaths, 3 in C. Oregon; 704 new cases
There are 24 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including two in Deschutes County and one in Crook County, raising the state’s death toll to…
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