Little Kits Early Learning Program in Bend to receive funds, help expand child care
The Little Kits Early Learning Program, a new child care program planned in Bend, is one step closer to becoming a…
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Quarantines leave some Bend-area HS basketball teams in limbo, week before season starts
A delayed, shortened high school basketball season finally begins next week in Central Oregon and across the state. But there are some widespread…
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Oregon lawmakers extend grace period for past-due rent
Oregon lawmakers have passed a bill that gives tenants who are struggling with financial hardships due to the pandemic more time to pay past-due…
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COCC outlines plans for ‘drive-thru’ commencement ceremony
Central Oregon Community College has announced that its 2021 commencement ceremony will take place on the Bend campus as a drive-thru event,…
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Brown sets 70% vaccination goal to drop business limits; Deschutes County may soon drop to Lower Risk
Gov. Kate Brown announced vaccination targets Tuesday to more fully reopen Oregon’s economy, setting a 70% statewide goal to reach Oregonians 16 and…
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Travel rebound: AAA says 485K Oregonians plan Memorial Day trips, C.O. No. 2 road trip destination
AAA projects a significant rebound in the number of Americans planning to travel this Memorial Day holiday weekend, with 37 million Americans (11.2%…
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Deschutes County’s state lawmakers outline plans for $8 million in federal relief funds
State Sen. Tim Knopp (R-Bend), and Reps. Jack Zika (R-Redmond) and Jason Kropf (D-Bend) released their funding proposals Monday for $8 million in…
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Amid housing crunch, construction projects delayed around Central Oregon
Central Oregon seems to have ongoing construction projects around every corner, but developers are still not building homes as fast as they’d…
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Madras police ID man struck, killed while crossing Highway 97
Police have identified a Madras-area man who was struck by a car and killed last week as he crossed U.S. Highway…
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Landowner’s new gates close public access on road west of Bend; USFS seeks reopening
Starting Monday, a section of Brooks-Scanlon Road (Forest Service Road 4606) running through private property north of Bull Springs Road will be…
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University of Oregon, Western Oregon U. to require COVID-19 vaccinations for students, staff in fall
– The University of Oregon and Western Oregon University on Monday joined a growing number of colleges and universities across the state to require…
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FDA authorizes Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for use in people ages 12 to 15
The US Food and Drug Administration has expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to include people ages 12 to 15.…
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Bend’s median home sales price jumps 10.3% in a month, hits $651,000
The Bend area’s median home sales price jumped by more than 10% last month, up $61,000 to $651,000, fueled by numerous sales of over $1 million,…
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Oregon to receive $222.5 million in emergency rental aid, senators say
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Monday that Oregon will receive about $222.5 million in federal resources from the American…
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Late-night fire destroys SW Redmond duplex unit; no injuries
A fire late Saturday night destroyed one unit of a southwest Redmond duplex, but firefighters were able to limit damage to the adjoining unit,…
Continue ReadingBiden administration scrambles to respond to cyberattack on critical pipeline
Biden administration officials worked urgently Monday to ascertain the scope and fallout of a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, which…
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New Oregon jobless benefit minimums, maximums set to rise by 9% in July
The Oregon Employment Department announced Monday the annual change to the minimum and maximum weekly benefit amounts for regular unemployment…
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6 people were killed at a Colorado Springs birthday party. The suspected shooter is also dead
Six people were killed in a shooting early Sunday morning during a birthday party at a Colorado Springs, Colorado, mobile home, according to police.…
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Prescribed burns planned Monday and Tuesday west of Bend, south of Sisters
On Monday and Tuesday, fire and fuel specialists with the Deschutes National Forest plan to conduct prescribed fire operations adjacent to Bend’s…
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Oregon reports 2 more COVID-19 related deaths, including Deschutes County’s 74th, 610 cases
There are two new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon including Deschutes County’s 74th death, raising the state’s death toll to 2,530, the Oregon…
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