Bend councilors OK $120 million in bonds
Bend city councilors unanimously approved issuing two big-ticket bonds totaling $120 million at Wednesday night’s meeting.…
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Oregon Supreme Court upholds Wasco County DA suspension
The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld a decision to suspend the Wasco County district attorney for lying to…
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Bend 7th-grader wins national horse jumping competition
When Ella Delgado started riding horses at age 7, she had no idea she would end up winning a national championship in Las Vegas by the time she was…
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Oregon OSHA fines Bend co. $15K after staircase collapse
Oregon OSHA has fined a Bend contractor more than $15,000 following an accident investigation that found the company failed to protect workers from…
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Snowmobilers get lost, crash, prompting DCSO rescue
A Washington state couple out for a snowmobile trip to Elk Lake got separated from others Thursday, crashed and got stuck, prompting a call-out of…
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UPDATE: Missing Redmond woman found safe
A Redmond woman who was reported missing Thursday afternoon has been found safe, police…
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New emergency warming shelter opens in Bend
Part of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office work-release center opened up to about 48 people on Tuesday as an emergency warming shelter during the…
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Lawsuit: Immigration courts now ‘deportation machine’
Law groups representing immigrants say the immigration court system under the Trump administration has become a “deportation machine.”…
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Judge considers Hammond Ranches grazing permit
A federal judge in Portland is considering whether federal authorities should revoke grazing permits it granted to two Eastern Oregon cattle ranchers…
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Oregon agency issues report on prescription drug prices
The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has released its first report to the Legislature on prescription drug prices in Oregon. The…
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Taylor NW chosen for COID’s Pilot Butte Canal piping project
Central Oregon Irrigation District said Thursday it has selected Taylor Northwest, LLC of Bend as the construction manager/general contractor for the…
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Wyden-Merkley bill would fund Warm Springs, other tribes’ water system upgrades
Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced legislation Thursday to improve water quality and services for tribal communities in…
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Bend man gets year and a day in prison for BHO lab explosion
A Bend man was sentenced Tuesday to a year and a day in federal prison and two years’ supervised release for illegally manufacturing and possessing…
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Two crashes on Hwy. 97 south of Bend
One driver, a 60-year-old La Pine woman, was injured and cited for careless driving in one of a pair of crashes on Highway 97 south of Lava Butte and…
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Redmond couple’s case leads to DHS agreement to protect parents with disabilities
The case of a Redmond couple who successfully fought in court to regain custody of their two young children after the state decided they weren’t…
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Bend-La Pine parents weigh in on school attendance area options
As Bend-La Pine Schools prepare to open a new high school on the southeast side of Bend, the district is looking at new school attendance…
Continue ReadingOregon gas tax rises 2 cents on New Year’s
Oregonians will be paying a bit more at the pump, starting on New Year’s, the second of four phased-in gas tax increases that were part of the…
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Bend’s November warmer, drier than normal, NWS says
Despite a decidedly snowy and cold end to November in Bend, the month overall was actually warmer and drier than normal, according to statistics…
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Slick roads lead to 100s of slide-offs, crashes across C.O.
Slick road conditions led to several vehicle slide-offs on Cline Falls Highway and Beaver Lane Monday morning, prompting Deschutes County Sheriff’s…
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Fire heavily damages Crescent home
A fire Sunday evening heavily damaged a home in the northern Klamath County town of Crescent, but the couple who live there escaped unhurt, along…
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