Mountain View girls face top-seed Springfield in 5A state quarterfinals
NewsChannel 21’s Noah Chast is in Corvallis Tuesday as the Mountain View girls give it all they’ve got in the 5A state tournament quarterfinals, but…
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High Desert Stampede is coming up; volunteers help make it happen
The High Desert Stampede is coming up April 5-8 at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds! Volunteers are what makes this rodeo event so great! Patrick…
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Bend-La Pine students going green on the road: District’s first electric school bus is on the job
Riding on a school bus just became eco-friendly in Central Oregon. Students from Bend-La Pine Schools hopped on the district’s first electric…
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Year-round construction on High Desert road projects is here to stay due to milder winters, modern equipment
For many years, it seemed that the bigger Central Oregon road construction projects were done primarily in the summer, perhaps also starting or…
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Oregon and High Desert’s jobless rates don’t budge as 2023 begins
In a start-of-year rarity, the Oregon Employment Department released both state and Central Oregon January unemployment rates on Tuesday — and…
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Car sales and repairs, telecom, imposter scams again top Oregon DOJ consumer complaint list for 2022
To kick off National Consumer Protection Week (March 5-11), Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum released Tuesday the Oregon Department of Justice’s…
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Bend’s median home sales price slips in February, while Redmond’s rises, appraiser’s report says
Bend’s and Redmond’s median home sales prices went in opposite directions last month, with the Bend figure continuing its recent up-and-down…
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Oregon House passes Opioid Harm Reduction Package, would make naloxone more available in public places
House Bill 2395, the Opioid Harm Reduction Package, passed out of the Oregon House Monday with bipartisan support.…
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BLM seeks public input on potential 4,000-acre private-land acquisition along John Day River
The Bureau of Land Management’s Prineville District said Monday it is seeking public input on a proposal to acquire about 4,000 acres of private land…
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‘Long time waiting’: Randall Kilby’s 2 Bend murder trials delayed; victim’s daughters speak out
Trials in three high-profile Bend murders, all tied to the same man, have been delayed again, for the second time in a…
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‘Every area in Central Oregon is and can be risky’: Avalanche Center forecaster speaks after deadly slide
Last week’s tragic death of an experienced skier from Bend in an avalanche at Black Crater put a spotlight on efforts to monitor conditions and warn…
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Bend woman pleads not guilty to manslaughter, DUII in Hwy. 26 crash that killed 3 Warm Springs residents
A 29-year-old Bend woman pleaded not guilty Monday to six counts of manslaughter and one of DUII, three days after her arrest in a November 2022…
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Deschutes County Public Health issues measles advisory after Kentucky outbreak; no Oregon cases so far
Deschutes County Public Health issued an advisory Monday after an individual infectious with measles attended a large gathering Feb. 17–18 at…
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Calif. man dies at Cape Kiwanda; was swept out into Pacific after 20-foot fall
A California man hiking beyond a safety fence at Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area was killed Saturday afternoon when he slipped and fell about 20 feet…
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Madras City Council appoints Mayor Mike Lepin as pro tem city administrator after Gus Burrill’s resignation
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – At a special meeting on Saturday, the Madras City Council appointed Mayor Mike Lepin to serve as Pro Tem City Administrator…
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Deschutes County SO releases name of Bend backcountry skier killed in avalanche at Black Crater
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday released the name of a 46-year-old Bend man who was struck and killed Thursday by an avalanche he…
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Judge agrees to defense motion, delays Randall Kilby’s 2 murder trials in killings of woman, 2 brothers
A judge has agreed to a defense attorney’s request and again pushed back by several months the two murder trials of Randall Kilby, a Bend man…
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Slightly Stoopid, Sublime With Rome announce Summertime 2023 Tour, July 7 stop in Bend
San Diego-based Slightly Stoopid and Sublime With Rome announced Monday the first round of dates for their Summertime 2023 concert tour,…
Continue ReadingAs the West’s drought eases, this area remains in the worst on record — and it’s hitting farmers hard
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Cate Casad started noticing the for-sale signs pop up over the last year on farms around Central Oregon, which has been mired…
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Two Redmond residents arrested in robbery of woman; wallet, hundreds in cash recovered
A Redmond woman and man were arrested Friday in connection with the robbery of another Redmond woman’s wallet, and the wallet with hundreds in cash…
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