State to reopen Oregon Homeowner Assistance Fund to new applications
Oregon Housing and Community Services said Thursday it will resume accepting new applications for the Oregon Homeowner Assistance Fund Program on…
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City councilors unanimously send 5-year, $65 million Bend Fire & Rescue levy to May ballot
The Bend City Council unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday night to send a five-year, $65 million local option levy for fire and emergency…
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Bend man arrested in pair of Redmond thefts after being spotted driving on Highway 97
A Bend man suspected in a pair of Redmond thefts was pulled over on Highway 97 and arrested on numerous charges Wednesday after a Redmond Police…
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City of Bend plans to add new app, system to help drivers find open parking spots downtown
“There’s a lot of circular traffic from people circling around the block to find an available parking space,” City of Bend Parking Services…
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Deschutes County drops three potential landfill sites proposed near airports; list now down to 7
Deschutes County commissioners agreed Wednesday to remove three possible new landfill sites that would have been located near the Bend and Redmond…
Continue Reading2nd Amendment sanctuary measure overturned in Oregon
By CLAIRE RUSH and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Local governments in Oregon can’t declare themselves Second…
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‘We are severely short-staffed across the nation’ : C.O. post offices hiring for hundreds of positions
NewsChannel 21 has been hearing frequent complaints for months about delays in local mail and package deliveries, as the U.S. Postal Service…
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New 24-hour rock climbing gym opens in Bend with adjustable walls and custom routes
The routes can be changed through an app on your phone and light up on the wall. For more information click…
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Safeway appeals Oregon OSHA safety violations, $7,250 fine at East Bend shooting scene
Safeway Inc. confirmed Wednesday it has appealed a $7,250 penalty issued last month by Oregon OSHA for two workplace safety violations stemming from…
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BLM to begin 1,243-acre fuels reduction project Thursday off Highway 20, SE of Brothers
The Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management plans to begin ignitions on a 1,243-acre fuels reduction project on Thursday, south of…
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13-year-old Bend middle-schooler wins 2023 Selco Pole Pedal Paddle artwork contest
The Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation and SELCO Community Credit Union announced Wednesday that an eighth-grader from Morning Star Christian…
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Oregon AG Rosenblum welcomes appeals court ruling invalidating Columbia County gun safety laws challenge
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum announced Wednesday that the Oregon Court of Appeals has invalidated a Columbia County…
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Oregon joins debate over police education requirements
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Amid a renewed nationwide focus on police qualifications following the fatal…
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Redmond City Council holds hearing on draft code changes to regulate camping on public property
The city of Redmond, like others across the state and nation, is struggling to deal with a rising number of homeless, many living on public property…
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Redmond Airport travelers will be boarding larger planes to some popular summer destinations
The Redmond Airport will be welcoming larger planes this summer on some flights to its most popular destinations, according to airport Manager Zach…
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Bend’s Tommy Ford, fellow US skiers cast injury aside to win team event gold at worlds
By Andrew Dampf, AP Writer MERIBEL, France (AP) — Broken bones. Surgeries. Rehab. Stinging losses. American resilience and a never-give-up attitude…
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Bend man pleads no contest to criminally negligent homicide in fatal Mayfield Pond shooting
A Bend man apprehended by federal marshals in Mexico late last year and brought back to Bend to face manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide…
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Second suspect in violent break-in, assault at Eagle Crest hotel room last May arrested in Utah
A second suspect has been arrested in Utah in a violent break-in, burglary and assault of a Tennessee man last May at The Lodge Hotel at Eagle Crest…
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Bend pedestrian struck and killed on NE Boyd Acres Road
A 39-year-old Bend man was struck and killed on Boyd Acres Road early Tuesday morning after he apparently fell in the roadway while walking home from…
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Deschutes County Jail inmate found unresponsive in cell, rushed to hospital amid life-saving efforts
An unresponsive Deschutes County Jail inmate was found in their dormitory cell Monday night, prompting immediate life-saving efforts before being…
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