2 DCSO sergeants placed on paid leave amid inquiry
Two patrol sergeants with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office have been placed on paid administrative leave in recent days amid an inquiry into…
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Helt only Oregon House GOP member to appear for night session
Most Republican lawmakers refused to attend a Tuesday night session of the Oregon House of Representatives amid a slowdown over anger at a sweeping…
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Highway 97 traffic stop leads to meth, Calif. man’s arrest
A California man pulled over for speeding and failure to signal a lane change on U.S. Highway 97 north of La Pine was arrested on drug charges after…
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Deschutes deputy DA Kropf announces run for Helt’s House seat
A Deschutes County prosecutor announced Wednesday he will run as a Democratic candidate for the Oregon House seat in Bend currently held by…
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Seattle council OKs more tent cities, tiny houses
The Seattle City Council has voted to allow the creation of up to 40 tent cities, tiny house villages or parking lots where people living in their…
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FAA grants $3 million for new Redmond Airport operations building
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced a $3 million grant toward a new operations and snow removal equipment building at…
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Sunriver Resort begins $40 million upgrade, new aquatic center
Sunriver Resort announced Tuesday that it has committed $40 million over the next five years to new and refreshed facilities and enhancements that…
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Bend RV park residents voice frustration in arson aftermath
Some residents of Crown Villa Park in southern Bend say their concerns over safety were neglected before a motor home fire earlier this month, and…
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Bid to shrink Oregon, enlarge Idaho would split High Desert
A retired La Pine nurseryman is a chief petitioner for the latest secession movement to draw attention in the West, a bid to add much of Oregon’s…
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Bend to give 60-day notice for Juniper Ridge homeless campers to leave
The city of Bend says it will begin an outreach process on Wednesday to inform people at established campsites on city-owned property in the Juniper…
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Warm Springs tribes receive $1.48 million from HUD for affordable housing
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson announced Tuesday the award of $16,755,903 in…
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Deschutes County Jail inmate dies in apparent suicide
A 33-year-old Deschutes County Jail inmate died in an apparent suicide Tuesday morning, sheriff’s deputies…
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Hiker finds human skeletal remains south of DRW
A hiker discovered human skeletal remains south of Deschutes River Woods on Monday afternoon and notified authorities, who began an investigation,…
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Second Mt. Hood Meadows snowboarder dies in 2 days
A Northern California man who had been reported missing when he didn’t return home after a work trip to Oregon was found dead in Heather Canyon at…
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Hoax bomb threat prompts COCC culinary center evacuation
A hoax bomb threat made on social media by a Central Oregon Community College student Tuesday morning led to a 45-minute precautionary evacuation of…
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‘Ezra’s Law’ stalls in short session, despite dramatic hearing testimony
Despite dramatic testimony and a packed audience at Monday’s hearing, “Ezra’s Law” won’t gain passage in the “short session,” but all involved are…
Continue Reading Mt. Hood Meadows snowboarder killed in fall
A 45-year-old Portland snowboarder died after a fall Sunday at Mt. Hood Meadows, authorities said…
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Hwy. 22 to be closed all week by fuel tanker crash; river spill creates sheen
A 28-mile stretch of Oregon Highway 22 east of Idanha to Santiam Junction will be closed until Friday or Saturday due to extensive repairs and…
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DCSO Search and Rescue assists injured cyclist near Tumalo Falls
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue came to the aid Sunday of a Bend woman who was hurt in a fall while carrying her “fat bike” across a…
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Bend PD: Burglary suspect tried to break into home twice
A Bend man was arrested late Sunday night, accused of burglarizing a southwest Bend home and trying to break in a second time, as well as trying to…
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