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Oregon repays $900K in rural health care student loans
The first round of Health Care Provider Incentive Program loan repayments, totaling $900,000, was recently awarded to 17 medical, dental and…
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Mapping trims size of SW Oregon wildfire
The Lobster Creek Fire in southwest Oregon is “shrinking,” as due to more accurate mapping, the fire size is now 397 acres, the Oregon…
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Local Alert Weather, Thu. AM, 7.5.18
Good Thursday Morning, Everyone… After a mild start to the day we can expect to see more sunshine and some of the hottest temps we will see…
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La Grande man gets nearly 19 years for abusing girl
LA GRANDE, Ore. (AP) – A La Grande man convicted of sexually abusing a girl for four years has been sentenced to almost 19 years in prison. The…
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Fast-growing Oregon retirement program marks 1st birthday
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon program designed to help workers whose employers don’t offer retirement plans has seen rapid growth in the…
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Man in Corvallis magazine sales rape case gets 10 years
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – A phony door-to-door salesman who sexually abused three Corvallis-area women has been sentenced to more than 10 years in…
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NE Bend triplex fire traced to food left on stove
A fire that caused an estimated $50,000 damage to a northeast Bend triplex unit Wednesday night was traced to an unattended pot of food left on a…
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Man fit for trial in 2011 killing of Rainier police chief
ST HELENS, Ore. (AP) – The man accused of killing the police chief of a small Oregon town in 2011 has been found fit to stand trial for…
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Driver, 77, swerves to avoid deer, survives Hwy. 26 crash
A 77-year-old Fossil woman was injured Wednesday morning when she swerved to avoid a deer and went off Highway 26 about 20 miles east of Prineville.…
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Fourth of July Evening Local Alert Weather Forecast
Happy Fourth of July Central Oregon! Another warm and breezy day for us on the high desert. We do have another fire weather warning in place due the…
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Wash. dockworker’s widow files wrongful death lawsuit
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The widow of a Washington state dockworker killed when a mooring line snapped on a cargo ship has filed a $15 million…
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Washington man recovers fallen son’s stolen flag
WHITE SWAN, Wash. (AP) – A Washington state man has recovered a stolen American flag that belonged to his son who was killed in Afghanistan.…
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No day off for hundreds fighting SW Oregon wildfire
Firefighters on the Lobster Creek Fire in southwest Oregon and fires across the nation are wishing everyone a happy 4th of July. On this anniversary…
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Post man killed, 2nd critically hurt in rollover crash
One resident of the Crook County community of Post was killed and another was critically injured in a rollover crash on state Highway 380 early…
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Local Alert Weather, Wed. AM, 7.4.18
Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone…A red flag warning will be in effect from 1:00-10:00 pm today due to critical fire weather conditions. Highs…
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2 hurt, 2 truckers cited in Hwy. 20 chain-reaction crash
Two truck drivers were cited after a four-vehicle chain-reaction rear-end crash Tuesday on Highway 20 near Sisters that sent two people to the…
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Bend Municipal Airport wrapping up big improvements
The Bend Municipal Airport has seen some big upgrades in recent months. Believe it or not, according to the airport manager, Bend’s airport is…
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Wash. motorcyclist killed in SW Bend crash
(Update: Police identify motorcyclist, say he struck deer, then was hit by pickup) A 59-year-old Everett, Wash., man was killed Monday afternoon when…
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Corvallis man cited after crash with DCSO pickup
(Correction: Patrol vehicle was pickup truck) A Corvallis man was cited for turning into the path of a Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office patrol…
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