Salute to Seniors: A look at Sisters High’s active, close-knit Class of 2023
Tonight, our Salute to Seniors series introduces us to the close-knit Sisters High Class of 2023, which one student describes as a “very diverse…
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‘We lost an angel’: Friends gather at Steelhead Falls to mourn 17-year-old drowning victim Isrrael Isai Escobar
Grief-stricken Ridgeview High School students and staff and the Redmond community on Monday were mourning the loss and supporting the family of a…
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Public reminder: Central Cascades Wilderness Permit season begins June 15
The Deschutes and Willamette National Forests want to remind the public that the Central Cascades Wilderness Permit System goes into effect Thursday,…
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New ODOT-funded Madras multi-use path connects two popular parks
In the summer of 2021, more than a dozen communities, including Madras, received notice they’d been awarded funds from the new Oregon Community…
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Deschutes National Forest seeks comments on new rounds of burns, thinning, other treatment on 275,000 acres
The Deschutes National Forest on Monday invited “scoping comments” on the Deschutes Fuels Maintenance Treatments Project, plans to conduct new rounds…
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Bend biotech leader, OSU alumnus Rod Ray to deliver OSU-Cascades commencement address
Rod Ray, a lifetime Central Oregonian and former leader of Bend Research, Inc., will give the commencement address at the Oregon State University -…
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C.O. Diversity Project calls for Breese-Iverson to resign over offensive photo of son; lawmaker and teen issue apologies
The Central Oregon Diversity Project has called for the resignation of state Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson, R-Prineville, the Oregon House minority…
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Small prescribed burn planned Monday near Sunriver to train fire investigators; other fires found, stopped small
The Bend-Fort Ranger District plans to conduct a five-acre prescribed burn Monday morning near Sunriver to generate a training environment for…
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Foes of controversial SE Bend gas station file state appeal, also reach out to developers, seek common ground
Opponents of a proposed southeast Bend gas station have done as they promised and appealed the city’s approval of the retail project to the Oregon…
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Update: DCSO says missing La Pine-area woman, 79, who left home in her SUV has been found
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies say a 79-year-old La Pine-area woman who left her home in her SUV early Sunday morning and was reported missing…
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Fire destroys motor home at Thousand Trails RV Resort near Sunriver, spreads to grass, trees before crews stop it
A fire destroyed a motor home at Thousand Trails RV Park south of Sunriver late Saturday afternoon and was spreading to grass and trees when the…
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‘ I hope to be one’: Bend Swim Club welcomes two Olympians give advice and inspire young athletes
Young swimmers with the Bend Swim Club welcomed a pair of special visitors Saturday for a clinic at the Juniper Swim and Fitness Center, for the…
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Fire heavily damages home NE of Redmond; residents escape, 2 dogs rescued, given oxygen
Residents escaped a fire late Friday night that heavily damaged a home northeast of Redmond – caused by the heat of a butane lighter on a bed –…
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Deschutes County commissioners vote 2-1 for nearly $14K increase in their yearly salary
Deschutes County commissioners on Wednesday approved a yearly increase for their positions of $13,727, raising their annual salary from $111,422 to…
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‘We hope that the ONAÂ continues to meet us at the table’: St. Charles Bend nurses give 10-day strike notice
The union for nurses at St. Charles Bend have announced a 10-day strike deadline for reaching a contract agreement, and both sides in the labor…
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Five more campgrounds open for season on Deschutes National Forest; others still closed after late snowfall
The march from a snowy late winter to a warm, sunny summer for Central Oregon lovers of the outdoors hit another milestone Friday as five more…
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Deschutes County tackles N. Juniper Ridge health, safety code violations; sheriff seeks camping ban on county land
Deschutes County code enforcement officers have begun a formal complaint process regarding homeless campsites on county-owned property at the north…
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Paving repairs to slow traffic next week on US Highway 26 between Highway 216 and Warm Springs River
Starting on Monday, ODOT crews will be grinding down and repaving some of the poor pavement sections of U.S. Highway 26 between Highway 216 and the…
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St. Charles Bend nurses give 10-day strike notice; federal mediator to join talks next week in bid to avert walkout
The Oregon Nurses Association, representing nearly 1,000 St. Charles Bend nurses, gave a 10-day strike notice to hospital officials late Thursday…
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Tense time in Sisters: DCSO armored car helps in arrest of Marion County fugitive, sleeping in parked car
Some tense moments in downtown Sisters ended without incident Wednesday when a Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office armored car unit helped officers…
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