Bend keeps on growing through pandemic — and so does city’s new, $919 million budget
Bend City Manager Eric King kicked off the city’s budget adoption process Wednesday evening by delivering a message to the Budget Committee and…
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‘They’ve failed to act’: Family of woman killed in Hwy. 97-Bear Drive crash suing Jefferson County, state
Ron Adams of Portland is suing Jefferson County after his wife, Nadia Rankov Adams, was killed in a fatal car crash last August at the intersection…
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Bend-La Pine Schools trim high school in-person classes amid rising COVID-19 cases, quarantines
Bend-La Pine Schools have seen 130 COVID-19 cases in the past four weeks, including more than 20 each at Bend, Mountain View and Summit high schools,…
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Hunters – and non-hunters – boost reward to $10,000 to find poachers of 3 elk east of Sisters
The Oregon Hunters Association has raised the total reward to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest or citation in the case of three elk…
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More prescribed burns planned south of Sisters, south of Crescent
On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, fuel specialists will conduct prescribed burning operations about seven miles south of Sisters, adjacent to…
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Prineville woman injured when rockslide crashes into couple’s car near Cougar Hot Springs
Jessica Officer and Danny Lopez were driving back home to Prineville from Terwilliger Hot Springs over the weekend when their car got hit by a…
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Gov. Brown: All 15 counties in ‘Extreme Risk’ will return to ‘High Risk’ on Friday
Gov. Kate Brown announced late Tuesday that an improvement in one metric — a slower rise in hospitalized COVID-19 patients — means the 15 counties,…
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OSU to require COVID-19 vaccination for on-campus students, staff this fall, including Bend
Oregon State University announced Tuesday that it is planning to require COVID-19 vaccinations beginning in the fall term for students and employees…
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Four finalists chosen for High Lakes Elementary principal; forum set
Students, staff and community members are invited to meet the four finalists for the principal position at High Lakes Elementary School during a…
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Laird Superfood of Sisters acquires Bend’s Picky Bars for $12 million
One popular Central Oregon-based healthy food-maker — Laird Superfood of Sisters — is acquiring another — Bend’s Picky Bars — for $12 million,…
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Prescribed burns planned Tuesday SE of Bend, SW of Crescent, near Paulina
On Tuesday, fuel specialists with the Deschutes National Forest, with assistance from Bend Fire and Rescue and the Oregon Department of Forestry,…
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St. Charles Bend reaches maximum capacity, cancels some outpatient, elective surgeries
According to St. Charles Bend, the number of patients currently exceeds the hospital’s capacity.…
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Pacific Power building new service center, training facility at Bend’s Juniper Ridge
Recognizing Central Oregon as one of the fastest growing areas in the Northwest, Pacific Power said Monday it is building a new service center to…
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La Pine volunteers help clean up abandoned campsite
Paula Walters and a group of fellow volunteers spent the last four days cleaning up debris from an abandoned campsite in La…
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DCSO Search and Rescue K-9 team finds missing Wash. man near Tumalo Lake
A Washington state man who went for a walk around Tumalo Lake Saturday evening and failed to return was found early Sunday by a Deschutes County…
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May gets off to a wet start across Central Oregon after a warm, dry April
Much of Central Oregon awakened to steady rainfall as the calendar turned to May on Saturday – in fact, more of it fell in Bend in just a few hours…
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4 teens injured in pickup rollover crash on USFS road south of Bend
Four teens were injured, at least one seriously, Friday evening when the pickup truck in which they were riding – two in the truck bed — left a…
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‘Let’s let people swim’: Juniper Swim & Fitness Center pulls pool roof early amid ‘Extreme Risk’
As Deschutes County moved back into the extreme risk category for COVID-19, new guidelines are set for indoor recreation facilities. The Juniper Swim…
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Deschutes River Conservancy awarded $2.6 million for piping, on-farm water efficiency projects
The Deschutes River Conservancy said Friday it will be awarded $2.6 million in federal funds to implement water conservation projects within the…
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Nearly 200 Bend Senior HS students receive COVID-19 vaccines at first clinic, despite protests by opponents
Early Thursday morning, a group of about two dozen protesters gathered outside Bend Senior High School to voice their concerns at the first of…
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