Tabled since 2020, Meal of the Year returns for COCC scholarships
The Central Oregon Community College Foundation’s Meal of the Year, one of the region’s longest-standing fundraising events, is set for a…
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Bend’s median home sales price slips in February, while Redmond’s rises, appraiser’s report says
Bend’s and Redmond’s median home sales prices went in opposite directions last month, with the Bend figure continuing its recent up-and-down…
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Bend’s Inovia brings awareness to DVT, considered a silent killer
This month doctors are increasing efforts to educate the community about a silent killer. DVT stands for deep vein thrombosis…
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‘Long time waiting’: Randall Kilby’s 2 Bend murder trials delayed; victim’s daughters speak out
Trials in three high-profile Bend murders, all tied to the same man, have been delayed again, for the second time in a…
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‘Every area in Central Oregon is and can be risky’: Avalanche Center forecaster speaks after deadly slide
Last week’s tragic death of an experienced skier from Bend in an avalanche at Black Crater put a spotlight on efforts to monitor conditions and warn…
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Bend woman pleads not guilty to manslaughter, DUII in Hwy. 26 crash that killed 3 Warm Springs residents
A 29-year-old Bend woman pleaded not guilty Monday to six counts of manslaughter and one of DUII, three days after her arrest in a November 2022…
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Judge agrees to defense motion, delays Randall Kilby’s 2 murder trials in killings of woman, 2 brothers
A judge has agreed to a defense attorney’s request and again pushed back by several months the two murder trials of Randall Kilby, a Bend man…
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Slightly Stoopid, Sublime With Rome announce Summertime 2023 Tour, July 7 stop in Bend
San Diego-based Slightly Stoopid and Sublime With Rome announced Monday the first round of dates for their Summertime 2023 concert tour,…
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Snow falls, fittingly, as Bachelor Butte Dog Derby dog sled races return to Wanoga Sno-Park
The 11th Bachelor Butte Dog Derby this weekend has meant a return to racing sled dogs in the Cascades near…
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City of Bend defends new camping code as ACLU, Bend Equity Group, attorney urge repeal, cite ‘constitutional liability’
The city of Bend on Friday defended its new camping code regulating homeless residents’ use of public rights of way after the ACLU of Oregon, a…
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City of Bend resumes weekly road and traffic report for peak construction season
The City of Bend will once again be releasing a weekly road and traffic report each Friday during peak construction season to help members of our…
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Big changes coming to Barrio in downtown Bend
The owners of Barrio, a Latin fusion eatery in downtown Bend, will be closing it soon, to split the business in half, creating two spaces — Bar Rio…
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Bend man sentenced to 18 months for 2022 fatal shooting at Mayfield Pond
A Bend man was sentenced to 18 months in prison Thursday after pleading no contest to criminally negligent homicide in the fatal shooting of another…
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Bend woman’s suspicious Redmond Airport luggage items lead to pair of drug raids, lab seizure, 3 arrests
Two simultaneous drug raids Wednesday targeting marijuana grows and an extraction lab at homes south of Sunriver and in Bend led to three arrests,…
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Summit High School presents ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
Students are bringing a creepy but fun show to the stage at Summit High School. The Summit Performing Arts Department is going all out for the…
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‘Sometimes that traffic is wicked’: Bend road projects, detours lead to backups on other streets around town
The Neff/Purcell intersection improvements project began in February. The work will widen the busy corner from three lanes to four, to improve…
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‘Nobody knew about it’: Neighbors, businesses skeptical of Bend, county’s managed camp promises
Bend City Manager Eric King told us more Thursday about why clearing the Hunnell Road homeless encampment has been delayed for an indefinite…
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City of Bend indefinitely postpones planned March 16 clearing of Hunnell Road camps
The city of Bend is postponing the planned March 16 start of removing the Hunnell Road homeless encampment, as the city and Deschutes County have…
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Former Bend City Councilor, Mayor Craig Coyner III passes away homeless
The story of former Bend City Councilor and Mayor Craig Coyner III ended sadly. He passed away while homeless after being admitted to the hospital in…
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Deschutes County commissioners defend plans for managed homeless camp in S. Bend amid neighbors’ dismay
Deschutes County commissioners offered a strong defense Wednesday of the plans that surprised many southern Bend residents to create a managed,…
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