Bend city councilors choose Megan Norris as new colleague, filling vacancy
Bend city councilors interviewed four finalists to be their new colleague Wednesday afternoon, then quickly and unanimously chose Megan Norris to…
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‘96% of mass attacks have red flags’: Program will help to monitor C.O. online threats
There’s a new effort on the High Desert to avert tragedies like the August shooting at Bend’s Eastside Safeway, focusing on monitoring online…
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Missing Bend woman’s family organizes own search efforts, with community’s help
Two weeks after the disappearance of Melissa Trench, the Bend woman’s family has sought out friends and others to help in searches in the area of…
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‘Really love this’: Mtn. View HS athlete taking equestrian career D-1, continuing family love of horses
This fall, Mountain View senior Makenna Bomke signed her letter of intent signed her letter of intent for equestrian, at Southern Methodist…
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Kindness is kind of a special thing at Bend’s Silver Rail Elementary
Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend is teaching second-graders to share and all the positive attributes of kindness, including a weekly Monday…
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Pilot Butte fire station finally gets first engine, with a little ‘push’ from kids
Bend Fire and Rescue added a new engine to its fleet Tuesday, for the first time a long time, and some of the youngest members of the community…
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Bend’s downtown Centennial Parking Garage gets new pay-to-exit system, aims to prevent people from not paying
– The city of Bend’s downtown Centennial Parking Garage and Plaza is getting an upgrade on how the public pays for parking spots — and how the city…
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Bend Cultural Tourism Fund seeking 2023 grant applications
The Bend Cultural Tourism Commission, a Visit Bend project, announces the eighth year of the Bend Cultural Tourism Fund with the opening of its…
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Some tuition-free Bend preschool slots remain untapped, despite C.O.’s child care shortage
A Bend preschool taking part in a new state program called the Oregon Preschool Promise says they have open, unfilled child care slots available in…
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Bend police release security photos, description of gunman who fired several shots in air early Saturday
Police released a description and two security images Monday of a gunman who walked through a southeast Bend neighborhood firing numerous shots into…
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Bend man jailed on DUII, hit-and-run charges in Cooley Road crash that seriously injured motorcyclist
A 50-year-old Bend man was arrested on DUII and felony hit-and-run charges Sunday afternoon after allegedly fleeing the scene of a collision with a…
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Major search continues for missing Bend woman; no signs of foul play; father seeks more searchers
Bend police and Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies provided an update Friday on the continuing, extensive search for a missing 38-year-old Bend…
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Bend, Redmond home prices fall a bit as 2022 ends; appraiser sees them ‘stabilizing’
Winter is when home sales usually slow, but year end is when a look back over the year (and past years) often provides valuable perspective, as…
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New Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler gets busy
A few days into her term, new Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler explained Friday why she can’t speak now to the issues related to a controversial proposed…
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Bend Senior HS receives $24K grant to upgrade welding program, offer path to certification
Bend Senior High School has been awarded a $24,510 grant from the American Welding Society to upgrade its welding program and give students the…
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Final round of Newport Avenue corridor closures begin next Monday
A final around of closures will be in place along the Newport Avenue corridor in northwest Bend starting next week to complete the removal and…
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Six Deschutes County Jail inmates survive apparent fentanyl overdoses; inmate charged; sheriff points to M. 110
Quick action by Deschutes County Jail corrections deputies helped five inmates survive suspected opioid overdoses, and one was charged with bringing…
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Parents share their struggles finding child care, as NeighborImpact offers grants to help close the gap
The state of Oregon is investing more than $8 million to ease the child care crisis in Central Oregon. Crook and Deschutes counties are classified…
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Folk music from around the world fills Bend Library in free concert
Folk music from around the world filled the air at the downtown Bend Library Thursday afternoon in a free concert by Steve Thorp and Kimberly Rogers,…
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Foes of controversial SE Bend gas station vow appeal of city hearings officer’s approval
After more than a year of organized opposition and a packed public hearing, a city hearings officer on Wednesday approved a controversial gas…
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