Blacksmith Restaurant stays closed after worker tests positive for COVID-19
An employee of The Blacksmith Restaurant has tested positive for COVID-19, so the Bend restaurant will remain closed until all other workers are…
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Oregon reports 5 more COVID-19 deaths, 307 new cases, 19 in C. Oregon
COVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 254, along with 307 new cases, 19 of them in Central Oregon, the…
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Bend teen wins Alzheimer’s Foundation essay contest, $5,000 scholarship
NEW YORK (KTVZ) — The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America has named Pilar Elaine Carson of Bend, Oregon, the first-place winner of its national 2020…
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Deschutes County reports its first COVID-19 death, at St. Charles Bend
Deschutes County health officials have reported the first death of a county resident due to COVID-19, a 63-year-old man who died Tuesday at St.…
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City of Bend making changes in bid to curb problems at downtown parking garage
The city of Bend, police and nearby downtown restaurants are coming together to implement some new rules to curb vandalism and other issues at the…
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City of Bend tells tourists: Stay away until Labor Day
Bend city councilors, by a 4-3 vote, have directed City Manager Eric King to issue a new travel advisory to discourage tourism as the area sees a…
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Bend police issue dozens of tickets for cellphone use while driving
In just four hours Monday, Bend police issued 39 citations on Third Street between Greenwood Avenue and Reed Market Road and U.S. Highway 20 between…
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Downtown Bend project brings traffic backups
Water and sewer line work, as well as a median, on Newport Avenue in downtown Bend was causing big traffic backups Thursday at the Bond…
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Bend planning organization seeks citizen technical advisors
The city of Bend is seeking applicants to fill two citizen positions on the Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Technical Advisory…
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Split Bend council may send delayed transportation bond measure to Nov. ballot
Much has happened in Bend and to its economy since councilors pulled a May transportation bond measure. Going for a new try in November may not bring…
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Nationwide dental assistant shortage appears to be hitting C.O.
Bend Family Dentistry is no stranger in facing a shortage of dental assistants, a key part of their business.…
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Bend man’s pickup breaks down in rural area, upset by delay in AAA road help
After his pickup truck broke down, disabled Vietnam veteran Ron Schutte spent Sunday night on the side of Highway 21, near the town of McKenzie…
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State distributes $75 million for affordable housing, includes 5 C.O. projects
Oregon Housing and Community Services on Wednesday announced $75 million in recent Local Innovation and Fast Track (LIFT) Housing Program funding…
Continue Reading Bend restaurants navigate employees’ exposure to COVID-19
After recent spikes in COVID-19 cases, restaurants in Bend are navigating how to protect both employees and customers after some employees were…
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Detour route heightens SE Bend residents’ cut-through traffic concerns
Some southeast Bend residents say cut-through traffic on Fifth Street has made it dangerous for those who live there, especially children. They say…
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One La Pine man accused of assaulting Bend protester, another of pulling gun
Two La Pine men were cited Saturday evening on disorderly conduct and other charges after a Bend man taking part in a downtown demonstration…
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National Guard soldier’s surprise Bend homecoming caught on camera
An Oregon Army National Guard soldier from Bend said that after watching so many videos on social media of soldiers coming home to happily surprise…
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Smoker cited after brush fire breaks out by Bend Parkway, near Trader Joe’s
A small brush fire Monday afternoon put up a plume of black smoke south of Trader Joe’s on Bend’s north end, closing the southbound Bend Parkway…
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2 dead after stabbings at Wash. party; police say Bend man shot, killed suspect
Two men died at an apartment building housewarming party in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue after a male relative of the host stabbed her and two…
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Bend man shot, killed woman, then self, in motel parking lot, police say
A Bend man accused earlier this year of strangling a woman called 911 to report he’d shot her late Friday night, then killed himself in a motel…
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