Destructive Wickiup Road Fire west of Post reaches 80% containment
Two recreation homes and a cabin were lost and about a half-dozen outbuildings were destroyed by a wildfire that broke out west of Post in Crook…
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DCSO Search and Rescue assists injured runner on Green Lakes Trail
A trail runner called for help Saturday after becoming injured on the Green Lakes Trail west of Bend, prompting a Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office…
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Gunshot, cry for help bring arrest northwest of Prineville
A man was arrested on reckless endangering, menacing and other charges northwest of Prineville Saturday after police received a report of a gunshot,…
Continue ReadingHurricane Douglas may become just third in modern history to make landfall in Hawaii
Douglas could become only the third hurricane in modern history to make landfall in…
Continue ReadingHurricane Hanna weakens after making landfall in southern Texas
Hurricane Hanna weakened to a tropical depression after making landfall as a hurricane along the Gulf Coast of southern Texas on Saturday evening,…
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Restrictions set to rise Monday on Central Oregon’s state-protected lands
The Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District will be increasing restrictions for forest operations and the public on state-protected…
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Oregon reports 3 COVID-19 deaths, 277 new cases, 27 in Central Oregon
COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 289, along with 277 new cases, 27 of them in Central Oregon, the…
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Crook County Relay for Life takes new path this year
The American Cancer Society Relay for Life still was held in Crook County, but like so many such awareness and fundraising events this year, it was…
Continue ReadingCow found mutilated on rangeland near Fossil
FOSSIL, Ore. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death and mutilation of another cow — this time, on rangeland in Eastern Oregon, near…
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Redmond flag-waving rally supports President Trump
A rally was held in Redmond on Saturday, put on by Oregon Women for…
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Oily rags from deck-staining project spark NW Bend house fire
A fire that damaged a northwest Bend home Saturday morning was sparked by oily rags used in a deck-staining project that heated up after disposal in…
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A Bend couple’s love story ends without a last touch, in the year of COVID-19
Carrie Lea doesn’t want her mother’s COVID-19 death at Mt. Bachelor Memory Care to be just another sad statistic on a growing list, but for…
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Worried Bend gas station workers help missing Eugene-area man reunite with family
An 84-year-old Eugene-area man reported missing and endangered early Friday was found and reunited with his family Friday night after concerned…
Continue Reading Oregon reports 4 COVID-19 deaths, 408 cases; wife of Warm Springs chief dies
COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 286, along with 408 new cases, including 29 in Central Oregon,…
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Teen cited for trespassing at SE Bend new high school site
One Bend 16-year-old was cited and three others may face charges for trespassing at the construction site of the new Caldera High School in southeast…
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Bend weekly road and traffic report: July 27-August 2
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here’s the city of Bend’s weekly road and traffic update for the week of July 27-August 2: For the Week of July 27 – August 2:…
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Planned Redmond road closures and delays: July 26-August 1
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here’s the city of Redmond’s planned road closures and delays update for the week of July 26-August 1: City of Redmond road…
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Deschutes County weekly road construction update: July 26-August 1
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here’s Deschutes County’s weekly road construction update for the week of July 26-August 1: Sisemore Road Bridge Rehabilitation…
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Young Foster Lake jet ski crash victim dies; new investigation details out
A 6-year-old boy has died of injuries suffered when a jet ski struck him and another child earlier this week near the shore of a swimming area at…
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Wyden, Merkley introduce Senate resolution to declare racism a public health crisis
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., this week joined Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Kamala Harris, D-Calif., to…
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