Redmond’s third ‘safe parking’ program site gets Deschutes County OK
Deschutes County commissioners have given final approval for development of a new, third Redmond ‘safe parking’ program site on county-owned land…
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Jefferson County sheriff won’t enforce Measure 114; Deschutes, Crook County sheriffs say it would be low priority
Oregon voters have narrowly passed measures that would strengthen gun laws and mandate health care as a human right, The Associated Press reported…
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Sisters Ranger District crews begin work on 3,300 acres of hazardous fuels reduction
Sisters Ranger District fire specialists are conducting brush removal work with Forest Service staff and contractors to mow about 3,300 acres of…
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Facing opposition, Ochoco National Forest scales back plans for Lemon Gulch Trails Project
The Ochoco National Forest said Thursday it has released the draft Environmental Assessment for the Lemon Gulch Trails Project. The proposal –…
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Methamphetamine, stolen gun, cash seized in NE Bend raid, arrest of alleged drug trafficker
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Street Crimes Unit detectives seized methamphetamine, a stolen handgun and about $3,500 in cash when they pulled over a…
Continue ReadingCity of Bend seeks input on removing minimum parking requirements for new developments
The city of Bend is considering and seeking public input on removing all minimum parking requirements for new developments under a state land-use…
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Bend City Council, police chief discuss Measure 114 impacts; councilors vote 4-3 to adopt camping code
Bend city councilors met Wednesday night with a packed agenda, starting off with Measure 114’s updates and implications, later holding a public…
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Freezing fog ices C. Oregon roads, prompting numerous crashes, closing Jefferson Co. schools
Freezing fog made for slick roads across much of the High Desert Thursday morning, prompting several crashes and school closures in Jefferson County,…
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Prineville man, 75, killed in head-on collision with semi-truck on Hwy. 97 north of Madras
A 75-year-old Prineville man was killed Wednesday evening when his pickup truck crossed the center line of US Highway 97 north of Madras and collided…
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Warm Springs teen has died, third victim of head-on crash on Hwy. 26 north of Madras
A second Warm Springs teen has died following a head-on crash last week involving a passing vehicle on U.S. Highway 26 north of Madras that also…
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Speed zone hours signs at 14 Bend schools replaced with flashing lights for arrival, departure times
Drivers may have noticed a recent change at more than a dozen school speed zones around Bend — a shift from a flat 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. 20 mph speed…
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‘Momentous:’ US advances largest dam demolition in history
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and…
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Jury returns split verdict in Ian Cranston murder trial: acquitted on murder charge, convicted of manslaughter
A mixed verdict in the closely watched murder trial of Ian Cranston in the September 2021 shooting death of Barry Washington Jr. was returned by the…
Continue ReadingHomelessness: Oregon’s next governor focuses on vexing issue
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Signs of the housing crisis in Oregon are widespread: cluttered tent encampments in city…
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Retired Salem truck driver, 82, is Oregon’s latest Powerball millionaire
When a retired truck driver purchased $10 in Powerball tickets on a whim during the record jackpot run-up, little did he know he would be one…
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OSP details gun-purchase background check process, works to clear recent backlog amid Measure 114
Oregon State Police said Wednesday they are “aware that the public has many questions regarding Ballot Measure 114” and its impact on gun purchases…
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Oregon DEQ offering free water well testing to dozens of S. Deschutes County property owners
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is offering free well water testing in southern Deschutes County as part of a groundwater quality…
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Oregon’s jobless rate rises to 4.1%, highest level since January
Oregon’s unemployment rate rose to 4.1% in October from 3.8% in September and was above the recent low of 3.5% reached in May, June and July, the…
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CODE Team arrests drug trafficking suspect in NE Bend; cocaine, guns, cash seized
Central Oregon drug agents arrested a suspected cocaine trafficker in a northeast Bend traffic stop Tuesday evening and conducted a raid on his…
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Rescued tundra swan recovering at Bend’s Think Wild after mystery waterfowl ‘mass casualty event’ near Burns
Think Wild, a Bend wildlife rehabilitation hospital, says a tundra swan now in their care was lucky to survive a casualty event that killed many…
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