OHA revises testing guidelines, prioritizing more front line workers
The Oregon Health Authority on Monday night revised guidelines for COVID-19 testing to prioritize impacted populations and all front line workers,…
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Central Oregon breweries’ sales plunge due to coronavirus pandemic
Central Oregon is a well-known beer-making and craft brewing hub. But right now, due to so many business closures, numerous breweries are seeing a…
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Bend energy company receives federal relief funding
Many small businesses and CEOs are trying to stay afloat during closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Companies have been having to act fast…
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Musical Bend family performs together, in quarantine
When the Cascade School of Music announced it would be having a ‘Got Talent’ competition, the Tranby family jumped at the…
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St. Charles Bend has no COVID-19 patients for first time in 6 weeks
A patient who had the COVID-19 virus was discharged Tuesday from St. Charles Bend, leaving the hospital with no novel coronavirus patients for the…
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E. Washington sheriff won’t enforce stay-at-home order
The sheriff of a county in Eastern Washington is telling residents that he will not enforce Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home orders or any guidelines…
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Bend restricts through traffic on some local streets in ‘Stay Healthy’ effort
The city of Bend is establishing temporary restrictions to through traffic on some local streets to create ‘Stay Healthy’ streets for residents to…
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Fugitive burglary suspect surrenders at his SW Redmond home
A burglary suspect with an outstanding arrest warrant surrendered to police at his southwest Redmond home Monday night, about an hour after officers…
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Gov. Brown circulates draft 3-phase plan to reopen economy
Gov. Kate Brown’s office on Monday circulated its own version of a three-phase federal guideline to lift restrictions amid the coronavirus…
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Oregon parents sign petition to oppose grading system changes
Oregon students and their families, like many others across the nation, are experiencing a disruption right now. The Oregon Department of Education…
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ODOT says Highway 97 safety projects will go on, despite COVID-19
Even with closures and restrictions due to COVID-19, ODOT’s Peter Murphy said projects like the Redmond to Bend safety project and improvements along…
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Central, E. Oregon county officials urge Gov. Brown to reopen rural regions soon
Many rural counties here in Oregon are anxious to reopen, to help small businesses get back on their…
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Supreme Court strikes down Oregon’s non-unanimous jury verdict law
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that juries in state criminal trials must be unanimous to convict a defendant, settling a quirk of constitutional law…
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Bend Parkway improvement project to go on as planned, amid COVID-19
The Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board and Technical Advisory Committee say the Bend Parkway improvements project remains on…
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St. Charles CEO loses family member to COVID-19, urges residents to stay the course
– St. Charles Health System President and CEO Joe Sluka shared a family loss to COVID-19 in his latest weekly update Monday, as his father-in-law…
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Grinding wheel sparks NW Prineville fire that threatens fourplex
A grinding wheel being used on a truck bed frame sparked a half-acre brushfire that burned power poles and threatened a fourplex in northwest…
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Oregon reports 75th COVID-19 death, 47 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 75, the Oregon Health Authority reported …
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OSU-Cascades to offer first engineering science degree at West Coast public school
Oregon State University–Cascades will offer a new bachelor’s degree this fall to address employer needs for engineers that can work across a wide…
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Wash. man jailed in Sunriver condo burglaries
A Vancouver, Washington man was arrested in Sunriver Saturday night, caught in the act of burglarizing two unoccupied condominiums, police said…
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OLCC lets retailers sell beer, wine and cider starting at 6 a.m.
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has approved a temporary rule allowing OLCC licensed retailers to sell beer, wine and cider beginning at 6…
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