Bend firefighters greet cross-country cyclist honoring first responders
Bob Quick, cycling cross-country to honor firefighters, including those lost in the 9/11 attacks, made a stop Friday in Bend, where fire crews…
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Rep. Cliff Bentz hears Crook County issues at Prineville town hall
Critics of a proposed 50-mile trail project in the Ochoco National Forest got a chance to address Rep. Cliff Bentz at Friday’s town hall in…
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Furry Friends: Meet Twinkie, from Oklahoma
Twinkie is a sweet, 2-year-old mixed-breed big pup who was a shelter favorite in Oklahoma and arrived at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center with four…
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Out & About: More beauty from Central Oregon and beyond this week
Despite the heat and smoky skies, you took some great…
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Big Ol Fish: Great catches this week
Local catches, and a couple from…
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Latino Community Assn. reflects, year after Bend ICE bus standoff
A year after protesters surrounded two buses in Bend to delay federal immigration officials from removing two Latino men, an official with the Latino…
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Bend art exhibit focuses on diversity
A new art exhibit at Scalehouse Gallery in downtown Bend focuses on the issues of diversity and encourages the audience to see the region through a…
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Radio-controlled plane pilots compete at Redmond event
About two-dozen pilots got to show off their radio-controlled planes and compete against each other last Saturday at the Field of Dreams RC Club’s…
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Can Chasers cyclocross race coming to the Deschutes County Fairgrounds
The cyclocross race comes to Redmond Sept. 11-12, a fundraiser for the Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation. The organization lost two of its…
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Bend recycling truck clips power line, sparks cardboard fire
A garbage truck full of cardboard to recycle clipped a power line, igniting a fire in the load, but the driver quickly found a safe spot to unload…
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City of Bend reports utility billing software issues
if you haven’t received a utility bill from the city of Bend, you will. City employees don’t know just when the software problems will be fixed. In…
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Perseid meteor shower is visible this week
The Perseid meteor shower will be seen in the area, if the skies aren’t too smoky, Wednesday through Friday. Look to the southeast just before dawn…
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Pet Pals: Meet sibling kitties Jillian and Junebug
Lynne from the Humane Society of Central Oregon brings by two 5-month-old sisters Jillian and Junebug, who need a new…
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Bend’s Whitney ‘Hollywood’ Gomez hopes to punch her ticket to Olympic Games in 2024
Whitney Gomez’s Olympic dream has taken her from swimming to water polo to boxing. She’s only been boxing for five years and nearly made the Olympics…
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Furry Friends: Kirby has three legs, big heart
Meet Kirby, a three-legged gray tabby kitten filled with a lot of love, now at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal…
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Out & About: More great summertime pics
Keep sending your photos to us. There’s a special set of instructions at the end of this wonderful…
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Wildfire fuels reduction money is available from Deschutes County
The “Firewise” program has 100K dollars available for fire prevention projects. So get a group, a plan, and an application…
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Masks required indoors at OSU Cascades, recommended at COCC
Face coverings are now required in all indoor public settings at Oregon State University and OSU Cascades. Central Oregon Community College strongly…
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‘Slice of Summer’ offers free family fun
‘Slice of Summer’ was a free family fun event last Saturday in northeast Bend, full of carnival games, food and prizes, hosted by the organization…
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25th annual Deschutes River Cleanup held
Last Saturday, the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council hosted the 25th annual Deschutes River Cleanup, as volunteers planted trees, picked up trash and…
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