Bend-La Pine Schools set to pay $2.88 million for new school site in NE Bend
The site for a new northeast Bend elementary school has been chosen, in one of the city’s newest, largest subdivisions now taking…
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Jay Mathisen chosen as new Jefferson County schools superintendent
A familiar face in Central Oregon education will be returning to the High Desert this summer to lead the Jefferson County School District 509-J as…
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Redmond family moving cross-country to save ‘micro preemie’ daughter’s life
A Central Oregon family is packing up everything and moving to Ohio, to save their daughter’s life.…
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Wild Mike’s Ultimate Pizza plans move to Redmond: 114 jobs, $40 million investment
The Redmond City Council will hear plans next week for Wild Mike’s Ultimate Pizza to relocate all of its operations, including its corporate…
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St. Charles Bend says all is well on Day 2 of strike; nurse offers different view
St. Charles Health System officials painted an upbeat picture of Bend hospital operations on Friday as a strike by more than 150 medical…
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Bend police update: Citizen finds missing man, 93, with dementia
Shortly after Bend police requested the public’s assistance late Thursday night in the search for a 93-year-old man with dementia who walked away…
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Seeking ‘respect,’ St. Charles Bend medical technologists, therapists go out on strike
About 150 medical technologists and therapists walked off the job and went on strike Thursday morning after more than a year of on-and-off…
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Bend Marathon moving to online event amid Covid-19 restrictions
The Bend Marathon is going to look a little different this year.…
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Homeowner dies in Three Rivers Recreation Area house fire
A 55-year-old homeowner and two of his three dogs died in a fire that destroyed their home Wednesday evening in the Three Rivers Recreation Area near…
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Two Bend residents escape serious injury in Sisters single-engine plane crash
Two Bend residents sustained non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday evening when their single-engine plane struck a treetop and crashed in a field…
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Bend councilors move to make McKay Park parking limits permanent
McKay Park’s temporary parking restriction area near the Deschutes River in Bend has been in place for about two years now, and has been welcomed…
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Bend considers safe overnight parking locations for homeless residents
The Bend City Council is being introduced Wednesday to two proposals that would permanently allow safe overnight parking protections in designated…
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ODOT paving project will bring lane closures and detours on Bend Parkway
A paving project along 6.2 miles of U.S. Highway 97 in Bend is scheduled to begin next Monday, with nighttime single-lane closures on the Bend…
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Redmond Airport answers questions about Real ID, air travel amid pandemic
A Redmond Airport official reached out to NewsChannel 21 Wednesday with answers to some questions the public are asking about traveling, including…
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St. Charles says union rejected offer to talk — if it would drop plans to strike
In “an effort to move forward negotiations on a first-time labor contract,” St. Charles Health System said it approached the union representing more…
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It’s big Bend beer news: Deschutes Brewery acquires the Boneyard Beer brand
In Bend, beer is big business, which is why a new business partnership announced Wednesday between Deschutes Brewery and Boneyard Beer is big…
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DCSO: Bend woman facing charges after being shot by man in self-defense
A 55-year-old woman has been charged with stalking, menacing and other charges after she was shot by a 70-year-old man in apparent self-defense last…
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La Pine man one of two killed in weekend shooting at SE Portland bar
A La Pine man died Sunday at a Portland hospital after a shooting late Saturday night at a bar in the city’s Sellwood area in which a Portland man…
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Bend police arrest pair of theft, burglary suspects
Two transients are charged with theft and other crimes in the theft of a log splitter from a Bend store, one of them also accused of the theft of a…
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OSU study finds like wine grapes, whiskey flavor from barley depends on region
A Bend whiskey-maker is welcoming a new study co-authored by an Oregon State University researcher that found flavor differences in whiskey are…
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