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McKenzie Pass Highway to open Monday
The scenic state highway that climbs and twists over the Cascade Mountains between Mount Washington and North Sister ...
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Peterson Ridge Trail: Sisters’ answer to Phil’s — without the crowds
Sandwiched between U.S. Highway 20 and Three Creeks Road, occupying several square miles of land one minute’s drive ...
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Bend memory care facility passes inspection after heat death of resident
Less than a year after a woman died from heat exposure in the courtyard of Aspen Ridge Memory ...
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Former Bend High star softball pitcher Addisen Fisher transfers from UCLA to Georgia
Former Bend High softball pitcher Addisen Fisher’s time in the transfer portal was short-lived. After one year at ...
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Epic 360-degree vistas and colorful wildflowers among the rewards of hiking Iron Mountain
It’s strange to come across a wooden lookout with benches and informational signs after climbing over a thousand ...
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Dropping In: Working on plumbing can be draining
Early Tuesday morning, I was skating with my friend Geoff at Rockridge Skatepark, and mentioned I was probably ...
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Want a free e-bike? Here’s how Bend residents can get one
The city of Bend and Commute Options are teaming up to help get more residents commuting by e-bike. ...
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Portland Trail Blazers fill out coaching staff with announcement of three hires
Tiago Splitter, Patrick St. Andrews and Quinton Crawford join the Trail Blazers coaching staff alongside head coach Chauncey ...
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Eastern Oregon coach pleads guilty to sexual abuse of player
A former Crane Union High School coach pleaded guilty Monday to four counts of sexual abuse and another ...
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Sony’s Bend Studio lays off 30% of workers
About 30% of the workers at the Bend Studio, a video game development firm based in the Old ...
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Oregon lawmakers weigh increased oversight of state’s embattled transportation department
At a committee hearing Tuesday, legislators aiming to create a politically viable transportation package were met with calls ...
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Summer meals available for Oregon youth across nearly 700 sites
Oregon youth ages 1 to 18 can receive free summer meals at schools, libraries, parks and community centers ...
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El Sancho reopens east Bend taco shop after fire devastation
When flames devastated El Sancho Taco Shop East on June 20, making it impossible to continue service for ...
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Jacob Krieg’s revamped swing pacing No. 8 Oregon State baseball’s offense
Oregon State baseball first baseman Jacob Krieg has been lost in the shuffle of the Beavers’ charge through ...
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Second major protest against Trump planned across Oregon, nationwide
Thousands of Oregonians are expected to take part in a wave of protests on Saturday as part of ...
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OSU-Cascades has fourth-largest graduating class this year
Oregon State University-Cascades will graduate 340 students at its 24th commencement ceremony Sunday, June 15. More than 260 ...
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Prineville woman dies, Redmond man hurt in Highway 126 crash
One driver died and a second was seriously injured after a head-on crash Monday just east of Redmond. ...
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Bend’s housing inventory is the highest in more than a decade
For the first time in more than a decade, Bend approached a balanced housing market in May, according ...
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Bend-La Pine Schools serves up summer meals starting June 16
Bend-La Pine Schools will start summer meal service at three locations June 16. Meals at the Boys and ...
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Deschutes National Forest to start 25,000-acre forest restoration project near Sisters
The Deschutes National Forest is moving ahead with a large forest restoration project in western Deschutes County that ...
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Bill enacting nation’s strictest limits on corporate health care influence signed by Gov. Kotek
‘We need to make sure that our health care providers and our delivery system stays local,’ the governor ...
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Kotek: Trump has no right to deploy Oregon National Guard against protesters in Portland
Gov. Tina Kotek told reporters Monday that she has no plans to deploy the Oregon National Guard to ...
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Environment, social justice groups withdraw support for governor’s key groundwater protection bill
A 39-page amendment added to the bill Friday neutralizes the power it would have brought to state agencies ...
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Oregon ‘freedom to read’ library bill heads to governor’s desk
Senate Bill 1098 would prohibit schools and libraries from removing books on the basis of being by, or ...
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Priced-out home buyers can apply for low-cost Redmond homes
Even for Central Oregonians who have been priced out of the housing market, the hope of home ownership ...