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CLASS OF 2025: Bend Tech Academy grad excited to dive into medicine
Phoebe Karpstein, Bend Tech Academy’s salutatorian, was originally drawn to attending the magnet school because of its medical ...
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Government
Resignation of Crater Lake head leaves Oregon congressional delegation concerned, clueless
Kevin Heatley, who led the park for just five months, resigned June 30 over concerns about staffing cuts ...
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CLASS OF 2025: Nonato among nation’s best high school welders
After graduation on Friday, Matthew Nonato, 18, is looking forward to getting into the welding workforce and traveling ...
Healthcare
British Columbia to Oregon nurses and doctors: ‘Come work for us’
New ad campaign in Washington, Oregon and California aims to lure health care workers to B.C. The Canadian ...
Bend
Summit Health closes oncology department in Bend
Summit Health Oregon announced it will close its oncology department temporarily, and patients will be transferred to St. ...
Wildfires
City of Bend to host wildfire safety workshop
A neighborhood workshop and roundtable focusing on wildfire resilience is planned for June 12 in Bend. The event ...
Environment
Smith Rock welcome center construction delayed, but groundbreaking in 2026 still possible
A plan by Oregon State Parks to build a new welcome center at Smith Rock State Park has ...
Crime and Justice
Bend man arrested for throwing Molotov cocktail at sheriff’s deputy
A Bend man was arrested early Friday morning after burglarizing the Space Age Fuel gas station on Grandview ...
Government
Oregon to receive $66 million from Sackler family in national opioid settlement
Oregon AG says settlement holds companies responsible for role in opioid crisis Oregon will receive $66 million ...
Government
Bill to protect residential electricity customers from subsidizing data center demand moves forward
The POWER Act creates a separate rate class for data centers so their grid expansion and infrastructure needs ...
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