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Cascades East Transit to expand Bend bus hours
There’s good news for bus commuters in Central Oregon: Cascades East Transit, this region’s bus service provider, is ...
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Sisters pole vaulter wins Class 3A state title and matches meet record
EUGENE – One jump was all that was needed for Sisters senior Mae Roth to claim the Class ...
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Seasonal roads unlock access to higher elevation recreation in Central Oregon
Cascade Lakes Highway and Paulina Lake Road are now open to vehicle traffic, plowing the way for access ...
Bend
Family sues Bend care facility for $17 million after woman dies of heat stroke
The family of the woman who died last summer after sweltering in the outdoor courtyard of a Bend ...
Lifestyle
Urban riders unite at inaugural cargo bike show
In celebration of the versatility and joy of cargo bikes, the inaugural Coffee & Cargo Bike show will ...
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Sisters baseball takes down La Pine to advance to 3A state quarterfinals
SISTERS — Beating a team twice is hard enough. Doing it three times is an even greater feat. ...
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Oregon Republicans say Dems delaying vote on wildfire map repeal to get votes for wildfire funding
Republicans say Democrats are using the bill as a bargaining chip to get Republicans to vote on redirecting ...
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Crowding into ‘Dirt World’: Bend Homeless camp swells as closures displace more people
Deschutes County and the city of Bend have formed plans to remove homeless campers from the swath of ...
College
‘Exhale and play;’ Oregon softball’s ‘Version Seven’ ready for 2025 WCWS
With teammates to her left and head coach Melyssa Lombardi to her right, Oregon softball’s freshman first baseman ...
Nation
Federal judges side with Oregon in striking down tariffs imposed by President Trump
New tariffs imposed on nearly all imports into the U.S. since April were struck down Wednesday by three ...
College
Oregon State women’s basketball’s offseason retooling
Freshly off a WCC tournament championship and supplemented with transfers, Oregon State women's basketball reloading with off-season workouts
Business
Column: How to outsmart today’s text scams
If you received a text message saying your savings account has been locked, would you click the included ...
Oregon
Meet the men who cleaned 240,000 pounds of trash off Oregon’s highways
ODOT contracts with Interstate Business Solutions, a company dedicated to cleaning state highways, hiring individuals with employment barriers ...
Environment
Bill in Oregon legislature offers hope for improved water distribution in Deschutes Basin
A bill designed to improve flows in the Deschutes River and increase water availability for junior water rights ...
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Dropping In: The gift of crummy first jobs — learning what you don’t want to do
Somehow, because of the way the stars aligned, all three of my daughters are graduating from college in ...
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No. 1 Ridgeview softball hangs on; Bend High, Caldera softball and Summit baseball also advance to second round of 5A state playoffs
REDMOND — It came down to the bitter end between No. 1 Ridgeview and No. 16 North Eugene ...
Environment
Pacific Power schedules two outages in Bend for repairs
Pacific Power has two scheduled power outages planned for parts of Bend this week. The outages are planned ...
Business
Bend hires Katy Brooks to lead Bend economic development office
The city of Bend has a new economic development director: Katy Brooks, the Bend Chamber of Commerce CEO ...
Sports
Summit boys volleyball claims second-straight state title
The pressure felt different, but the end result was the same for the Summit boys volleyball team. In ...
Environment
After reaching historic lows, hydropower generation in the Northwest expected to rise in 2025
After dropping to historic levels last year due to ongoing drought and high temperatures, hydropower generated in the ...
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Loss of OSU-Cascades grant leaves future school counselors in limbo
When Ashily Von Hurst finishes a full day as a school counselor at Crook County Middle School, she ...
Homeless
After facing homelessness, Bend woman helps others navigate crisis
Home More Network founder helps campers with compassion Jessica Gamble spent May 1 at the newly-blockaded entrance to ...
Bend
Bend’s tree code upheld after challenge by affordable housing developer
Bend’s trees got a win on Friday. The city’s code meant to preserve them from development was upheld ...
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Bend-La Pine Schools hosting “Drive and Apply” school bus driver events
Bend-La Pine Schools is hosting “Drive and Apply” events for anyone interested in driving a school bus next ...
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OSU-Cascades offers campus tours to community groups
Oregon State University-Cascades will continue its community tour program through 2025. Organizers recognize that the public is interested ...