Chris Miller

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Two Drivers; Two Crashes into Local Buildings

Two drivers arrested and charged with DUII in Redmond
Chris Miller

Look out while driving in Redmond after midnight. On Sunday, two—yes two—people were arrested for DUII after allegedly crashing their cars into buildings. The first incident was just after midnight, when Redmond Police officers responded to reports of a truck crashed into an occupied duplex at the 1900 block of NW Larch Spur Court. When […]

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School District Given $1.1 Million Grant

Money earmarked for engineering evaluations and snow removal reimbursement
Chris Miller

After last year’s snowpocalypse caved in roofs and caused area schools to close for snow removal, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley went to bat for the Bend-La Pine school district. The school district will receive more than $1 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency money to reimburse costs of last January’s snow removal, and […]

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Beer in the can? Yes!

Deschutes gets on board with the aluminum revolution
Chris Miller

Let’s face it, 12 ounce bottled beers are an antiquated pain in the ass. Who wants to be 6 miles into an overnight cross-country ski trip and have your liquid rewards shift in your pack, stabbing you in the ribs for the next two hours?! And dropping one on the ground…good luck avoiding the laceration. […]

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Got Local?

Deschutes County Sheriff comes out against growers. Will the war on weed ever end?
Chris Miller

The “Buy Local” movement has its roots in the foodie movement—but a similar trend exists among the expanding number of people who purchase legal marijuana. They want to know their grower, or at least know where their favorite strain of Purple Kush comes from. La Pine-based Pangaea Organics, a Tier 1 producer—or micro producer, which […]

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Deschutes County Sheriff Fires Deputy

2016 election opponent plans to sue
Chris Miller

Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson has terminated the deputy who ran against him in the last general election. Eric Kozowski ran against Nelson in the November 2016 election, and was put on administrative leave in September 2017. According to a DCSO press release, Kozowski was terminated based on internal investigations that concluded he violated Sheriff’s […]

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A Cloud Over Solar Power?

In the wake of new tariffs on solar energy, local companies say now is the time to buy
Chris Miller

Their bodies packed deep inside layers of clothes, Carhartt jackets shielding them from the wintry mix, Rob Sloan and Travis Trondle haul solar panels up a fiberglass ladder. They clip into the protective roping attached to the metal roof and carefully make their way up the pitch, the weather threatening to turn the roof into […]

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More Help for Electric Bills This Year

Pacific Power donating up to $144,000 to Oregon Energy Fund
Chris Miller

Pacific Power, one of Bend’s largest electricity suppliers, is helping out the less fortunate this year. The utility company is doubling every dollar customers donate to the Oregon Energy Fund. Last year, Pacific Power’s donations helped 1,209 households in need throughout Oregon, including nearly 1,100 children, 450 seniors and over 400 people with disabilities. This […]

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Bend-La Pine Graduation Rate Highest in History

Rate increased by more than 10 percent in six years
Chris Miller

The class of 2017 for the Bend-La Pine Schools just made history. Last year, the student graduation rate for Bend-La Pine Schools marked an all-time high for the percentage of students graduating on time, says a report released today by the Oregon Department of Education. The combined rate for district students earning a diploma on time […]

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Bridge Battle, Part Deux

In the Oregon Legislature, a new effort to sink the Deschutes River Trail Bridge
Chris Miller

The fight over the proposed Deschutes River pedestrian bridge south of Bend may suffer a knockout blow if a new bill passes in the upcoming short legislative session.  The draft of the bill, currently titled Legislative Concept 49, differs from Rep. Gene Whisnant’s failed bill from last session in that it doesn’t provide another option […]

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Best/Worst State to Drive In

Oregon ranks sixth overall; fifth worst in fuel costs
Chris Miller

Keeping with our transportation theme this week, here’s some interesting information just released from WalletHub, concerning which states are best, and which are worst to drive in. For starters, Oregon ranks the sixth-best state overall to drive in. Our neighbors north and south, well they’re near the bottom of the barrel. In fact, only Hawaii […]

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