The trial of Ian Cranston began on Wednesday, Nov. 2 with attorneys selecting a 12-person jury that would decide whether Cranston was justified in the shooting of Barry Washington on September 19, 2021, in downtown Bend. The shooting reached national news and sparked outrage over the charges of manslaughter rather than murder, Cranston being released […]
Jack Harvel
Jack is originally from Kansas City, Missouri and has been making his way west since graduating from the University of Missouri, working a year and a half in Northeast Colorado before moving to Bend in the Spring of 2021. When not reporting he’s either playing folk songs (poorly) or grand strategy video games, and checking out the different hiking trails in Central Oregon.
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Camping Code Takes Shape
Bend City Council takes steps to regulate camping on City right of ways after removing its third unsafe campsite this year
Bend took its next step in crafting a code for unmanaged homeless camps on City rights-of-way at a work session on Oct. 27. City staff gave the Bend City Council a first draft of the amended code changes on Sept. 21, and since then Council has given input during work sessions. The latest draft establishes […]
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Endicott of an Era
After 14 years as Redmond’s mayor, George Endicott looks back at his career and what he hopes for the future of the town
In May, Redmond Mayor George Endicott announced that his long political career serving the Hub City would come to the end once his term ended in January 2023. We caught up with Endicott to learn more about his tenure, what he hopes for the future of Redmond and if he expects to return to some […]
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Rec It, Redmond
Organizers are hopeful that the proposed recreation center in Redmond is in better shape than doomed 2019 and 2008 bonds
Redmond’s Cascade Swim Center opened in 1979, bringing a 25-meter indoor pool to a town of 6,500 people. In the 43 years since opening, Redmond’s gained about 30,000 residents, and the facility is struggling to meet the demand of its growing population. “We have a full pool, we have waiting lists for swim lessons, we […]
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Cranston Trial Begins
Ian Cranston is facing trial over a year after shooting and killing Barry Washington in downtown Bend
The trial of Ian Cranston began on Tuesday, Nov. 1, over a year after Cranston shot and killed 22-year-old Barry Washington outside of The Capitol, a bar in downtown Bend just after midnight on Sept. 19, 2021. Cranston is accused of second-degree murder, first and second-degree manslaughter, assault and unlawful use of the weapon, all […]
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Pedestrian Dies After Hit and Run
Police are looking for a middle-aged man with a dark SUV that
struck 76-year-old Walter James Lane Oct. 27
Police identified a man who was struck and killed by a car Oct. 27 in what police are calling a felony hit and run. Walter James Lane, 76, was struck by an SUV around 9:30pm while crossing the roundabout on NW Newport and NW 14th Street. Bend Fire transferred Lane to St. Charles Medical Center, […]
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The Sweet Saboteur Sham
People have fretted over poisoned halloween candy for more
than a century, with almost no evidence it happens
Gather round the campfire and I’ll tell you a spooky story about the evil strangers who fill up children’s candy buckets with poison. Stories of poisoned trick or treaters have been around since the Industrial Revolution, when sweets started getting mass-produced rather than cooked in a kitchen. In those early days some doctors claimed to […]
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Culver Pulls Students From Camp Over Nonbinary Counselor
Students were removed from Outdoor School, a popular three-day camp,
after learning the student counselors overseeing multiple cabins identified as nonbinary
On Monday Oct. 17 about 50 Culver School District sixth-graders were pulled from Camp Tamarack’s Outdoor School program, a three-day and two-night camp that blends school curriculum with outdoor activities that over 40 schools participate in. Camp Tamarack staff said they weren’t aware the students were leaving until the buses arrived and didn’t learn why […]
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County Still Not Funding Abortion
Despite the overwhelming support of an employee advisory committee, Deschutes County Commissioners deny expanding health plan to fund abortions
Deschutes County Commissioners Tony DeBone and Patti Adair removed a proposed health benefit that would’ve changed the county’s health plan to cover abortion services at the board’s regular meeting on Oct. 19. It was one of seven changes proposed by Deschutes County’s Employee Benefit Advisory Committee, which approved the proposals with a 14-1 vote. The […]
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Oregon Chief Justice Resigns
The justice in August ousted the director of the public defense agency,
which is the subject of a $2.6 million lawsuit
Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters will vacate her seat three years before her term ends. The 72-year-old justice would have to retire after she turned 75, according to Oregon law, meaning if she filled out her term it’d be up to the next governor to appoint a new chief justice. With the close […]
