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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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Corridor Construction Commences

The long-awaited improvement to the most congested section of U.S. 97 in Bend finally broke ground
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The North Corridor project broke ground on Monday, Oct. 17, after nearly two decades of planning. The $174 million project will realign U.S. 97 with a nearby railroad and will convert what’s currently U.S. 97 into an extended Third Street. “We were really looking ahead this far 20 years ago, and about 10 years ago […]

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To Speed or Not To Speed

New digital speed signs south of Bend monitor real-time road conditions to set a dynamic speed limit
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The Oregon Department of Transportation has installed digital speed limit signs along a 10-mile stretch of U.S. 97 between south Bend and La Pine. The signs can modify speed limits based on road and weather conditions, supported by weather stations that monitor traction, humidity, temperature and visibility. When road conditions are poor the speed limit […]

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Two Children Killed in Juniper Acres Fire

A household caught fire on Saturday morning in an off-the-grid community south of Prineville
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A housefire killed two children in Juniper Acres, an off-grid community south of Prineville, on Saturday, Oct. 15, just before 6 am according to the Crook County Sheriff and Crook County Fire and Rescue. By the time fire crews arrived the residence was fully engulfed in flames. Several members of the household were able to […]

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Ending Addiction as Overdose Deaths Soar

After support from a local addiction advocate, two people share their path to recovery
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The number of overdose deaths in Oregon last year jumped 57% over what was already a record-breaking year. About half of the 745 Oregonians who died from an unintentional overdose were on fentanyl, according to preliminary data from the Oregon Health Authority. At the same time the use of stimulants like methamphetamine has also risen […]

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New Rules for Short Term Rentals

Bend City Council approved an ordinance that doubled the required distance between short-term rentals
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New short-term rentals can’t be within 500 feet of another STR under an ordinance the Bend City Council voted unanimously in favor of at its regular meeting on Oct. 5. In March City councilors directed staff to look at changes in the development code that could increase the availability of long-term rentals. The last time […]

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Ski Safe

There are hazards to skiing; here are a couple ways to avoid them
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Thousands flock to Mt Bachelor every ski season to shred some of the mountain’s 121 runs, but of those thousands a handful have gotten hurt, or worse, over the past few seasons. Last year three people died on the mountain, two from colliding into trees and logs while traveling at high speeds and the other […]

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New Rules for Short Term Rentals

Bend City Council approved an ordinance that doubled the required distance between short-term rentals
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New short-term rentals can’t be within 500 feet of another STR under an ordinance the Bend City Council voted unanimously in favor of at its regular meeting on Oct. 5. In March City councilors directed staff to look at changes in the development code that could increase the availability of long-tern rentals. The last time […]

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Wyden Touts Tax Credits

The Senator toured an apartment complex and promoted tax credits as a means to build more affordable housing
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Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden toured the Azimuth 315 apartment complex on Bend’s west side on Sept. 30 to advocate for low-income housing tax credits and clean energy tax credits — which reduces the amount owed in federal income taxes — to provide affordable housing. The median Bend home costs over $700,000, which is about $200,000 […]

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Save Arnold Sues Arnold

A coalition of neighbors in Deschutes River Woods is suing their irrigation district over a proposed piping of an open canal
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A group of property owners and Arnold Irrigation District patrons are suing their irrigation district and the Natural Resources Conservation Service in an attempt to block a planned piping of a 12-mile canal. Save Arnold Canal, made up of Arnold patrons, started organizing after a draft environmental assessment of the piping project was released in June […]

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The First Tribally Owned Museum in the West Nears 30

As Indigenous People’s Day approaches Oct. 10, the first tribally run museum in the West is nearing 30 years of sharing and preserving the cultures of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
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Thirty years ago the Museum at Warm Springs became the first tribally run museum in the Western states. Its permanent exhibit dives into pre-colonial, Euro-American contact and the modern era of the three distinct peoples that now reside at the Warm Springs reservation, including the Wasco, Warm Springs and Paiute people. All three of these […]

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