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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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Teen Shot at a Party West of Bend

Two injured after a suspect pulled a gun at a party off a forest service road
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A 17-year-old shot one person and injured another who wrestled his gun away on Tuesday, Sept. 6, according to Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office. DSCO is charging the suspect with attempted murder, two counts of second-degree assault, menacing, theft, unlawful entry into a vehicle and altering a firearm’s ID. DCSO dispatched deputies to an area on NW […]

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Preventing Tragedy

Experts share ways mass shootings can be prevented
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The Aug. 28 shooting at a Bend Safeway was the 528th mass shooting in the United States in 2022, according to data website MassShootingTracker, which defines any incident of four or more people shot to its list of attacks. The list, as of press time on Sept. 5, is at 544 — an average of […]

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Well To Do

As groundwater supply shrinks, Deschutes County is offering $2,000 to people who’ve had to repair or replace wells
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There are 17,000 private wells in Deschutes County serving nearly 35,000 people, but as Central Oregon faces its worst drought on record, wells have been drying up. A declining snowpack, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and more piping and lining of irrigation canals, speculated by Oregon Water Resource Department officials, have contributed to depleted […]

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Smoked Out

The Cedar Creek Fire is expected to impact Bend’s air quality
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Smoke is expected to create “unhealthy” air quality in Bend by Sept. 7, largely due to the Cedar Creek Fire about 25 miles west of La Pine. Air quality is defined as unhealthy once pollutants are potent enough to impact the health of the general public. Satellite images of the Cedar Creek Fire show smoke […]

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Treating Trauma After Tragedy

Deschutes County Behavioral Health counselor Shannon Hodgen shares how survivors reacted to a mass shooting and what mental health professionals are doing to help
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On Aug. 28 Donald Surrett Jr. and Glenn Bennet were shot and killed by a gunman in a Bend Safeway, and two others sustained non-life-threatening injuries during the attack. The initial harm done by the shooter was followed by a collective trauma felt by many in the Bend community. Shoppers who were present and people […]

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Beer Issue: Hot Taps – Crosscut Warming Hut

A reporter tries to find a beer similar to a Midwest favorite in Bend’s coziest tap house
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Last week at the Kansas City airport I said goodbye to one of the things I love most in the world. No, not my newborn nephew, my folks or my childhood friends; I said goodbye to Boulevard Wheat — the bestselling craft beer in the Midwest that’s not presently sold anywhere in Bend. One last […]

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Cedar Creek Fire 12% Contained

The fire has grown to nearly 8,000 acres as firefighters attempt to contain it in inaccessible terrain
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Over 1,000 people are working to reduce the Cedar Creek Fire a month after it ignited on harsh terrain three miles west of Waldo Lake in the Willamette National Forest. Within a week it burned over 3,000 acres and as of Aug. 30 it reached 7,821 acres. The fire’s currently 12% contained, and helicopters are […]

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Remembering Donald and Glenn

Shooting victims remembered for their kindness and bravery
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Both of those killed during the shooting at a Bend Safeway on Sunday, August 28, were veterans who are remembered for their kindness and bravery. Glenn Bennett, 84, served as an Army medic during the Korean War. He moved to Bend in 1974 at the age of 36 and has lived with his sister for […]

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Vigil Held for Victims of Gun Violence

The Bend community mourned the loss Glenn Bennet and Donald Surrett Jr. at Drake Park on Monday.
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On Sunday, August 28, Glenn Edward Bennet and Donald Ray Surrett Jr. were shot and killed in a Safeway on Bend’s east side during an attempted mass shooting. Two others were injured in the attack, and the gunman took his own life. On Monday, about 200 people from around the community came to Drake Park […]

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Victims, Gunman of Safeway Shooting Identified *with new info, 8/30

One victim, Donald Ray Surrett Jr., attempted to disarm the shooter during an attempted rampage
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Eighty-four-year-old Glenn Bennet and 66-year-old Donald Ray Surrett Jr. were shot and killed by 20-year-old Ethan Miller at the Safeway on Highway 20 on Sunday, August 28, according to police spokesperson Sheila Miller. The first shots occurred at approximately 7:04 pm, cops said, as Miller made his way from his home in the Fox Hollow […]

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