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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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What We Lose When We Leave

Bend is on a steady path of growth, but with higher housing costs also comes a high level of out-migration. What does that mean for Central Oregon?
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You hear it all the time: Bend is constantly growing. Just 30 years ago Bend was a small logging town with a population just above 20,000. Last year, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Bend’s population reached the low six figures. Running parallel to this narrative are stories of people having to leave the area, priced […]

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More Buses In and Out of Bend

Central Oregon is getting a handful of regional bus connections
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Bend is getting bus connectivity to 24 cities in Oregon and California after Pacific Crest Bus Lines partnered with Megabus. In Central Oregon, Pacific Crest runs bus lines between Klamath Falls and Redmond, Bend and Eugene, and Bend to Portland with a stop in Salem. Megabus’ routes run across the entire United States, but the […]

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DCSO Deputy Under Investigation

A Sheriff’s Deputy whose prior misconduct came to light last month is under criminal investigation
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office announced that deputy Kyle Pettit is on administrative leave pending an internal investigation and a criminal investigation being conducted by the Oregon State Police. DCSO sent the release on Aug. 7, but Pettit has been suspended since April 20. DCSO spokesperson Jason Wall said the sheriff’s office is investigating whether […]

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Scammer Foiled at Manzanita

A scammer tried to eat Manzanita’s lunch
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On Aug. 1 a person rang up Manzanita Grill at 1125 Ne Second Street to complain that they found a piece of plastic in their meal and requested a refund. Jade Sellers, the owner, got in touch with the caller, who claimed they paid in cash for their whole family while vacationing in Bend. Sellers […]

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FERC Off

Federal regulators delayed a decision on a pipeline expansion that bisects two planned communities in east Bend
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission delayed a decision on TC Energy’s Gas Transmission Northwest Xpress pipeline expansion after Oregon’s two senators and 26 environmental organizations asked FERC to deny or delay its decision. The Canadian energy company asked FERC for permission to pump an additional 150 million cubic feet per day through the pipeline, which […]

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County Passes Camping Code

The County passed time, place and manner restrictions for people camping on their property, but it may take a while to be implemented
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Deschutes County Commissioners unanimously approved a camping code for county-owned property. The updated code is much more narrow than what the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Proposed, which would have banned camping within 1 mile of any private property or within 1 mile of the urban growth boundary, within 1,000 feet of a school or park […]

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Last Resort

Deschutes County Commissioners banned future destination resorts with permanent housing in most of the county, meaning Thornburgh will likely be the county’s last resort of its kind in the county
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The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners banned the creation of new residential destination resorts within 24 miles of Bend, bringing it in line with a state statute that lets counties ban resorts near cities with a population exceeding 100,000. Developers can still build resorts in all the places they’re currently allowed to, but can only […]

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Franklin Murals Gone, or Graffitied

The two murals painted in the Franklin Avenue underpass are either gone or heavily graffitied, just a couple years after they were painted
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In 2019, the artist Kaycee Anseth completed a mural on Franklin Avenue under Highway 97. Artists transformed the drab underpass, which was nicknamed the “pee tunnel” by the pedestrians who walked it, into a bright yellow corridor featuring Anseth’s stylized depictions of nature — birds and dandelions on the sides and stars adorning the ceiling. […]

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BrAIn TrAIn

About 30% of students admit to using Artificial Intelligence writing tools just months after their proliferation, and schools aren’t sure what to do about it
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The first artificial chatbot was a digital therapist called ELIZA that passed words into a computer program and paired them with a list of scripted responses. Its founder, Joseph Weizenbaum, said his aim was to caricature human conversations, not recreate them. When people interacted with ELIZA, Weizenbaum was shocked by how openly people shared their […]

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Dogs Fatally Attack Man in Juniper Ridge

Joseph Taylor Keeton passed away at St. Charles after losing blood in a dog attack
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Up to three dogs attacked and killed a man living northeast of Bend at a campsite in Juniper Ridge. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said dispatchers directed DCSO deputies to the campsite, often called Dirt World by the people living there, a little after 1 am on July 19. Once there, they found a man […]

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