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.
Sen. Ron Wyden responded to Central Oregonians’ questions at a 90-minute town hall in Central Oregon Community College’s Wille Hall on March 11 — where he spoke about drought, dams, immigration and more. Wyden pledged to do a town hall in all of Oregon’s 36 counties every year, and thus far he’s has held one […]
The Deschutes County Commissioners backed out of a plan to hire a contractor to manage a safe parking campsite on a 1-acre parcel of land on Murphy Road in south Bend after a two-to-one vote. At a meeting on March 8, Commissioners Tony DeBone and Patti Adair said complaints from neighbors, proximity to unmanaged camps […]
For every five children in Deschutes County, there’s only one available spot in an accredited child care business, according to a 2020 study from Oregon State University. For infants younger than two, there’s just one per 10. A county is considered to be a child care desert when fewer than 33% of children have access […]
Oregon is lifting the last of its mask mandates more than three years after COVID-19 swept across the country. Though masking hasn’t been required in public settings for about a year, the state required health care settings to continue to enforce masking rules for both patients and workers. Oregon Health Authority is rescinding required masking […]
Nicholas Ryan Preston-Cooper allegedly fired a high-powered rifle at the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, March 2 around 9 pm. Dispatchers received a call reporting an armed man fired a round into the building, but the suspect wasn’t found on the scene at the time. Investigators spoke with the person who reported the shooting, […]
Editor’s Note: Deschutes County Commissioners backed out of the agreement to hire a contractor on City-owned land on Murphy Road shortly after this article is published. Click here for an update on this story. The City of Bend is postponing a planned sweep of Hunnell Road after Deschutes County signed onto a plan to contract […]
Oregon is lifting the last of its mask mandates more than three years after COVID-19 swept across the country. Though masking hasn’t been required in public settings for about a year, the state required health care settings to continue to enforce masking rules for both patients and workers. Oregon Health Authority is rescinding required masking […]
A group of about 300 medical professionals withdrew a petition to unionize at St. Charles Medical System on Feb. 23, eight months after filing for union representation. The Central Oregon Providers Network formed in June after St. Charles laid off or terminated 181 positions in the hospital system. The network sought representation from the American Federation […]
Former Deschutes County Sheriff Les Stiles passed away at his home in Caldwell, Idaho, on Jan. 6 after a series of lung issues. He was 77. To honor his legacy, Stiles’ family is hosting a celebration on March 4 at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds. Stiles was born on Dec. 7, 1945, in Pensacola, Florida, and […]
Jim Shores learned about puns in a high school language class when an instructor, explaining the concept, made a very lame joke — telling a student to “oh-pun the door.” Despite a botched introduction, Shores grew a fondness for puns. He appreciates that it takes a level of background information and analysis to get a […]
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