OPB, Jennifer Baires
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Volunteers Fill Gaps in Rural Oregon Emergency Medical Care

Without a state-mandated tax base, some rural first responders work unpaid.
by OPB, Jennifer Baires

On New Year’s Day in 2023, Erik Kerr met up with a snowmobiling group near Crescent in south-central Oregon, intending to ride through the forest to the rim of Crater Lake. But he never made it that day. “I hit the tree dead between the skis,” Kerr said recently. “My torso went forward. My head […]

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The Deschutes County Sheriff may lose his badge for lying

He also protected a deputy accused of the same thing
by OPB, Jennifer Baires

Last September, then-Deschutes County Sgt. Kent van der Kamp was about to win a big promotion. As a candidate for sheriff, he promised to reform a public safety agency with a history of costly lawsuits and overspending.  But as Election Day neared, van der Kamp’s future seemed increasingly imperiled by accusations of dishonesty. His bosses […]

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