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Smoke is in the Air

Bend-Prineville air quality ranked No. 22 for the most polluted cities for short-term particle pollution
Chris Miller

Even though Central Oregon got hit by a late snowstorm this winter, information from the National Interagency Fire Center says normal significant wildfire potential is expected during this year’s fire season, which typically runs from May to August. According to the NIFC, outlooks through spring and summer continue to indicate warmer-than-average conditions for the region. […]

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Transit Station Rankles Neighbors

Neighborhood group says they’ve seen little progress on crime, safety and traffic flow generated by the Hawthorne Avenue Station
Chris Miller

Members of the business community and people who live around Cascades East Transit’s Hawthorne Avenue Station voiced their displeasure to the Bend City Council on May 1 about problems they feel aren’t being addressed at Hawthorn Avenue bus station just east of Third Street in Bend. People spoke about crime, transients, buses blocking driveways and […]

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Regional Roundup

Oregon headlines, found this week in Cascade Reader
The Source Staff

Report: More People Are Moving to Oregon Than Leaving A report from the Oregon Employment Department shows that from 2013 to 2017, more people have moved to Oregon than have left. Although Oregon saw migration flow between every state in the nation, it was mostly between nearby western states. Oregon also saw an influx of people […]

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Central Oregon Homeless Population Rising

880 people reported homelessness during the 2019 Count, up 12 percent
Chris Miller

On Jan. 23, trained volunteers for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development interviewed Central Oregonians for its 2019 Point in Time Count, in which dozens of volunteers surveyed people in shelters, transitional housing, at meal sites, drop-in centers and other areas to seek data on the homeless population in Central Oregon. Volunteers collected […]

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‘Smart Readers’ Coming to Central Oregon

Some groups say the technology can lead to illness; Pacific Power says its new meters are safe
Chris Miller

Starting on April 29, Pacific Power—which provides electrical service to most of Bend—will start installing “smart meters” to about 76,000 customers in Central Oregon. The company will eventually roll out about 590,000 meters in Oregon. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, 78 million smart meters are already installed in the U.S. Smart readers will […]

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‘Day of Action’ Includes Walkouts, Student Marches

On May 8, teachers and students across Oregon are coming together to advocate for school funding
Chris Miller

Some school districts in Oregon are canceling school on May 8 to coincide with the Oregon Education Association‘s “Day of Action”—a demonstration aimed at what school leaders call the state’s decades-long failure to provide funding for kindergarten through high school education. Bend-La Pine Schools are staying open, according to the district, which said its teachers […]

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Regional Roundup

Oregon headlines, found this week in Cascade Reader
The Source Staff

Oregon Lawmakers, Family Gather To Celebrate The Life Of Norma Paulus  Family, friends and Oregon lawmakers gathered at Willamette University in Salem on Saturday for Norma Paulus’ memorial service. Paulus was Oregon’s first female secretary of state. She died Feb. 28 at the age of 85 in a Portland care facility Paulus was known for […]

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