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A collision between a driver and an electric motorcycle rider on Oct. 2 in Bend’s Medical District has left the 13-year-old rider in critical condition. At approximately 7:58 pm, the Bend Police Department responded to a motor vehicle crash between a white Dodge minivan and a Sur-Ron e-motorcycle at the intersection of NE Neff Road […]

Faculty and administrators at Central Oregon Community College reached a tentative agreement over salaries Oct. 2, averting a strike scheduled to begin Oct. 5.  The new employment contract will raise full-time faculty salaries by 13% to 27% and create “substantial” increases for part-time faculty, according to a Friday press release from the Oregon Education Association, […]

Sydney Gladu, an investigative journalist podcast producer, lives in Seattle. But growing up in Bend, she worked as a bagger at Newport Avenue Market.  That’s where she realized she loved hearing people’s stories. Customers’ and coworkers’ gossip and news — she couldn’t get enough. And podcasts like “This American Life” lit up Gladu’s interest not […]

With the Nov. 3 general election about one month away, candidates running for Redmond City Council and mayor discussed growth and development, water use, data centers and more at a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters Sept. 30 at the Central Oregon Community College technology education building in Redmond.   Candidates had a […]

Based on historical snowfall data, folks with Mt. Bachelor Ski Area are hopeful an unusual climate event will bring above-average snowfall to the mountains near Bend this winter. But climate scientists say this season’s weather pattern is shaping up to be like nothing we’ve seen before.   All signs point to a “very strong” El Niño […]

The Deschutes County Voters’ Pamphlet provides a window into the heated battle over political districting in Deschutes County.  The guide includes bios and information on candidates for sheriff and county commissioner, plus city council and mayor candidates in Bend, Redmond, La Pine and Sisters.   But nearly half of the 56-page guide is dedicated to […]

Thousands of people on Medicaid in Central Oregon — and hundreds of thousands more across the state — are getting notices this fall about new requirements for the Oregon Health Plan, mandated by the federal government. That could bump some people off Medicaid coverage, and be a struggle for others, which has local organizations working to […]