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Local School Bus Driver Arrested for DUII After Completing Bus Routeย ย 

Seven hours after initial blood alcohol testing, the driver was found with blood alcohol levels of twice the legal limit
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On April 3, police arrested a Bend-La Pine Schools bus driver on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants and reckless endangering, after completing a bus route.   According to Sheila Miller, Bend Police communications manager, BPD received a call from a BLPS transportation employee at around 6:45pm. The employee reported that the bus driver, 67-year-old Martha Ann Gerlicher, was under the influence and had […]

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The Dirt on Dirty Diesel School Buses

How the recent settlement with VW could benefit local school bus fleets
Avatar photo Magdalena Bokowa

“Kids are like hummingbirds. They breathe a lot,” said Dr. Paul Lewis at a recent Oregon Senate committee hearing on Environment and Natural Resources. “Their lungs are small and a lot more of this stuff gets in there…when exposed early in life, there are a lot more decades for those changes to your cells to […]

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