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Read more about the article Community and Safety: A Closer Look at Bend, Oregon’s Recent Challenges
Community and Safety: A Closer Look at Bend, Oregon’s Recent Challenges

Community and Safety: A Closer Look at Bend, Oregon’s Recent Challenges

Image via mp.newsbreakapp.com In the charming town of Bend, Oregon, residents are coming to terms with two recent events that have raised serious public safety concerns. Sadie Madalyn Cole, aged…

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Read more about the article Heated discussion: ODOT to lower speeds, make other changes to boost safety in Highway 97’s Bend North Corridor work …
Heated discussion: ODOT to lower speeds, make other changes to boost safety in Highway 97’s Bend North Corridor work …

Heated discussion: ODOT to lower speeds, make other changes to boost safety in Highway 97’s Bend North Corridor work …

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) recently announced a series of safety improvements for the Bend North Corridor construction zone on U.S. Highway 97. These changes, which include restriping, adding…

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Read more about the article Prineville man killed, Bend woman seriously injured in crash on icy Highway 20 bridge over Snake River
Prineville man killed, Bend woman seriously injured in crash on icy Highway 20 bridge over Snake River

Prineville man killed, Bend woman seriously injured in crash on icy Highway 20 bridge over Snake River

(Update: OSP confirms icy conditions) ONTARIO, Ore. (KTVZ) - A Prineville man was killed and a Bend woman was seriously injured Tuesday morning in a crash amid icy conditions on…

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Read more about the article Adair: Six infants have experienced fentanyl-affected births at St. Charles Bend in past three months
Adair: Six infants have experienced fentanyl-affected births at St. Charles Bend in past three months

Adair: Six infants have experienced fentanyl-affected births at St. Charles Bend in past three months

(Update: Adding video, comments from commissioners Adair and Chang) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- In the past 90 days, six infants have been born at St. Charles Bend with fentanyl in…

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Read more about the article City of Bend seeks input on planned roundabout, bike and pedestrian upgrades along Bear Creek Road and SE 27th Street
City of Bend seeks input on planned roundabout, bike and pedestrian upgrades along Bear Creek Road and SE 27th Street

City of Bend seeks input on planned roundabout, bike and pedestrian upgrades along Bear Creek Road and SE 27th Street

Dec. 19 meeting; info, survey available online now BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The City of Bend said Thursday it's designing a variety of safer and more accessible bike and pedestrian…

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Read more about the article Residents near China Hat Road upset after recent string of crimes, continuing issues in homeless camps
Residents near China Hat Road upset after recent string of crimes, continuing issues in homeless camps

Residents near China Hat Road upset after recent string of crimes, continuing issues in homeless camps

Deschutes County Sheriff's Office DCSO SWAT Team and detectives arrested three suspects in an RV theft, shooting at a La Pine-area home on Saturday Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Remains of…

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Read more about the article Downtown Bend businesses dismayed that city’s new parking guidance system led to removal of twinkling tree lights – N…
Downtown Bend businesses dismayed that city’s new parking guidance system led to removal of twinkling tree lights – N…

Downtown Bend businesses dismayed that city’s new parking guidance system led to removal of twinkling tree lights – N…

(Update: Adding video, comments from downtown merchants, city parking official) 'It's a joke' ... 'massively disappointed'; also affects sponsored banner signs on light poles BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) - In the…

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Read more about the article Unsanctioned homeless camps driving longtime residents out of Bend, OR
Unsanctioned homeless camps driving longtime residents out of Bend, OR

Unsanctioned homeless camps driving longtime residents out of Bend, OR

While people may associate Portland with exceptionally bad homeless news stories, the upscale city across the Cascade Mountains called Bend, is also appearing on the infamous scene. Unsanctioned mass homeless…

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Read more about the article Boy, 13, struck by van, injured while riding bike in crosswalk across Bend’s NE Greenwood Avenue – NewsBreak
Boy, 13, struck by van, injured while riding bike in crosswalk across Bend’s NE Greenwood Avenue – NewsBreak

Boy, 13, struck by van, injured while riding bike in crosswalk across Bend’s NE Greenwood Avenue – NewsBreak

(Update: Police say it was a van that struck the boy) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A 13-year-old boy was struck by a van and injured while riding his bike across…

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