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Local Lawmaker Working To Reform PERS

Salem, Ore. – Senator Tim Knopp (R-Bend) responded to the adoption of 2017 Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) advisory rates estimated to cost school districts already reeling from a $1.785 billion shortfall in 2015-2017. Bend-La Pine School District faces a Read More

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Traffic Stop Leads To Meth Bust

Eugene, Ore. – A traffic stop led to the seizure of 23 pounds of crystal methamphetamine Friday. According to Oregon State Police, a Trooper stopped a 2003 Honda Pilot for traveling 73 miles per hour in a posted 60 mile per hour speed zone on Interstate 5 near Read More

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Keep Fire Safety On Your Holiday Menu

Central Oregon – With Thanksgiving just a few days away, State Fire Marshal Jim Walker is reminding Oregonians to keep fire safety front and center when cooking and preparing holiday meals. “When friends and family gather at this festive time of year, it Read More

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Motorists Prepare for Winter Driving

Central Oregon – With the colder weather and season’s first snowfall already on the ground, and heavy holiday travel periods coming up The La Pine Fire District would like to remind drivers of the following simple steps to ensure your winter travel is safer.  Read More

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Mt Bachelor Opens 58th Season

Bend, Ore. – Mt. Bachelor opened its 58th winter season on Saturday, November 21, 2015. Operations included a terrain park served by the Sunshine Accelerator lift and resort services staged out of the West Village base area. Although the compacted snow base isn’t Read More

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OSU-Cascades Forms Advisory Groups

Bend, Ore. –  As Oregon State University – Cascades creates a long range development plan for its new campus over the next year and a half, it will consider input of four advisory groups recently formed to build on the work of the Campus Expansion Advisory Committee Read More