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BACK IN TIME - 1914: Community devastated by accidental shooting death
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Day 1 of the Jefferson County Fair
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BACK IN TIME - 1914: Community devastated by accidental shooting death
110 years ago July 30, 1914 Seldom has this community been so grievously shocked as when the news was received Saturday morning that Miss Viola Truesdale had been shot and killed and her sister, Pauline, seriously wounded by the accidental discharge of a revolver at Tacoma, Washington. The girls left their home at Powell Butte the first of this month to visit relatives in Tacoma and it was just as...
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Redmond restaurant raises $22,000 for boy with rare disease
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10 most expensive homes sold in central Oregon, July 15-21
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Redmond School District earthquake proofing two elementary schools thanks to state grant
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Oregon Bay Area Beautification's (OBAB) 2024 Mid-Year Presidents Report
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Firefighting pilot killed in tanker plane crash in Oregon
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Greenburg Road on-ramp to northbound Highway 217 to close for a week
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As calls to Measure 110 hotline dwindle, Oregon pays group $10K per call to answer
Oregon continues to pump $130,000 a month to an out-of-state nonprofit to run a Measure 110 hotline that barely rings. So far this year, the hotline has received just 73 calls from people with Measure 110 citations, translating into about $10,700 per call, the latest data from the Oregon Health Authority shows.
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