In The NewsViolence broke out between pro-Trump ralliers and racial justice demonstrators sharing a Bend park Saturday, when police did not cite or arrest a man who pointed a gun at people.The tense coexistence of groups at Pilot Butte Neighborhood Park erupted into a brawl after a 23-year-old man allegedly snatched a Trump flag and ran. Several pro-Trump ralliers chased him down. Some people threw punches and were met with mace and stun guns. Then, a man pointed a handgun into the crowd, photos and video reviewed by OPB show. City of Bend police confiscated the gun, and let the man...…In The NewsViolence broke out between pro-Trump ralliers and racial justice demonstrators sharing a Bend park Saturday, when police did not cite or arrest a man who pointed a gun at people.The tense coexistence of groups at Pilot Butte Neighborhood Park erupted into a brawl after a 23-year-old man allegedly snatched a Trump flag and ran. Several pro-Trump ralliers chased him down. Some people threw punches and were met with mace and stun guns. Then, a man pointed a handgun into the crowd, photos and video reviewed by OPB show. City of Bend police confiscated the gun, and let the man...WW…

In The NewsTheir compromise created the state of Oregon.Faced with the threat of forced removal or worse, in 1855 leaders of the Warm Springs and Wasco Tribes forfeited their claim to roughly ten million acres, and moved to a reservation. In exchange for land to offer white settlers, brokers for the United States government made promises. Among those: Tribal members would not be stopped from traveling off the reservation to hunt, fish and forage, as they had done for millennia.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:But just ten years later, in 1865, a U.S. official betrayed the agreement, drawing up a...…In The NewsTheir compromise created the state of Oregon.Faced with the threat of forced removal or worse, in 1855 leaders of the Warm Springs and Wasco Tribes forfeited their claim to roughly ten million acres, and moved to a reservation. In exchange for land to offer white settlers, brokers for the United States government made promises. Among those: Tribal members would not be stopped from traveling off the reservation to hunt, fish and forage, as they had done for millennia.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:But just ten years later, in 1865, a U.S. official betrayed the agreement, drawing up a...WW…

In The NewsYour browser does not support the audio element.The room was bustling at a small Redmond restaurant the Monday after Christmas. A sign on the counter read, “If you’re not wearing a mask we assume you’re exempt.” Most people in view were not masked as they waited for food and margaritas.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:But this was no late lunch rush: It was a meeting to marshal support for defying state emergency health orders.“The only way for my family and my staff to survive is to not comply with the executive order,” said meeting host and Westside Local restaurant owner Amber Amos.“We...…In The NewsYour browser does not support the audio element.The room was bustling at a small Redmond restaurant the Monday after Christmas. A sign on the counter read, “If you’re not wearing a mask we assume you’re exempt.” Most people in view were not masked as they waited for food and margaritas.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:But this was no late lunch rush: It was a meeting to marshal support for defying state emergency health orders.“The only way for my family and my staff to survive is to not comply with the executive order,” said meeting host and Westside Local restaurant owner Amber Amos.“We...WW…

In The NewsIt’s the end of an era in Canyon City. Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer has been ousted after five terms. Returns Wednesday morning show a double-digit lead for the head of the county probation department, Todd McKinley.Related: THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:“I wasn’t expecting quite that decisive, and I am well pleased that this is the people’s decision,” McKinley said. “I spent not a dime on this campaign and the people made the choice. That speaks volumes.”McKinley ran a low-key campaign, , not wanting to further polarize people over a sheriff who makes his own rules.Palmer is...…In The NewsIt’s the end of an era in Canyon City. Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer has been ousted after five terms. Returns Wednesday morning show a double-digit lead for the head of the county probation department, Todd McKinley.Related: THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:“I wasn’t expecting quite that decisive, and I am well pleased that this is the people’s decision,” McKinley said. “I spent not a dime on this campaign and the people made the choice. That speaks volumes.”McKinley ran a low-key campaign, , not wanting to further polarize people over a sheriff who makes his own rules.Palmer is...WW…

In The NewsYour browser does not support the audio element.The envelope reached my house in Bend five days after Election Day, and after the presidential race was decided.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:“Dear voter,” read the official letter from Deschutes County Clerk Nancy Blankenship, informing me in plain language that my vote had not been counted.Related: My heart skipped a beat. The letter said if I didn’t respond soon, my voter registration would be considered inactive.“Don’t be offended. That’s one of the ways that we’re protecting you as the voter, and the system,” Blankenship said in an...…In The NewsYour browser does not support the audio element.The envelope reached my house in Bend five days after Election Day, and after the presidential race was decided.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:“Dear voter,” read the official letter from Deschutes County Clerk Nancy Blankenship, informing me in plain language that my vote had not been counted.Related: My heart skipped a beat. The letter said if I didn’t respond soon, my voter registration would be considered inactive.“Don’t be offended. That’s one of the ways that we’re protecting you as the voter, and the system,” Blankenship said in an...WW…

In The NewsYour browser does not support the audio element.An attempt by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to detain two men in Bend did not go as planned Wednesday afternoon, after hundreds of protesters stalled the action for more than 10 hours, leading to a standoff with Border Patrol agents later that night.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Immigration attorney Micaela Guthrie, who was among the first advocates on the scene, said the men were taken into custody in the morning, then loaded on to two buses. One man was detained at a gas station and the other was pulled over in his car, the...…In The NewsYour browser does not support the audio element.An attempt by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to detain two men in Bend did not go as planned Wednesday afternoon, after hundreds of protesters stalled the action for more than 10 hours, leading to a standoff with Border Patrol agents later that night.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Immigration attorney Micaela Guthrie, who was among the first advocates on the scene, said the men were taken into custody in the morning, then loaded on to two buses. One man was detained at a gas station and the other was pulled over in his car, the...WW…