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Portland schools see fewer pandemic problems than in Bend May 02 2021 A surge of COVID-19 cases forces quarantine of 700 students in the Central Oregon district Oregon Health Authority reported COVID-19 cases at a handful of Portland schools this week, including an elementary school with five infections. The latest weekly reported released by the state shows Harrison Elementary School in Southeast Portland had five reported cases among students over the past four weeks, with the most recent case reported April 22. It's unclear whether the infections happened at school or off campu...

From my front door on NE Lotus Drive, adjacent to Pilot Butte, there's a paved bikeable foot path that tracks all the way to Reed Market Road, straight through the heart of the Larkspur neighborhood—no stop lights and very few street crossings. Its two variations are known as Larkspur and Coyner Trails, however, I informally refer to the network as the Eastside Promenade (Prom).  "The Coyner Trail extends between Juniper Park and Ponderosa Park," describes Bend Park and Recreation District on its website. "Paved and off-street, it gently rolls along the west of Bear Creek...

Mercury hits 1920 low mark Bend shivered last night in the most intense cold of the winter and this morning the telephone at The Bulletin office was kept busy with inquiries as to how low the mercury in the official government thermometer had fallen. Eight degrees above zero was the official minimum, reached shortly before 8 o'clock in the morning. One unofficial thermometer in the city recorded six degrees below. Last night's cold snap would not have been considered worth noticing last year. A glance at the temperature record for the night of December 12,1919, recalled the fact that the merc...