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Jen Baires

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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Jen Baires

    A Deschutes County sheriff candidate could be fired for dishonesty — unless he’s elected first (opens the original)

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    For the second time in as many elections, a candidate for sheriff in Central Oregon’s largest county is facing allegations of dishonesty — and possibly termination — unless he wins the election and takes office first. Lt. James “Mac” McLaughlin, a 20-year veteran of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and candidate for sheriff on the November ballot, has been the subject of an independent internal investigation for most of his campaign. The agency hired an outside investigator in May to probe

  2. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Jen Baires

    Redmond city councilor alleges ‘systemic culture of corruption’ at Deschutes Sheriff’s Office (opens the original)

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    Former sheriff’s officer Clifford Evelyn has spent his recent retirement years serving on the Redmond City Council, shaping policies and weathering conflicts in the fast-growing Central Oregon city. All the while, he said, his trust in the region’s largest local law enforcement agency withered away. This month Evelyn escalated his concerns about the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office to state police watchdogs, filing a complaint with the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training t

  3. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Jen Baires

    In a Central Oregon food desert, one town is on the hunt for a grocery store (opens the original)

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    On a recent Tuesday, Debbie Taylor rushed around her office, simultaneously taking a call, packing her bag for an out-of-town meeting the next morning and trying to remember all the stops she needed to make on the way home. “I got to write a sticky note,” she said, pulling a yellow notepad toward herself. “This is how it goes… milk,” she paused, jotting down the sequence on her note. “I got to stop at the bank first, and then milk and then Martin’s Produce.” Taylor is the executive director of t

  4. Article · Aug 2, 2026 · Jen Baires

    Warm Springs Reservation faces years of recovery after Bench Fire sweeps through (opens the original)

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    Warm Springs tribal member Shana Johnson sat in her purple Scion in front of her barn and watched a firefighting crew leave for the night as thick wildfire smoke turned the setting sun a brilliant orange. The Bench Fire that erupted more than a week ago upended life for Johnson and the three generations of her family living on a sprawling ranch on the outskirts of the 640,000-acre reservation. The winds shifted, forcing them to flee briefly to a nearby open field for safety. They lost electricit

  5. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Jen Baires

    Thousands under ‘Go Now!’ evacuation orders as Oregon wildfires burn over 1.1 million acres (opens the original)

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    At least 6,000 people in Oregon were under Level 3 “Go Now!” evacuation orders as of Tuesday morning as dozens of active, large fires covered more than 1.1 million acres, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry. Hot, dry weather and strong winds have fueled the wildfires since the weekend and burned several homes. Lightning storms sparked many of the wildfires, and more could be on the way. Forecasters expect another round of lightning in northeastern Oregon Thursday afternoon. The Oregon

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