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Jobless rates in Central Oregon were largely unchanged in July from the month before, data released Monday by the Oregon Employment Department show.Deschutes County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 10 percent in July, the same rate as in May and June.Crook County’s unemployment rate in July was 12.6 percent for the third straight month.

An allegedly intoxicated man was stabbed twice Thursday night while walking in a trailer park on Southeast Woodland Boulevard in Bend. He underwent surgery at St. Charles Bend for injuries that were not life-threatening.According to Bend Police, Raphael Lloyd, 40, of Bend, was intoxicated when he walked past 38-year-old Kinder Killian’s house Saturday around 9:20 p.m.

Oregon State University-Cascades Campus has hired Todd Montgomery as a hospitality management instructor and executive in residence.Montgomery will oversee the development of a four-year hospitality management degree at the university.He has 15 years of experience in the industry with a focus on revenue management, including time as Starwood Hotel’s corporate director of revenue management for the Asia Pacific region.

A memorial procession and service will be held on Thursday for Don Heckathorn, the Jefferson County Emergency Medical Services chief who died after a car pulled in front of him while he was on his motorcycle.A caravan of EMS, law enforcement and fire department vehicles will stage at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds starting at noon.

Actual games and matches for area high school football, volleyball, boys and girls soccer and cross-country are a week away, but season-opening practices kicked off on Monday.In the picture above, members of the Bend High School football team scrimmage during practice, while, at right, Summit High School volleyball player Dani Taylor participates in the vertical leap test.

As the morning sun creates sparkles in their wake on Monday, Bend residents Kiley Remund, left, and his wife, Lynette, enjoy an early paddleboard trip upstream from Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River with their 6-month-old dog, Tsunami. Paddleboarders interested in yoga can attend Tumalo Creek’s SUP Yoga Night from 6 to 8 p.m.

A $6 million, 12-block overhaul of Sixth Street in downtown Redmond is about 85 percent complete, according to Peter Murphy, a spokesman for the Oregon Department of Transportation.The final overlay of asphalt between Jackpine and Antler avenues is scheduled for late September, with one lane to remain open during the process.

A quarter-million dollar gift from Hoodoo Ski Area owner Chuck Shepard will allow Bend-La Pine Schools to expand its digital conversion program.The gift came through the sale of stock and totaled nearly $262,000. The money will allow the district to expand its digital conversion pilot to Lava Ridge Elementary and Buckingham Elementary.

DENVER — As a wilderness firefighter, Caleb Renno hiked over mountains until his heels bled, living out of tents and eating packaged food for weeks at a time in rugged corners of the burning West.

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