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DESCHUTES COUNTY
Deschutes County cases: 5,918 (10 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 59 (1 new death)
6 a.m.-noon Tuesday-Friday
7 a.m.-noon Saturday-Sunday
and holidays
Jefferson County cases: 1,950 (9 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 28 (1 new death)
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What is COVID-19? It’s an infection caused by a new
coronavirus. Symptoms include fever, coughing and
shortness of breath. This virus can be fatal.
7 ways to help limit its spread: 1. Wash hands often
with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. 2. Avoid
touching your face. 3. Avoid close contact with sick
people. 4. Stay home. 5. In public, stay 6 feet from others
and wear a mask. 6. Cough into your elbow. 7. Clean and
disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.
LOCAL
VACCINATIONS
23,416
Number of vaccinations
given by St. Charles
Health System
Oregon cases: 154,554 (553 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,204 (10 new deaths)
108 new cases
120
(Jan. 1)
90
new
cases
110
*No data
available on
Jan. 31
due to state
computer
maintenence
(Nov. 27)
90
80
70
50
(Nov. 14)
7-day
average
28 new cases
(July 16)
40
31 new cases
(Oct. 31)
30
16 new cases
(Sept. 19)
9 new cases
20
(May 20)
1st case
100
60
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at
St. Charles Bend: 12 (1 in ICU)
ONLINE
130
(Dec. 4)
47 new cases
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
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GRAPHIC
129 new cases
COVID-19 data for Thursday, Feb. 25:
Crook County cases: 775 (2 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 18 (zero new deaths)
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New COVID-19 cases per day
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Wind advisory: 55 mph
gusts through Friday
The National Weather Ser-
vice office in Pendleton issued
a wind advisory from 10 a.m.
Thursday to 9 p.m. Friday,
when winds gusts could reach
55 mph across Central Oregon.
The advisory calls for west
winds of 25 to 35 mph with
gusts up to 45 mph. But the
winds are expected to increase
Friday with winds of 30 to 40
mph and gusts between 50
and 55 mph, according to the
weather service.
“There’s just not a break for
the next 24 hours, and Friday
could even be a little bit stron-
ger than today,” Mary Wister, a
weather service meteorologist
in Pendleton, said Thursday
morning.
High winds reaching 55
mph could occur in cities
throughout the region, includ-
ing Bend, Redmond, Madras
and Sisters, Wister said.
“It’s very possible,” Wister
said. “It’s a widespread area
across Central Oregon.”
Residents are encouraged
to secure outdoor objects that
could blow away, and be care-
ful of falling trees and tree
limbs.
“You can’t rule out the pos-
sibility you might have a fallen
tree because the ground is so
wet,” Wister said.
In addition, travelers need
to use extra caution due to the
strong winds, according to the
weather service.
Homeowner holds alleged
prowler at gunpoint
A Bend man was arrested
Thursday morning after a
homeowner held him at gun-
point for allegedly trying to
break into his home.
Ryan Shaunn Unverzagt,
42, is being held in Deschutes
County jail
on suspicion
of attempted
burglary, sec-
ond-degree
criminal mis-
chief and car-
rying a con-
Unverzagt
cealed knife.
A home-
owner called 911 at 8:57 a.m.
Thursday and reported some-
one had attempted to break
into his house in the 300 block
of SE Roosevelt Avenue in
Bend.
The homeowner said he
was awakened by the sound
of someone breaking out his
kitchen window. Outside,
he found a stranger, Unver-
zagt, looking in the bed of
the homeowner’s truck. The
homeowner held Unverzagt at
gunpoint until police arrived
and arrested him.
Man arrested after car
crashes into gas station
A 62-year-old Seattle man
was arrested early Thursday
morning after allegedly crash-
ing into the Union 76 Gas Fast
Market in Bend.
Tad C. Fore was arrested by
citation on suspicion of driving
under the influence of intox-
icants, criminal mischief and
reckless endangering. He was
cited for possession of meth-
amphetamine, driving while
suspended and not having in-
surance.
Fore was traveling south in
a red Pontiac Sunfire on NE
Third Street through Bend
before crashing into the gas
station near the Bend River
Promenade, according to
Bend Police.
Officers responded at
5:33 a.m. and found substan-
tial damage to the gas station,
which had customers and em-
ployees inside at the time of the
crash. Nobody was injured.
Fore was the only occupant
in the car and sustained minor
injuries. He declined medical
assistance at the scene.
len items were allegedly found
in his apartment, police said.
Both are charged with three
counts of first-degree theft
and one each of second-degree
theft and conspiracy.
Larrea was arraigned on
Tuesday in Deschutes County
Circuit Court and has been re-
leased from Deschutes County
jail. His next court date is
March 23.
Dawson is scheduled to be
arraigned Thursday afternoon.
He remains a jail inmate.
COCC’s Nonviolence series
ends with themed events
Larrea
Dawson
Pair arrested in string
of retail thefts
Two Bend men were ar-
rested this week on suspicion
of stealing from at least four
local retailers after police dis-
covered a storage unit allegedly
filled with stolen merchandise.
Nicholas Arthur Dawson,
24, and Francisco Noe Larrea,
50, were caught after a Bend
Police officer spotted Dawson
driving a red Ford Expedition
on Feb. 15 and allegedly found
stolen items in the vehicle, ac-
cording to a Bend Police state-
ment.
The officer had responded
to a theft in January at Sports-
man’s Warehouse and viewed
surveillance footage showing
two suspects leave in a red
SUV.
Officers searched a storage
unit associated with Dawson
and allegedly found a cache of
stolen goods, police said. More
than $6,300 was returned to
the victimized stores, including
Bi-Mart, Fred Meyer, Walmart
and Sportsman’s Warehouse.
Larrea was identified in the
investigation, and multiple sto-
This year’s annual Season
of Nonviolence lecture series
hosted by Central Oregon
Community College will con-
clude in the next two weeks
with virtual events about the
#MeToo movement and Native
Americans.
On March 1 and 2, COCC
will screen the documentary
film “Nevertheless,” about
workplace and school-based
sexual harassment, accord-
ing to a college press release.
To register for the screenings,
email odi@cocc.edu. The film
will be available to watch at any
time on both days.
At noon on March 8, a dis-
cussion titled “Building Power
and Change for Native Peo-
ple,” about strategies to combat
misconceptions about Native
Americans, will be hosted by
Savannah Romero, the release
stated. Romero is a member of
the Eastern Shoshone Nation,
and a representative of Illumi-
Native, a nonprofit dedicated
to changing how Americans
talk about and with Native
Americans.
Register for Romero’s discus-
sion by visiting cocc.edu/sea-
sonofnonviolence.
Biden revokes Trump
orders on ‘anarchist’ cities
BY AAMER MADHANI
Associated Press
President Joe Biden on
Wednesday formally revoked
a series of presidential orders
and memorandum signed
by Donald Trump, including
one that sought to cut funding
from several cities the 45th
president deemed “anarchist”
havens .
Since taking office last
month, Biden has revoked
dozens of Trump orders and
issued dozens more of his
own as he’s sought to tar-
get foundational aspects of
Trump’s legacy and promote
aspects of his own agenda
without going through Con-
gress.
Trump issued a memo-
randum in September that
sought to identify municipal
governments that permit “an-
archy, violence and destruc-
tion in American cities.” The
memorandum followed riots
during anti-police and an-
ti-racism protests over George
Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis
police. The Justice Depart-
ment identified New York
City, Portland and Seattle as
three cities that could have
federal funding slashed.
Those cities in turn filed
a lawsuit to invalidate the
designation and fight off the
Trump administration’s efforts
to withhold federal dollars.
Seattle city attorney Pete
Holmes welcomed the Biden
revocation, saying he was
“glad to have this nonsense
cleared from the decks.”
Man ID’d as suspect through
DNA analysis indicted in attack
The Associated Press
PORTLAND — A man
has been indicted on charges
related to the attack and kid-
napping of a person in down-
town Portland after the man
was identified as the suspect
by DNA analysis, prosecutors
said.
The Oregonian reported
Timothy Harris, 27, was in-
dicted this week on charges
of sodomy, attempted rape,
kidnapping, unlawful use of
a weapon and two counts of
assault, according to Mult-
nomah County District Attor-
ney Mike Schmidt.
The district attorney’s of-
fice said the attack happened
July 5, 2016. Investigators re-
sponded to the scene and tried
to locate the assailant soon af-
ter the attack but were unable
to do so, prosecutors said.
Last month, Harris was
identified as the suspect by
DNA analysis.
He is currently in custody
in King County, Washing-
ton, but prosecutors said they
would seek his extradition to
Oregon and he would be ar-
raigned once he returned to
the state.
It wasn’t known if Harris
has a lawyer to comment on
the case.
— Bulletin wire reports
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