Month: May 2017

SALEM, Ore. – There will be a Free Fishing Weekend in Oregon on June 3-4 – making it the perfect weekend to take a friend or family…

NEHALEM, Ore. (AP) – A Western snowy plover chick has hatched on a beach at Nehalem Bay State Park, the first hatchling spotted there since the…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – The University of Oregon again will ask a state commission to approve a double-digit tuition increase for in-state…

The Deschutes National Forest and Hoodoo Recreation plan to have more than 50 campgrounds open by Thursday, in time for Memorial Day weekend. Hoodoo…

Between mountain bikers, hikers, runners, walkers, horses and dogs, there are many modes of transportation being used on Central Oregon trails, which…

Climate change is a controversial topic, in Central Oregon and elsewhere, and was the focus of a presentation at COCC in Bend on Tuesday evening.…

Here are the results of Tuesday’s KTVZ.COM Poll, in which we asked whether you believe some trails in Central Oregon should be only for biking…

(Update: Corrections, additions to narrative) A Warm Springs woman speeding away from a suspected northwest Redmond drug house in a stolen car…

Sitting around a campfire is one of the special times we all enjoy, but campfires are also a major cause of wildfires. May is Wildfire Awareness…

The city of Bend Utility Department is offering free irrigation sprinkler inspections once again this year through the Sprinkler Inspection Program.…

The Family Access Network (FAN) is the recipient of a $10,000 grant from The Clabough Foundation to support critical FAN advocate services in…

(Update: Evacuation still in place, fire at 40 acres) LEAVENWORTH, Wash. (AP) – Evacuation orders are still in effect in as crews battle a…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Authorities have suspended the search for a 25-year-old swimmer who did not resurface while swimming with friends in the…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a woman died after the boat she was on crashed into a pylon on the Columbia River. The Multnomah County…

The Oregon State Parks Foundation announced Tuesday that its online silent auction of 30 campsites at the Crooked River Campground in the Cove…

Following the success of the school-based outreach pilot program Be College Ready, State Treasurer Tobias Read announced that the Oregon College…

(Update with vice principal comments) A fire of suspicious origin broke out in the baseball field dugouts at Madras High School early Tuesday…

The terrorist attack at a concert that rocked Manchester on Monday night is prompting the U.S. government to consider beefing up homeland security.…

The Deschutes Land Trust announced Tuesday that it had received a gift of $30,000 for its Campaign for Whychus Creek from Deschutes Brewery. The gift…

As temperatures rise in advance of the Memorial Day weekend, the Oregon Health Authority is launching its 2017 beach monitoring season to keep people…