Month: June 2017

Many things will look different on Oregon highways in the days before the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse. And it’s not just because things will be…

The noise and bright lights of fireworks delight humans, but can terrify our companion animals. The week surrounding the 4 th of July is the Humane…

(Update: Mugshot, more details on arrested Redmond man) A Redmond man wanted on an outstanding warrant was arrested Friday, accused of fleeing police…

The Deschutes National Forest announced Friday it will close the Cultus Lake boat launch starting at 10 p.m. next Wednesday, to the chagrin of some…

(Update with details of crash, names of victims) An Idaho man was killed and two other people were seriously injured Friday morning in a head-on…

(Update: Burnout wrapping up, grows fire to 406 acres) Firefighters were finishing burnout operations Friday on the now 406-acre Sheep Springs Fire…

Here are the results of Thursday’s KTVZ.COM Poll about legislation to bar drivers from holding their cellphones: Should state law bar drivers…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon department responsible for approving insurance rates says some will likely change in 2018 from 1.6 percent down to…

A health advisory for high levels of blue-green algae and the toxins they produce was issued Friday for parts of Lake Billy Chinook, located about 12…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Lawmakers sent legislation requiring railroads to develop safety plans for oil spills back to a legislative committee…

(Update: Comments from a resident, Redmond police) The Oregon Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved House Bill 2597, a measure that will forbid…

(Update: More from ODOT on new system) The Oregon Department of Transportation has unveiled new technology to track drivers in real time in Central…

A federal judge in Portland sentenced a brother and sister to two years in prison for their roles in long-running schemes to promote prostitution at…

At its monthly meeting Thursday, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission took action to repeal draft tap labeling restrictions and dropped a ban on…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – Details of a new, $43.7 billion budget for the next two years that would increase spending for public schools, mental…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A man who robbed a medical marijuana grow operation at gunpoint has been sentenced by an Oregon judge to almost 17 years in…

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a jail inmate died in a hospital west of Portland Wednesday after deputies found him unresponsive in his…

This year’s 4 th of July Pilot Butte public fireworks display will commence at approximately 10 pm on Tuesday, July 4 th , 2017. In…

Roads in downtown Bend are due for maintenance, and the city is about to begin repaving Wall and Bond streets. Crews will work at night from 7:30…

A fire burned an area no bigger than a house Thursday afternoon on a small hillside northeast of Bend, on BLM land off McGrath Road. But the small…