Month: July 2018

(Update: Ben Lane Fire at 320 acres, 40 percent contained) A new, wind-fanned wildfire quickly spread across about 320 acres in Warm Springs late…

On November 15, The Environmental Center will present its sixth Sustainability Awards, honoring businesses, organizations and individuals that are…

As canning season gets underway, the Food Preservation hotline from Oregon State University Extension Service started taking calls Monday. The…

Three new members have recently been added to the board of directors for Healthy Beginnings, a Central Oregon nonprofit that provides free health…

While the $150 million winning Powerball ticket was claimed last week, there are several other Powerball prizes that have gone unclaimed. More than…

A national crisis line for older adults, called the Friendship Line, will become more available in the Central Oregon area. The hotline has existed…

There’s a movement calling for Instagram users to change the way they post photos of the outdoors. At issue is something called geotagging.…

Happy Monday evening, everyone! Tonight we’ll see mostly clear skies after the scattered thunderstorms wind down. Most of the thunderstorm…

Here are the results of Friday’s KTVZ.COM poll, asking what your favorite way to watch movies at home is: What’s your favorite way to…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland man who ignited a pipe bomb in a Fred Meyer store has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison.…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – A series of lightning storms ignited dozens of wildfires in southwestern Oregon. The Rogue River-Siskiyou National…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says a small dog attacked in Portland last week was likely bitten by a coyote,…

There’s a new yoga studio in Central Oregon, and it’s not what you would expect. It has bars on the windows, guards in the corner and…

(Update: Missing man found safe in Calif.) A missing Sunriver man was found safe and well in California and will be returning home soon, police said…

Several Oregon metropolitan areas posted increases in the number of auto thefts in 2017, while others saw declines — including the Bend-Redmond…

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife plans to use electronic licensing system that will allow hunters and anglers to…

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – Rare butterfly caterpillars have returned to the slopes of Saddle Mountain in the Oregon Coast Range. The Daily Astorian…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – The Eugene Police Department’s “bait bike” program has led to some recent arrests, but officials say the…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An organization that builds and maintains off-leash dog parks in southwestern Washington state says it could be forced to…

Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have learned the mechanisms behind a means of improved ignition, helping to open…