Month: March 2019

The city of Bend’s south Mirror Pond parking lot will undergo construction, starting this month, to improve deteriorating parking lot…

A bipartisan bill authored by current and former foster youth received a public hearing Tuesday before the Oregon Senate Human Services Committee.…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Gov. Kate Brown is urging Oregon lawmakers to pass a measure that would pay for prepaid postage on mail-in ballots. Oregon…

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., urged the Trump administration Tuesday to take additional steps to help prevent the spread…

The Oregon Senate on Tuesday honored one of the state’s Holocaust survivors for sharing his life story and his experiences during the Holocaust…

Employment rose across Central Oregon in January, compared with the same time last year, yet unemployment levels are essentially unchanged from a…

Drug agents conducted a guns-drawn traffic stop at a busy northeast Bend intersection Monday afternoon and arrested two of four men in a car on drug…

Redmond is joining the Central Oregon school districts extending their school year a couple of days to make up some of the time lost to closures due…

Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone… A strong flow from the west and SW will deliver heavy rain to the valley and snow to the cascades while Central…

Bend La Pine Schools held a public forum Monday afternoon to introduce to the public the four finalist candidates for principal of the new Bend high…

The food truck business is booming in Deschutes County. As NewsChannel 21 learned, the growing new dining experience has county health officials…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A man has been arrested on suspicion of intentionally setting more than 20 fires in downtown Portland in recent days.…

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., released the following statement after conducting an oversight visit Monday morning to the Homestead child detention…

The Redmond Proficiency Academy announced Monday that the public charter school will be adding two days to its school calendar to increase…

Happy Monday evening, everyone! A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY is in place for the west slopes of the Cascades through noon Tuesday for snowfall on the…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – There’s a new leader in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race after the dogs on musher Nicolas Petit’s team…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement Monday on the Trump administration’s budget proposal to Congress: “Trump’s…

The Oregon Senate voted Monday to give foster youth an additional tool to help make themselves self-supporting as they transition into adulthood.…

The Oregon Senate voted Monday to prioritize students over those who claim gambling losses on their Oregon taxes. Senate Bill 212 – which…

The Oregon Department of Human Services celebrates National Social Work Month in March to highlight the important work of child welfare staff in the…