Month: July 2019

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area has announced bans on smoking, building fires and other activities on National…

The Bend Police Department will be assigning multiple additional officers to focused patrols on Saturday evening in the downtown area, officials…

(Update; Both vehicles total losses; probable cause determined) A flatbed tow truck towing a vehicle caught fire and brought firefighters to Highway…

Are you looking to make a difference in the lives of local children? SMART (Start Making A Reader Today®) is recruiting leadership volunteers to…

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with Reps. Joseph Morelle (D-NY-25) and John Katko (R-NY-24), introduced Wednesday the bipartisan, bicameral Summer…

Mountain View High School’s Agricultural Sciences and Technology Program – which includes animal science, metals and fabrication, plant…

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — County officials in southern Oregon are asking the federal government to reject a Canadian company’s bid to build a…

As canning season gets underway, the Food Preservation hotline from Oregon State University Extension Service starts taking calls July 15. The…

The Alcohol and Tobacco Reward and Reminder Program is an incentive-based program where minors (17-20 years old)–under adult…

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Wednesday pressed Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie to not repeat the same mistakes…

Chendra, a 26-year-old Asian elephant at the Oregon Zoo, is pregnant and expected to deliver another member of Portland’s elephant family in…

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has authorized killing some members of a wolf pack that are preying on cattle in…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge is expected to throw out the 2011 aggravated murder conviction of the only woman on Oregon’s death row for the…

Chemical engineering researchers at Oregon State University have developed a vegetable oil-based adhesive that could provide an eco-friendly option…

Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone… A storm system moving slowly to the NNE will allow our skies to go through some very gradual clearing today.…

(Update: Details on Madras woman, sister who died) Two sisters — a Portland woman battling terminal lung cancer and the Madras woman who…

Deschutes County commissioners addressed a variety of topics at their annual State of the County address Tuesday evening. The Bend Chamber event…

(Update: Motorist who saw alert on KTVZ Facebook page finds missing man) An 86-year-old Sisters-area man who was reported missing Thursday, prompting…

When a piece of commercial land went up for sale on Northeast Third Street in Bend, Les Schwab Tire Center saw an opportunity to relocate its…

The city of Bend and the Climate Action Steering Committee are inviting Bend residents to learn about the Community Climate Action Plan…