Month: October 2019

By now you may have heard of the Getty Fire, which broke out Monday morning in Los Angeles and is just one of several ongoing fires in California. It’s the one affecting some higher-income areas of LA, even causing basketball superstar LeBron James to evacuate his home. Wildfires are usually named after a nearby street,

Weather anchor, NewsChannel 21 Working in Bend had been a goal of mine since I was in college. As a child, I quickly fell in love with Central Oregon and its outdoor playground while camping, fishing and paddling along the Deschutes River with my family. My dad is a former Zigzag Hot Shot. My mom is a

Every time Stephanie Stauer hears about a red flag warning, her anxiety spikes off the charts. In 2017, the home in Santa Rosa, California, where she lived with her husband and two children was destroyed by the Tubbs Fire. In June, they moved into a new house, built on the same ground where their previous

Click here for updates on this story     Hawaii (KITV) — Despite a recent New York Post article stating the Big Apple is exporting homeless to the Aloha State, the Institute for Human Services (IHS) says their facts were manipulated. The article reads, “From the tropical shores of Honolulu and Puerto Rico, to the badlands of

Reporter/producer, NewsChannel 21 I truly believe taking prudent risks is the best way to grow and achieve success. Living by those words has led me to Central Oregon, where it seems taking such risks and embarking on adventures is embedded in the culture. How fitting! I joined the talented team at NewsChannel 21 in September

Meteorologist, NewsChannel 21 My husband and I have been long-time high school sweethearts, and we have two children. I was born in Oregon, but we’ve lived all over the world. We continue to come back to the Pacific Northwest, as we love all it has to offer, from the coast to the mountains. In the

Producer/reporter/anchor, NewsChannel 21 Bend is my hometown! I grew up in Central Oregon, and I am so excited to anchor, report and produce the news for the community that helped me grow into a young adult. I’m currently co-anchoring NewsChannel 21 at Sunrise with Mike Allen and working alongside Chief Meteorologist Bob Shaw. Communications, reading and

When the House votes Thursday on formal procedures governing its impeachment inquiry, the administration will no longer have a reason to argue that the impeachment inquiry is invalid without a full vote and that the proceedings are unfairly secretive and one-sided. This argument was already on shaky footing. The Constitution gives the House “sole power

A taco truck company is in the middle of a controversy after serving workers at an immigration detention center in upstate New York, then apologizing for it. Buffalo-based Lloyd parked one of its trucks at the Buffalo Federal Detention Center in Batavia and served lunch for workers there last Wednesday. It did not take long

One man is a refugee-turned-American-soldier, a decorated lieutenant colonel who holds a Purple Heart from his duty in Iraq — where he was injured by a roadside bomb — and a master’s degree from Harvard. After working in US embassies in Kiev and Moscow, he now sits on the National Security Council, and writes eloquently

It was a study in contrasts. Over the weekend, at the Second Step Presidential Justice Forum hosted at the historically black Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, a black student asked Bernie Sanders how he’d advise him if he were his son and stopped by the police. “I would do my best to identify who

Teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg was awarded the 2019 Nordic Council Environment Prize, but she won’t be accepting it. Thunberg said on Instagram on Tuesday that she received the award but declined to accept it because “the climate movement does not need any more awards.” The 16-year-old also called on Nordic countries to take

More than 50 health and advocacy groups are sending a clear message in letters to US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and first lady Melania Trump: Stick with the plan that was announced last month that would require e-cigarette companies to take their flavored products off the market, including mint and menthol. According