A study of outpatient visits to health care providers in the U.S. during a one-year period suggests 18 percent of antibiotic prescriptions were written without a documented reason for doing so.
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Our special Holiday Lights feature is back for another season of fun, beautiful scenes at homes around the region. Submit a photo of your display in our Holiday Lights Contest, which you can find under the Play tab!
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The holidays are commonly known as the most wonderful time of the year. Mail carriers, though, call it the busiest time of the year. In Central Oregon, they said they face unique problems, and keeping your package safe from thieves presents a challenge of its own.
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Central Oregon Locavore, a non-profit in Bend, announced Wednesday it has launched a sponsorship program called Adopt a Farmer to continue supporting local farmers.
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Despite plenty of openings, The High Desert’s job market can be quite competitive, especially when someone’s looking for a job that requires certain qualifications.
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Madras voters will decide in May on a proposed 5% prepared food and beverage tax, to help fund road work.
Continue ReadingMeadows saw 3 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours. Timberline added 5 new inches of snow, and Bachelor added 2 new inches. More snow is expected to fall in the Cascades in the coming days. Hoodoo and Willamette Pass have no new snow to report and are both still closed.
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While we may not be seeing snow here in Central Oregon, the Cascades are set to see some heavy snow in the next few days.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — The Internal Revenue Service reminds retirees born before July 1, 1949, that they usually must take distributions from their retirement plans by Dec. 31. The payments, called required minimum distributions (RMDs), are normally made by the end of the year. Those who turned 70½ in 2019 are allowed to wait until April
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The arrival of colder weather and holiday activities in December provides opportunities to keep your homes and family fire-safe, so everyone can have memorable times when decorating and entertaining.
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Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced Wednesday legislation to improve services for older youth aging out of the foster care system.
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An international team co-led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher has uncovered a better way to scrub carbon dioxide from smokestack emissions, which could be a key to mitigating global climate change.
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Wyden: Trump, Republicans ‘broke every promise to middle-class families’ Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Senator Bob Casey, D-Penn., on Wednesday highlighted Republicans’ betrayal of middle-class families ahead of the two-year anniversary of their tax giveaway for
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In an effort to help address the shortage of workforce housing in Central Oregon, Mid Oregon Credit Union said Wednesday it has introduced a new loan program to encourage the development of new affordable rental housing.
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Thousands of gray whales are migrating south through Oregon’s waters later this month, and the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department invites visitors to the coast for the annual Winter Whale Watch Week Dec. 27-31.
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If Oregon DMV receives notice that your car is totaled or substantially altered after Jan. 1, you will be able to keep the plates and registration on the vehicle or transfer them to another vehicle.
Continue ReadingHere’s your Local Alert Weather snow report for Wednesday
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The Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) and the Coraggio Group invite you to provide input on the future of postsecondary education and training in Oregon through a short online survey.
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The Oregon Emergency Communications (E911) tax rate will increase from $.75 cents to $1, beginning Jan. 1. This is the first increase to the E911 tax since 1995.
Continue ReadingFormer prisoner helps them leave ’emotional cage’ MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — When people get sent to prison, you don’t often hear them talk about who they want to forgive. A former inmate is meeting with others still behind those walls and bars, encouraging them to talk about things they’ve never shared, and find a sense of
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