February 2020

Kids Mini-PPP Artwork Contest winner announced

February 26, 2020 7:59 pm KTVZ News Partners

Highland Elementary fifth-grader Piper Abrams wins, and gets her artwork on this year’s T-shirts.

Oregon legislative limbo lingers, threatening bills of both parties

February 26, 2020 7:17 pm KTVZ

Pressure continued to rise and the House and Senate chambers remained empty Wednesday at the Oregon Capitol, one day after most House Republicans joined their Senate colleagues in a walkout protest against the cap and trade bill.

More sun and warmth

February 26, 2020 6:41 pm KTVZ

The sky will stay mostly clear Wednesday night.

‘Invention Convention’ fills Miller Elementary with big ideas

February 26, 2020 6:18 pm KTVZ

More than 200 young problem-solvers were displaying their ideas at Wednesday’s Invention Convention at Bend’s Miller Elementary School, and Greater Bend Rotary members served as judges.

President Trump puts VP Pence in charge of coronavirus response

February 26, 2020 6:16 pm CNN Newsource

President Donald Trump on Wednesday placed Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the US government response to the novel coronavirus, amid growing criticism of the White House’s handling of the outbreak.

No new snow for now

February 26, 2020 5:54 pm KTVZ

No snow is expected until Friday night.

La Pine home’s wood shake roof fire stopped fast — again

February 26, 2020 5:22 pm KTVZ News Partners

La Pine firefighters quickly doused a fire on a wood shake roof on Wednesday, at the same home where they stopped a similar roof fire nearly eight years ago, an official said.

Deschutes County to remove about 50 hazard trees near Sunriver

February 26, 2020 4:26 pm KTVZ News Partners

Starting this week and continuing sporadically throughout April, the Deschutes County Road Department will remove approximately 50 hazard trees along two roadway corridors near Sunriver.

Bend microbrewery equipment co. owner facing federal fraud charges

February 26, 2020 3:47 pm KTVZ News Partners

A Bend man appeared in Eugene federal court Wednesday on a seven-count indictment charging him with using his microbrewery equipment company to defraud customers of more than $800,000.

Kasner murder trial begins in shooting death of neighbor

February 26, 2020 1:08 pm KTVZ, Barney Lerten

The grim details of a woman allegedly gunning down her neighbor, shooting a dog and threatening other neighbors with the gun one winter day in a quiet, rural neighborhood north of Bend were laid out in court Wednesday as the murder trial of Joanna Kasner got underway.

Summit basketball star Jacob Tompkins setting records

February 26, 2020 11:57 am KTVZ

A senior on the Summit High School basketball team has not exactly been shooting for lots of school records, but he’s been knocking them down anyway.

$250M homelessness tax measure on Portland-area May ballot

February 26, 2020 11:27 am The Associated Press

Metro, the regional government for the three counties in the Portland metropolitan area, has voted to place a ballot measure before voters this May that would raise $250 million for homeless services in the region.

Gov. Brown announces stopgap funding for Pendleton levee repair

February 26, 2020 11:21 am KTVZ News Partners

Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday $1.8 million in stopgap funding for levee repairs in Pendleton through an emergency no-interest, no-payment, medium-term loan from a state agency’s special public works fund.

Sisters City Council talks short-term rentals, new DCSO contract

February 26, 2020 11:15 am KTVZ

The Sisters City Council held a workshop Wednesday evening to discuss the year-old short-term rental regulations, and also discussed its new contract with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.

Demographics drive GOP nosedive on West Coast

February 26, 2020 10:37 am The Associated Press

Deschutes County has, for the first time in memory, more registered Democrats than Republicans, a sign of how demographic shifts and the GOP’s tack further to the right are helping push the party into a nosedive along the West Coast.

Wyden co-sponsors bill to stop border wall funding ‘raid’

February 26, 2020 10:20 am KTVZ News Partners

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Wednesday he is co-sponsoring legislation that would reverse what he called “the Trump administration’s short-sighted and dangerous transfer of $3.8 billion to build part of Donald Trump’s ineffective border wall.”

‘Jackpot’ burning resumes on Ochoco National Forest

February 26, 2020 10:05 am KTVZ News Partners

Fire managers on the Ochoco National Forest plan to ignite juniper jackpots on 150 acres northeast of Post, starting Wednesday and possibly continuing through Friday.