To support state and local measures directing people to stay home to save lives, as of Wednesday, all Deschutes National Forest campgrounds will be closed through May 8, or until such measures are lifted, officials announced.
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services issued a temporary emergency order Wednesday in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. It requires all insurance companies to extend grace periods for premium payments, postpone policy cancellations and non-renewals, and extend deadlines for reporting claims.
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Oregon’s seven public comprehensive universities and Oregon Health & Science University announced jointly Wednesday that none will require freshman applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores to be considered for admission, starting with fall term 2021.
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The current slow-moving storm is centered right over Portland this morning and it will deliver a variable cloud cover with a slight chance of scattered showers to the High Desert today.
Continue ReadingPrince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II’s son and the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus and is now self-isolating in Scotland, his office announced Wednesday.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes Land Trust announced Tuesday that it is immediately closing its preserves and all associated trails, trailheads and parking areas to the public. The closure is in response to the public health crisis and is meant to comply with the Governor’s Executive Order 20-12. The closure will continue until further
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Tuesday that Oregon will receive more than $3 million to help provide home-delivered and pre-packaged meals to low-income older adults, as communities are ordered to stay home and avoid social contact in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus. “The federal government must be
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would award nearly $1.9 million to 30 Community Health Centers in Oregon, including 10 in the Second District. This funding was allocated from the first COVID-19 emergency supplemental funding package Congress passed in early March. The funding builds on the additional nearly $7.8 million the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded the
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Under the governor’s Monday “Stay Home, Save Lives” executive order, only six Oregon DMV offices (including Bend) will be open by appointment only, and only for commercial driver knowledge tests and commercial driver license issuance, beginning Wednesday.
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A Bend eighth-grader and her mother are making washable masks to give away.
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As part of Gov. Kate Brown’s executive order, child care providers have been ordered to close unless they are providing emergency child care.
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Fred Meyer, Albertsons and Safeway are adding Plexiglas partitions at checkout registers, to better separate shoppers, as well as floor markings to keep people apart.
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Medical masks are in high demand but short supply in Central Oregon, like many places, so a group of outdoors businesses and others helping in a volunteer capacity are working to create masks for hospitals.
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A Bend tradition, the Vegetable Man, is open for business early this season to help the community in a time of need.
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Just take some precautions, and keep your distance from other duffers!
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Pinnacle Architecture employees and their children hope to collect more than 75 letters by Friday for residents and staff.
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An Uber driver who was attacked by a passenger in southwest Bend late Saturday night spoke with NewsChannel 21 on Tuesday, sharing the frightening details of what happened, and how she fended off her assailant with a stun gun, pepper spray and a baton.
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The USDA Forest Service is pausing all spring prescribed fire efforts on national forest lands across the states of Oregon and Washington, the agency announced Tuesday afternoon.
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Despite the stay-at-home and selected business closures order from Gov. Kate Brown, construction companies are permitted to continue building, as long as workers maintain strict social distancing guidelines, the Central Oregon Builders Association says.
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Bend Fire and Rescue are responding to a recent spike in escaped field burns due to unseasonably dry conditions and some irresponsible practices.
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