Oregon jobless benefit payments quadruple, but many still waiting
During the week of April 5-11, the Oregon Employment Department more than quadrupled jobless benefits paid, to $97 million.
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Merkley, Wyden announce child care development block grants
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Thursday that Oregon will receive nearly $38.6 million in Child Care and Development Block Grant funding to help support families’ child care needs and child care providers throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
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City of Bend offers businesses water, sewer bill assistance
The Bend City Council Wednesday night approved COVID-19 Crisis Assistance Program – water and sewer bill relief funds to help businesses struggling financially due to lost income from Governor Brown’s “Stay At Home” order.
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Like yesterday; maybe warmer
As low pressure moves south through California and a little high pressure builds into the pacific NW, we will see sunny skies and warmer temperatures.
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United Way awards $28K in grants from COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In this time of crisis, our United Way in Central Oregon continues to demonstrate its leadership in rapid fundraising and quick turnaround, dispersing emergency funding locally to where it has the greatest impact on the most need. With a deep and longstanding familiarity of local agencies serving Central Oregon’s most vulnerable,
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C.O. couple writes free virtual quest
Denise Faddis and her husband Shane co-wrote and created a free virtual quest game, ‘Secrets of El Mirador,’ similar to an escape room.
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Bend High seniors gather for unique prom photo shoot
Prom is an event that many high school students look forward to from the day they become a freshman. But no one could have predicted the coronavirus and how it’s shut down schools, effectively canceling prom this year.
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Salmon advocates see hope in plan to remove 4 Klamath dams
Advocates for salmon hope the timeline holds for dam removal on the Klamath River, saying it’s a race against time to make sure some salmon species don’t go extinct.
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Bend councilors turn down COVID-19 limits on short-term rentals
Bend city councilors, meeting Wednesday night by video conference, turned down a proposal to impose strict limits on short-term rentals with a possible $750-a-day penalty,
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Another average day ahead
Our skies will begin to clear up Wednesday night with lows in the upper 20s to low 30s.
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OSU’s Veterinary Diagnostic Lab teams up with private lab to test for COVID-19
The Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Oregon State University is teaming up with the private Corvallis-based WVT Laboratory to increase novel coronavirus testing for medical providers in Oregon and beyond.
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Late-start classes extend spring term options at COCC
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — While Central Oregon Community College’s spring term is currently underway, the college is offering a lineup of late-start courses, condensed in format, that are designed to extend more academic opportunities to laid-off workers, high school seniors, university students at home and others during the pandemic. The online courses begin May 11, with an admission deadline
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Communities raise $10K for info on poached bighorn ram
Oregonians have come together to raise additional funds to bring the total reward to $10,000 for information leading to charges involving a bighorn ram that was shot illegally Jan. 26 on the Wenaha Wildlife Area in northeast Oregon.
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Mt. Bachelor issuing 2020-21 vouchers to pass-holders
Mt. Bachelor announced Wednesday that as part of a multi-faceted effort, 2019/20 season and multi-day pass-holders will be issued a voucher that can be applied to any 2020/21 season or multi-day pass product.
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C.O. COVID-19 impact: One-way trail, takeout food safety, more
Here’s Wednesday’s update from the Central Oregon Emergency Information Network:
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St. Charles adds new scrubs exchange program
Dr. Jeff Absalon said Wednesday all four of the St. Charles hospital locations started providing scrubs at the request of its caregivers. He said using the hospital-issued scrubs is not required, but it helps ease staff’s concerns about spreading COVID-19.
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Bend Ronald McDonald House opens door to medical workers
With families of pediatric patients unable to move in, the Ronald McDonald House of Bend has opened its doors to front-line medical workers.
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Oregon officials enforce social distancing amid fishing season
Angling season kicks off April 22 and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has closed all recreational hunting and fishing to non-residents to limit travel amid COVID- 19 restrictions.
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Update on Bend Core Area Project
The Bend Core Area spans from 1st to 4th Streets and from Revere to Franklin Avenues. Tonight, city planners are giving city counselors an overview and discussing tax increment financing.
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ODFW: Oregon’s wolf population count rises 15 percent in 2019
State wildlife biologists counted 158 wolves in Oregon this past winter, a 15 percent increase over last year’s count of 137, according to the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management 2019 Annual Report released Wednesday.
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