 KENNEWICK, Wash. (KTVZ) — In observance of National Safe Digging Month in April, Cascade Natural Gas has announced results from a recent national survey. The results revealed that 36 percent of homeowners who plan to dig this year for projects like landscaping, installing a fence or mailbox, or building a deck, pond or patio, will put themselves
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The Oregon Employment Department on Friday began issuing added $600 weekly coronavirus payments to eligible jobless Oregonians.
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The state of Oregon received a shipment of personal protective equipment Friday from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), replenishing the state’s stockpiles of critically needed N95 masks and other PPE.
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The Bend Park and Recreation District has canceled spring recreation programs but will open summer recreation program registration on April 20.
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An exchange of gunfire with law enforcement killed the suspect and wounded an officer north of Klamath Falls late Friday afternoon, Klamath County District Attorney Eve Costello said.
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The Office of State Fire Marshal is extending by two weeks a temporary rules change that allows Oregon gas stations to provide self-service on a voluntary basis, in order to address shortages of workers experienced by gas retailers statewide.
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Mossy is a beautiful 4-year-old tortoiseshell cat who would do best in a quiet home where she can get lots of loving attention, and she’s waiting at the Humane Society of Central Oregon.
Continue ReadingInstead, she will review each case and situation individually SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued the following statement Friday on calls for the early release of adults in custody in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: “My top priority is keeping Oregonians safe and healthy — regardless of where they are living —
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Scientists say a dry forest now could mean big wildfires later this summer.
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Creation Church in Bend will have a drive-in Easter Sunday service, in the field beside Solid Rock Community Church on Brosterhous Road. Following state health guidelines, they’ll watch from their cars and be able to listen to the live service on their car radios.
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Eastmont School in Bend had a different kind of Easter parade for its students on Friday.
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Saturday morning will include a few clouds, but they will clear and we will see a sunny, breezy day.
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COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 48, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
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Several Central Oregon high schools have come up with a way to show all students and faculty, and especially the senior class, that, while they may be gone from campus, they are not forgotten. You could call it ‘Friday Night Lights.’
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NewsChannel 21’s Jordan Williams spoke with Cassondra and Shelly Carper, the two behind the signs. The daughter and mother are finding unique ways to help their community, from making masks to creating a teddy bear hunt in their neighborhood. Now, the two are hanging up encouraging signs around town. Right now the two have hung
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It’s the first time Bend’s Tin Pan Theater is offering movies to rent online and watch from home. NewsChannel 21’s Jordan Williams spoke Friday with the BendFilm director, the man behind the project for the Tin Pan Theater. He said the theater will continue the online rental program even when the theater is reopened.
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Police are looking for other possible victims or suspects after a Bend 18-year-old was arrested on theft, ID theft and other charges, accused of using a credit card stolen from an unlocked car in northwest Bend to make several fraudulent purchases.
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Bend Garbage/Republic Services and Cascade Disposal/Waste Management are temporarily suspending the collection of curbside glass within the city of Bend until at least May 15
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Beginning Monday and through the month of May, the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and Crooked River National Grassland will allow people to collect some special forest products for personal use without having to obtain a free use permit from Forest Service offices.
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The Bend City Council meets next Wednesday evening, largely in a virtual setting to ensure physical distancing, to take up new limits on short-term rentals, with code enforcement for violators, and an extended, expanded emergency declaration.
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