A ‘Black Lives Matter’ protest was held Sunday evening in front of the Crook County Courthouse in Prineville, one of numerous such events across the country following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
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Sunday was the second day of OSU-Cascades students going door to door in 30 randomly chosen Bend neighborhood for a TRACE-COVID-19 testing project that began in Corvallis a few weeks ago. They were working to collect 650 voluntary samples to help determine the prevalence of the virus among those who have no symptoms. Students said
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A National Weather Service meteorologist visited Culver Sunday to look for evidence of a possible tornado after severe winds Saturday caused major damage over a wide area.
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Pacific Power crews have been at work repairing extensive damage since a destructive, fast-hitting windstorm slashed along the eastern slopes of the Cascades Saturday afternoon.
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After a wild weather weekend, our conditions in Central Oregon will look a lot different on Monday. To recap some of the activity from Saturday, the National Weather Service was on scene in Culver to determine if a tornado is responsible for the damage in that area. Based on what they’ve found so far, they
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Jefferson County Undersheriff Marc Heckathorn issued an update late Sunday afternoon of information related to the severe storm that caused significant damage over much of the county on Saturday,
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Today, amid COVID-19 connections with family, friends, and neighbors is as important as ever. The Redmond Senior Center is stepping up by launching Virtual Connections, a service aimed to create a new way for seniors to connect while quarantined. In addition to addressing feelings of isolation, Virtual Connections provides opportunities to
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Saturday’s intense thunderstorms also hit the region with hundreds of lightning strikes, some of which sparked new, small wildfires tackled by crews.
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Gov. Kate Brown said Sunday she has fired the director of the Oregon Employment Department, which has been under fire in recent months due to its inability to clear a massive backlog of COVID-19-related unemployment benefit claims.
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A long-time Deschutes County Jail deputy was arrested Saturday night on charges of assaulting his 15-year-old stepson during an argument and has been placed on administrative leave, officials said Sunday.
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The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from Saturday and remains at 153, along with 58 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday.
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Oregonians are getting back outdoors, just in time to encounter newborn fawns, elk calves and other young wildlife in the wild, or even in their backyard. This is the time of year when deer fawns are born — and there is a chance you will come upon one that’s all alone.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics approved a grant of $15,000 made possible through the generosity of Direct Relief. This funding will support the VIM charitable pharmacy prescriptions-by-mail program, in addition to staff salaries to keep the clinic functioning and to keep volunteer providers active. One week into VIM’s Telehealth program,
Continue ReadingWeekly Road and Traffic Report For the Week of June 1–7: Slurry seal street preservation work is set to begin this week. Several residential roads will see one-day closures in Bend. This week you can expect to see crews on the northwest, northeast and southeast sides of Bend. To see if your street will be affected,
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City of Redmond road closures can be viewed on the Redmond Area Street Closures, Events and Delays Map and ODOT TripCheck. **NEW CLOSURES: SW Black Butte Ave at SW 5th St, SW 6th St – Traffic signal replacement on Tuesday, June 2. The City and ODOT will be installing new traffic signal controllers at SW Black Butte Ave at SW 5th St and SW
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Oregon State Police and the state’s police chiefs and sheriffs have issued a joint statement condemning Minneapolis police treatment of George Floyd that led to his death and has sparked protests and unrest across the nation.
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Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Bend Saturday for a rally in protest of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, one of many such protests held around the country.
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From severe thunderstorms to strong winds and golf-ball (or larger) sized hail, we saw a little bit of everything here on the High Desert on Saturday. Wind gusts clocked in at up to 85 miles an hour in parts of Jefferson County, while parts of Deschutes and Crook counties saw 2-inch hail mixed in with
Continue Reading COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 153, the Oregon Health Authority reported Saturday.
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Judy Pettit shared this video of the hail bouncing on her yard Saturday afternoon as severe thunderstorms ripped the region./
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