Some businesses in Bend are participating in a campaign that aims to show solidarity and inclusivity with LGBTQIA+, transgender, black and indigenous communities, and with people of color.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Two local students have received scholarships from Central Oregon Mastersingers to continue their education and scholarly pursuits in music. Maria Kramer and Eponine Bell earned the scholarship awards based on their years of performance with Mastersingers and their commitment to creating joy through music. (centraloregonmastersingers.com) Maria Kramer, 20, attends COCC and
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Senators Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley welcome Senate passage Wednesday of legislation to provide permanent, full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, address a major maintenance backlog in national parks, on federal lands.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., has begun the process for nominating young Oregonians to the U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy for an appointment to the Class of 2025. “It’s a privilege to be able to help students who are
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Authorities say a man drove his car into a crowd of protesters early Wednesday morning in downtown Portland, injuring three people, and was arrested.
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In a letter sent Tuesday to the chief executive officers of Google and Apple, Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum led a coalition of 39 attorneys general to call upon the two companies to ensure that any contact tracing and exposure notification apps related to COVID-19 adequately protect consumers’ personal information. The bipartisan letter was led by the attorneys
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – The lives of honeybees are shortened – with evidence of physiological stress – when they are exposed to the suggested application rates of two commercially available and widely used pesticides, according to new Oregon State University research. In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, honeybee researchers in OSU’s College of Agricultural
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Monday, the City of Redmond Public Works, Department, in partnership with BNSF Railway, will initiate substantial maintenance activities on SE Veterans Way at the railroad crossing east of US Highway 97. Work includes improvements of the rail crossing, and a complete asphalt grind and new asphalt inlay of 364 lineal feet
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Daytime temperatures will begin to warm into the low 70s on Wednesday and lows will be back to average.
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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Tuesday he is co-sponsoring legislation that would ensure whistleblower protections for people who expose misuse of government funds intended to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Some Bend-area businesses are struggling to obtain enough products due to manufacturing plant closures and reductions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As they try to meet customers’ needs and desires, they are hoping sales and inventory balance out by the end of summer.
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T-Mobile resolved cellphone outages Monday night, but not before thousands of customers were affected, including some in Central Oregon.
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Two Central Oregon lawmakers preparing for next week’s special session called by Gov. Kate Brown discussed their priorities Tuesday with NewsChannel 21 and their intentions on producing results.
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A Bend man says three of his children were hospitalized after mistaking a toxic plant for wild onion and consuming it. Now, he wants to warn others of the potentially deadly plant.
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Oregon Health & Science University is working on a new approach to studying the spread of COVID-19 after health-care experts from the state’s communities of color raised concerns that the original project’s design was flawed by racial biases.
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Regal Cinemas in Bend will reopen on July 10, with some modifications. Among other changes, theater capacity will be cut by 50% in order to spread people out and provide physical distancing.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — An electronic road construction sign in Bend was changed to read ‘Black Lives Matter’ on Farewell Drive, near Awbrey Butte. Viewers sent NewsChannel 21 pictures of the sign. The city of Bend told us they programmed it Monday to advise drivers of an upcoming chip-seal project. Within 24 hours, an anonymous
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A Portland man whose body was found by ATV riders east of Bend on Sunday apparently became separated from his mountain bike and walked for several miles until he collapsed and died of exposure, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday.
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Seven Peaks School said Tuesday it is offering an unprecedented number of scholarships for new families in Central Oregon. The recently founded New Family Scholarship Program will offer 10 scholarships of up to 85% to new families who apply before June 30.
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Good morning and happy Wednesday, Central Oregon! Mostly clear skies are expected today, with forecast highs getting back into the 70s for about half of us. That includes Redmond, Prineville, Madras and Warm Springs. Forecast lows for today will be in the mid to low 40s across the board. Today through Friday afternoon, mostly clear
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