COVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 269, along with 299 new cases, including 15 in Central Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.
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In alignment with the U.S. Forest Service and Oregon Department of Forestry, Bend Fire & Rescue said it has updated the fire danger level to EXTREME Tuesday.
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The Oregon Health Authority announced Tuesday it has launched a COVID-19 test site locator to help Oregonians across the state find testing sites in their community.
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Central Oregon’s job picture improved markedly in June from a dismal spring, much like the rest of the state and nation, as COVID-19 reopenings grew in momentum — but many of the lost jobs have yet to return, a regional economist said Tuesday.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington and Girl Scouts of the USA announced Tuesday 24 new badges designed to help girls practice ambitious leadership in the crucial areas of automotive engineering, STEM career exploration, entrepreneurship and civics, many of which remain male-dominated. In a year of unprecedented global change, our
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to put many Americans in danger of falling behind on monthly rent payments, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined a group of colleagues urging the Trump Administration to enforce bans on housing evictions for the duration of the crisis.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – The global population of the critically endangered Chinese crested tern has more than doubled thanks to a historic, decade-long collaboration among Oregon State University researchers and scientists and conservationists in China, Taiwan and Japan. The project included OSU’s Dan Roby and Don Lyons and was led by Chen Shuihua of the
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday feature focuses on unemployment benefit scams. During this time of COVID-19, the FBI is seeing a spike in complaints from victims who are having their personally identifiable information (PII) stolen and used by criminal actors to file false unemployment claims. The criminals obtain the stolen
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Tuesday the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will receive a $269,000 federal grant to repair its main water line, where a major break has led to a boil-water order in the Agency area for several weeks.
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High pressure will continue to dictate hot, dry conditions for the High Desert today.
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The Warm Springs Tribal Council agreed Monday to shut down the tribal government until August 3 and took other steps to “flatten the curve” as the reservation’s COVID-19 case count rose to 133, up 55 so far this month.
Continue Reading Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, other Democrats introduce bill they said “would block the Trump administration from deploying federal forces as a shadowy paramilitary against Americans.”
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Two children suffered life-threatening injuries and several others were reported injured Monday afternoon when a man lost control of his jet ski at Foster Lake east of Sweet Home and it struck several people, authorities said.
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Firefighters continued to make good progress Monday and brought the Rosland Road Fire near La Pine to 60% containment as more hot, dry weather pushed the region’s fire danger to “extreme” levels.
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They claim an impending 41% increase in hangar rent is unfair.
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The fire started on BLM land near Redmond
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Central Oregon Cub Scouts are holding a shooting sports clinic this week at Redmond Rod & Gun Club, teaching BB and archery skills with distancing and other safety protocols.
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ODOT crews started removing the remains of a homeless camp near downtown Bend Monday. They gave people living on the property near Northeast Revere Avenue and the Bend Parkway 10 days to move.
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A new wildfire that broke out Monday in southern Oregon’s Douglas County has burned about 35 acres amid an air and ground attack, the Oregon Department of Forestry reported.
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Happy Tuesday, Central Oregon! With temperatures expected to remain warm, fire danger levels have been increased to Extreme. We should be topping out in the mid to high 90s once again, possibly 100 degrees for Warm Springs, along with northwesterly wind gusts possibly reaching 26 mph. On Wednesday, we should be in the 90s once
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