As directed earlier this week in a 4-3 city council vote, the city of Bend on Friday issued an administrative order discouraging travel to Bend that will last through Sept. 7.
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A tree fell across power lines, and a downed line sparked a quarter-acre brush fire east of Sisters on Friday morning, officials said. Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District crews who responded around 8:30 a.m. to the reported fire on Riata Court found a power line arcing on the ground, Fire Chief Roger
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Light breezes for our Saturday with winds out of the northwest 10 mph. Temperatures will be similar to Friday in the mid to upper 80s.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State University – Cascades will host a three-day diversity, equity and inclusion workshop for business leaders and community members interested in furthering their knowledge of social equality. OSU-Cascades business instructor Erika McCalpine will lead the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Intensive workshop. It will be offered via Zoom from 9 a.m. to 3
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An employee of The Blacksmith Restaurant has tested positive for COVID-19, so the Bend restaurant will remain closed until all other workers are cleared by testing, the business announced Friday.
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COVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 254, along with 307 new cases, 19 of them in Central Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
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For the last eight years, Arnie Blumenthal and his yellow Labrador, Dewey, have been traveling the country, seeing the sights in their RV.
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Thanks to a more than doubling of state funding, NeighborImpact announced Friday it’s launching a major expansion of its Head Start program for the 2020-21 school year. NeighborImpact’s total slots will increase 43 percent, from 445 to 638 children.
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A Salem man was killed Friday morning in the crash of a helicopter that was working in a Christmas tree field in rural Marion County, sheriff’s deputies said.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — As Video Lottery retailers across Oregon work to strike an appropriate balance between business operations and public health, the Oregon Lottery this week highlighted some of the unique stresses impacting both retail staff and players — offering common-sense tips to help retailers cope. “Caring for Yourself and Your Customers During COVID,”
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NEW YORK (KTVZ) — The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America has named Pilar Elaine Carson of Bend, Oregon, the first-place winner of its national 2020 Teens for Alzheimer’s Awareness College Scholarship Essay Contest and awarded her a $5,000 college scholarship. Pilar, a 17-year-old Summit High School graduate, was chosen from approximately 2,000 entries nationwide for her
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is Deschutes County’s weekly road construction update for the week of July 19-25: Sisemore Road Bridge Rehabilitation Project (Tumalo Area) – Concrete repair work will continue at the Sisemore Road Bridge.Closure Information – Sisemore Road is closed at the bridge site and is expected to remain closed until September 30, 2020. Road users
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Gunner is deaf, so his sister Kiowa helps him out, and they make a wonderful pair, waiting at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center for a new home.
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Happy Friday, Central Oregon! After topping out at 93 degrees Thursday, we will be dipping below average, with forecast highs expected in the high 70s and low 80s. Sustained northwesterly winds will be between 8-13 mph, with some gusts reaching 18 mph. Lows will be in the mid to high 40s on Friday. Then, Saturday
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Thursday that Oregon will receive more than $16 million in grants to support health care providers that have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The funding will target small and rural hospitals, as well as certain acute care hospitals. The funding is being distributed by the
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Thursday joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats to unveil a major new legislative proposal to invest $350 billion in Black communities and other communities of color. Wyden said he and his colleagues’ plan would make a significant federal commitment to communities of color through 10
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SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — Most can agree that a virtual event is not as good as a live event, but when faced with the decision to either cancel the 24th Annual Pacific Crest Endurance Sports Festival or offer a virtual option, Sherri McMillan, Race Director and owner of Why Racing Events explains that “it was
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The head of the Department of Homeland Security visited Portland on Thursday, just hours after issuing a scathing statement that called the protesters who have taken to the streets every night for nearly two months “violent anarchists” and a “violent mob” that have kept the liberal Northwest city under siege.
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A bystander helped fire crews put out a quarter-acre brush fire that broke out northwest of Redmond Thursday afternoon, officials said.
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Please disregard the goofy narration.
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