PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Public Schools has set a tentative Sept. 14 start date for the 2020-21 academic year. However, The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the state’s largest district will only have students attend in-person classes two days per week, if at all. And students and families should be ready to go online beginning Sept. 2,
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Firefighters assisted by a helicopter and bulldozer Tuesday stopped and contained a day-old wildfire on the Ochoco National Forest that burned about a dozen acres.
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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a 26-year-old man was struck and killed by a rolling log in southwest Oregon. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Josephine County Sheriff’s Office responded just before 11 a.m. Sunday to a remote area West of Picket Creek, where they found Cody Anderson dead. Officers say Anderson had been hit “by
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Deschutes County health officials have reported the first death of a county resident due to COVID-19, a 63-year-old man who died Tuesday at St. Charles Bend, one day after being admitted with symptoms.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Construction season is in full swing, and most everyone knows that when you see orange barrels, cones or signs, you’re coming up on a work zone and you need to slow down. But not everyone knows about our Move Over law. In Oregon, you must move over to a non-adjacent lane –
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Some southeast Bend residents say cut-through traffic on Fifth Street has made it dangerous for those who live there, especially children. They say they want the city to add speed bumps, a stop sign, and more speed limit signs.
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COVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon — the highest daily count in 2 1/2 months — raising the state’s death toll to 244, along with 380 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday feature focuses on building a digital defense against hiring scam frauds. Millions of people have lost their jobs in the last few months – and if you aren’t one of them, you probably know someone who is. Whether you are just starting out or
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BURNS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bureau of Land Management will hold an online wild horse and burro adoption event July 14-21, featuring 19 horses from southeast Oregon. The adoption will be coordinated through the agency’s wild horse and burro adoption and sales website at https://on.doi.gov/2fSrzJi. Interested parties should first visit this website to learn more about
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Sisters Folk Festival will offer two outdoor summer camps for middle school-aged students this summer: August 10-14 and August 17-21. These week-long day camps will explore creativity, musical discovery, art and creative writing, taught by professional artists and educators. The all-day camps will be held outside on the lawn at Sisters
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Officials say the Wedge wolf pack in northeast Washington has attacked seven more cattle, bringing the number of depredations by the pack to nearly a dozen since May 11. The Capital Press reports the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife investigated and confirmed the depredations Saturday at a private ranch, a
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Oregon’s unemployment rate fell to 11.2 percent last month as the state has now regained nearly one-third of the jobs lost when the COVID-19 pandemic impacts hit, the state Employment Department reported Tuesday.
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Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday they are looking for a driver who got out and assaulted a traffic flagger working on a house-moving project east of Bend late Monday night.
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A high pressure center off the California coast will set us up with a very fair air flow that will bring a string of warm days to us.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams said Monday that a Texas man has been charged with assaulting a U.S. Marshals Service deputy with a construction hammer during weekend protests at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in downtown Portland. Jacob Michael Gaines, 23, a Texas man currently residing in a recreational vehicle
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Two La Pine men were cited Saturday evening on disorderly conduct and other charges after a Bend man taking part in a downtown demonstration exchanged words with a pickup truck passenger, pursued the pickup by bicycle and was struck by the passenger’s opening door, then had a handgun pointed at him by the driver, police said.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Health Leadership Council and Oregon Health Authority on Monday released Better Health for Oregonians: Opportunities to Reduce Low-Value Care, a new report that seeks to lower the cost of health care by partnering with the medical community to identify low-value services. The report defines low-value care as medical treatments, tests
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Oregon would have the highest tax on a pack of cigarettes on the West Coast if a ballot measure passes in November. Anti-smoking advocates are hoping increasing the tax by $2 from its current rate of $1.33 will get more smokers to consider quitting.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The following is a collaborative message from the Central Oregon Food Collective to our communities: To the Central Oregon community members who have shown up over the past few months and supported local growers at a rate we haven’t seen before, we thank you. You have driven increased sales, you have
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Comet Neowise has been putting on a show as it comes into view over the High Desert, and many of you have been sharing photos of its visit to our part of the galaxy.
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