C.O. police receive 100s of illegal fireworks complaints over the Fourth weekend
With many illegal fireworks taking flight or sending loud booms across Central Oregon neighborhoods over the past weekend, some enjoyed the show…
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US signs order for first West Coast gas-export terminal
The Trump administration on Monday formally authorized exports from a proposed Coos Bay, Oregon natural gas terminal, the first on the U.S. West…
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Oregon DMV upgrades computer system, offers Real ID, other new online services
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon DMV said it completed a multi-year project to replace its computer systems on Monday, providing new online services,…
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Household hazardous waste events set for La Pine, Redmond, Sisters
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — This summer, Deschutes County’s Department of Solid Waste is hosting special one-day collection events in La Pine, Redmond and…
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Oregon Zoo set to reopen, with safety measures in place
After closing for nearly four months to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the Oregon Zoo plans to reopen this week, welcoming back visitors for the…
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ODOT Region 4 weekly construction update: Week of July 6
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Region 4 weekly construction update for the week of July 6. The Oregon…
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Another nice day
A weak low pressure center off the Washington coast may send a cloud or two in our direction today, but it will not spoil a nice, sunny day.…
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Prineville protesters want police chief out
A Black Lives Matter protest took place in Prineville on Sunday, this time calling for the resignation or dismissal of Police Chief Dale Cummins over…
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Sisters Farmers Market adds online ordering, curbside pickup
The Sisters Farmers Market is among a growing number around Oregon that are now offering online ordering and curbside…
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SW Bend residents help douse small brush fire
Southwest Bend residents used, water, extinguishers and rakes to tackle a small brushfire off Brookswood Boulevard Sunday morning before police and…
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Prineville Fourth of July fire damages home, outbuilding
A fire burned intensely near Meadow Lakes Golf Course Saturday night, damaging a home, outbuilding and power pole, at a time when the city’s Fourth…
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Cigarette butts spark 2-acre wildfire east of Bend, investigators say
A wind-fanned brush fire off Highway 20 east of Bend late Sunday afternoon, stopped at about two acres by firefighters from several agencies, was…
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Police: 7 men arrested after yelling racial slurs at Black family in Lincoln City
Seven men were arrested after police say they taunted a Black family by yelling racial slurs and using Nazi salutes during a Fourth of July incident…
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Good Samaritans rescue Bend man from Deschutes River
Good Samaritans, assisted by police and fire crews, rescued a Bend man who tried to swim across the Deschutes River near the Bill Healy Bridge on…
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Mostly clear conditions expected most of the week
Happy Monday, Central Oregon! Hope you had a safe and happy holiday weekend. We are expecting to be mostly clear on the High Desert for the next…
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Bend teen on life support after Alfalfa ATV crash; family to donate organs
A 14-year-old Bend High School freshman badly injured in an ATV rollover crash on the Fourth of July was on life support at St. Charles Bend Monday…
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Paulina Lake Fire reaches 30% containment
A new wildfire broke out and quickly put up a billowing smoke column Sunday afternoon near Paulina Lake Road in the La Pine area, burning nearly 50…
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Oregon reports two more COVID-19 deaths, 301 new cases; 10 in Central Oregon
COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 215, along with 301 new cases that push the total past 10,000, the…
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Portland police declare riot, arrest more than a dozen; several officers injured
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police say more than a dozen people were arrested early Sunday after throwing fireworks and mortars as they clashed…
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BPRD summer camp leader tests positive for COVID-19; 7 youth self-quarantine
The leader of a small summer camp at Bend Park & Recreation District’s Juniper Swim and Fitness Center tested positive for COVID-19 late last month,…
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