Homeless Leadership Coalition sets online forum on winter shelter needs
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Homeless Leadership Coalition and its community partners are sponsoring a community forum on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. to…
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Another warm day!
The air flow pattern is setting up to deliver another three or four days of hot…
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Oregon scientists team up to use big data to address societal challenges
Data scientists from Oregon’s three largest universities have received a $1.4 million National Science Foundation grant to help fellow scientists…
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Every Child’s My NeighbOR initiative to help foster youth, families expands
Every Child’s My NeighbOR, a statewide initiative that launched in March to help meet the pressing needs of foster families and youth in foster…
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Experienced Wash. climber killed in 600-foot fall from glacier on Mount Jefferson
Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday identified an experienced climber from Kennewick, Wash., who slipped and fell hundreds of feet to…
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US Attorney: Feds will stay in Portland until attacks end
Federal militarized officers will remain in Portland until attacks on the U.S. courthouse cease, a top official said Monday after another night of…
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New campaign aims to help Central Oregonians find more locally grown food
The High Desert Food and Farm Alliance announced Monday that it’s launching a research-based marketing campaign designed to help Central Oregonians…
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Bend transportation plan incorporates equity
It could set the transportation picture for the next 20 years in…
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Deschutes County OKs Smith Rock-area parking restrictions
Deschutes County commissioners voted Monday to follow through on parking restrictions near Smith Rock State Park. The decision now puts a no parking…
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Elk Lake Resort employee tests positive for COVID-19, prompts temporary closure
An employee at Elk Lake Resort has tested positive for COVID-19. As a precaution, owners closed the resort Sunday…
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State Marine Board drafting rules for limited no-wake motorboats at Twin Lakes
The Oregon State Marine Board has directed staff to draft rules that would let boaters with disabilities use motorized boats, at slow no-wake speeds,…
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Red Flag Warning in place
A Red Flag Warning is in place through Tuesday at 10 p.m. due to the possibility of scattered thunderstorms across much of Central and Eastern…
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Sisters businesses weigh in on COVID-19 summer
The summer has been a struggle for businesses that rely on tourists. NewsChannel 21 spoke with some Sisters businesses Monday about how things are…
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Oregon reports 340 new COVID-19 cases, 21 in C. Oregon; no new deaths
The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from Sunday and remains at 289, along with 340 new cases, including 21 in Central Oregon, the…
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COCC program receives $100K clothing donation from Banana Republic
A major gift of clothing from Bend’s Banana Republic store to Central Oregon Community College, worth more than $100,000 in retail value and…
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ODOT Region 4 construction update: Week of July 20-24
Here is the ODOT Region 4 construction update for the week of July…
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Bend restaurant customer faces bias charge in confrontation with delivery driver
A Bend man who allegedly confronted and harassed a DoorDash delivery driver picking up food at an Old Mill restaurant nearly a month ago was charged…
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American drops daily RDM-LAX flight, but adding second flight to Phoenix
With the travel industry still in upheaval due to COVID-19, the Redmond Municipal Airport is losing its American Airlines daily flight to Los…
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Discover Your Forest ends retail operations on C.O. forests for 2020
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Local nonprofit Discover Your Forest will not be operating retail programs on the Deschutes and Ochoco national forests for the…
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Range fire burns 350 acres southwest of Ashwood in Jefferson County
A rangeland fire that broke out late Sunday afternoon has burned about 350 acres southwest of Ashwood in Jefferson County, officials…
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