A fire that damaged a northwest Bend home Saturday morning was sparked by oily rags used in a deck-staining project that heated up after disposal in a trash can that was against a patio wall, investigators said.
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Two recreation homes and a cabin were lost and about a half-dozen outbuildings were destroyed by a wildfire that broke out west of Post in Crook County late Saturday afternoon, prompting evacuations and burning about 100 acres, officials said.
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Carrie Lea doesn’t want her mother’s COVID-19 death at Mt. Bachelor Memory Care to be just another sad statistic on a growing list, but for others to know a bit of her parents’ love story, unusual in some ways (a parting, then a reunion decades later), but in other ways very much a typical Bend story.
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COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 286, along with 408 new cases, including 29 in Central Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority reported Saturday.
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One Bend 16-year-old was cited and three others may face charges for trespassing at the construction site of the new Caldera High School in southeast Bend early Saturday morning, police reported.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Heat illness poses a serious threat to workers whenever they are not prepared for hot weather. As temperatures rise this – and every – summer, Oregon OSHA urges employers to focus on prevention. Prevention includes providing water, rest, and shade; gradually adapting workers to hot environments; and training employees to recognize
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here’s the city of Bend’s weekly road and traffic update for the week of July 27-August 2: For the Week of July 27 – August 2: NW Wall Street between NW Idaho Avenue and NW Georgia Avenue for the removal of a concrete staircase leading to street, single lane closure with
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here’s the city of Redmond’s planned road closures and delays update for the week of July 26-August 1: City of Redmond road closures can be viewed on the Redmond Area Street Closures, Events and Delays Map and ODOT TripCheck. **NEW CLOSURES: SW 31st St from SW Reservoir Dr to SW Volcano Way – Road closed for
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here’s Deschutes County’s weekly road construction update for the week of July 26-August 1: 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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A 6-year-old boy has died of injuries suffered when a jet ski struck him and another child earlier this week near the shore of a swimming area at Foster Lake, Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon said Friday as he revealed new details of the crash investigation.
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., this week joined Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Kamala Harris, D-Calif., to introduce a Senate resolution to declare racism a public health crisis.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration has announced a series of CARES Act grants for Oregon’s Second District, including in Bend, Pendleton, Enterprise, The Dalles, Medford and Klamath Falls. This funding is a result of the CARES Act, which Walden helped usher into law in March. “Today’s announcement is
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They make great pets, and they’re not really pigs.
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Mel Lawrence was hoping to be in Tokyo this week.
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Sheriff’s deputies will ticket illegal parkers near Harper Bridge
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An 84-year-old Eugene-area man reported missing and endangered early Friday was found and reunited with his family Friday night after concerned workers at a southeast Bend gas station called police to report an apparently confused man had been there for a few hours.
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Since COVID-19 hit, finding a public restroom in Bend’s downtown has become a challenge for some.
Continue ReadingA U.S. judge has denied an order sought by Oregon’s top law enforcement officer to restrict federal agents’ actions when they arrest people during protests in Portland.
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There are, as you’d expect, many changes to come for Oregon’s day care and early child care education centers, due to new safety regulations to protect staff and children from COVID-19.
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Pleasant conditions will repeat themselves Saturday and Saturday night.
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