In this week’s “Clear the Shelters” feature, NewsChannel 21’s Jessie Foster looks at how older animals, often overlooked, are in need of a new, loving home and can make wonderful pets. Donations amid COVID-19 also are crucial.
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As thunderstorms move out of the area we will be left with cooler temperatures and higher winds.
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NBA star LeBron James says the league won’t miss Donald Trump’s viewership after the US President criticized players for kneeling during the national anthem. Following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, NBA players have been vocal in their calls for social justice and, as the season resumed last week, every player knelt during
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The Oregon Employment Department announced Wednesday they met their FOCUS PUA goal of processing 70,000 remaining initial Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims Tuesday, several days ahead of the Saturday deadline it had set for itself.
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A rope-and-raft rescue effort helped two young, stranded rafters off a rock on the Deschutes River below the Sunrise Village neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, Bend Fire & Rescue officials said.
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Fred Meyer is offering more ways to save on back-to-school essentials during its first Teachers and Honorary Teachers savings event this fall.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Oregon school students and younger children still are faced with undiagnosed vision issues that can be best discovered through high quality school vision screenings. The Lions of Oregon are as focused as ever in their efforts to help young people read better and do better in school
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Amid a poaching crisis heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oregon Zoo in Portland and the Uganda Wildlife Authority have announced a new partnership to protect the rare Rothschild’s giraffe.
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The Crook County Sheriff’s Office will be joining other law enforcement agencies around the state and country in a national high-visibility DUII enforcement event from August 16 to Sept. 3.
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After issuing an administrative order discouraging travel to Bend through Labor Day, the city late Wednesday issued new operating regulations for short-term rentals and lodging properties, since Bend continues to be a destination for tourism and vacation travel.
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The Crook County Fair begins Thursday in Prineville, and like so many things in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, things will look quite a bit different this year.
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Thunderstorms moved through the High Desert late Wednesday afternoon and evening, bringing hail in La Pine, the first significant rain for much of Bend in over a month – and lightning that sparked numerous fires and has crews rushing to catch them small.
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The next virtual meeting is August 19th
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Local author journeys with “Rufus” into the fiction world.
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200 people will be allowed in to see and hear “Songs for a New World”
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COVID-19 has changed a lot of the sights, sounds and activities of everyday life, and has made one somewhat unnerving sight more common: Empty grocery store shelves.
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Under partly cloudy skies we’ll see the chance for thunderstorms taper off as we get closer to midnight.
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A month after announcing that state inspectors would conduct weekend spot checks in bars, restaurants, breweries, tasting rooms, and other establishments that serve alcohol, to enforce state face covering and physical distancing requirements, Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday thanked Oregonians and the vast majority of business owners who have helped to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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Beginning Monday, the Deschutes National Forest plans to close Forest Service Road 2066-600, which provides access to Dark Lake and Camp Tamarack, to provide for public safety while contractors conduct tree removal work as part of the Suttle Lake Vegetation Management Project.
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The Oregon School Activities Association shifted its traditional fall sports season contests to begin in March under a new 2020-21 school activities calendar approved by the association’s Executive Board on Wednesday.
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