Mostly clear and warm this week
Tuesday and Wednesday promises to be the warmest days of the week, with highs around 90 degrees.
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Remains found south of Bend identified; foul play not suspected, DCSO says
A man whose remains were found Monday morning by a woman walking her dog south of Bend has been identified as a 48-year-old transient, and foul play is not suspected, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday.
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Rimrock Trails Treatment Services receives $4,000 grant
Rimrock Trails Treatment Services said Monday it is grateful to receive $4,000 in grant funds from the Northwest Farm Credit Services Rural Community Grant Fund.
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Credit union to match $1,000 in donations to annual school supply drive
School may not look the same this fall, but one thing is certain: The needs of students and families will be greater than ever. That’s why Mid Oregon Credit Union has announced a change to its annual Supplies 4 Schools branch supply drive to benefit local schools.
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ODOT campaign spotlights dangers of running red lights
How many times have you run a red light… or seen someone do it? If you’re still alive, you’re lucky. Red light running is a significant cause of serious injury crashes in Oregon. Because it often results in T-bone crashes, red light running can cause debilitating brain injury and death. It is essential that every
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Sunriver is named Oregon’s first official ‘Dark Sky Place’
Sunriver has just become the first “Dark Sky Place” recognized in Oregon and one of only 130+ recognized worldwide to date.
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ODOT Region 4 weekly construction update: Week of August 3-7
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here’s the Oregon Department of Transportation’s weekly road construction project update for the week of August 3-7: The Oregon Department of Transportation is committed to providing a safe, efficient transportation system. ODOT invests in Oregon’s future through roadway improvement projects. The following projects are located in ODOT’s Region 4 encompassing Central Oregon from The Dalles
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New 27th Street-Butler Market-Empire roundabout partially opens next week
The new roundabout at 27th Street, Butler Market Road and the new Empire Avenue extension in northeast Bend will be partially opened to traffic on Tuesday, August 11, city officials say.
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Oregon reports 2 more COVID-19 deaths, 272 cases, 4 in C. Oregon
COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 328, along with 272 new cases, four in Central Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority reported Monday.
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St. Charles expands COVID-19 specimen collection locations
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – COVID-19 specimen collection will be available at six St. Charles clinics. The service began Monday. It will be available to any person with a physician’s lab order and no appointment is needed. The six collection sites, which will replace the drive-through testing currently offered at 2600 Neff Road, include: St. Charles
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It’s a boy! Oregon Zoo’s red panda cub gets his first vet check
Veterinarians and animal-care staff conducted their first examination of Mei Mei’s 6-week-old red panda cub at the Oregon Zoo on Monday, and answered a question that’s been on a lot of people’s minds: It’s a boy!
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200-acre Fir Mountain Fire south of Hood River prompts a few evacuations
Firefighters on the Fir Mountain Fire nine miles south of Hood River battled winds and humidity on Monday, similar to what they experienced Sunday. A few homes were evacuated and others were warned to be ready, in case the fire moves closer.
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Deschutes County officials set to finalize fall marijuana opt-out measure
Deschutes County commissioners on Monday afternoon reviewed a marijuana “opt-out” measure they are sending to the November ballot that would ban recreational marijuana-growing and processing operations in unincorporated areas of the county.
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$100K Facebook grant to grow Crook County schools’ career, tech ed programs
A new $100,000 grant from Facebook will expand Crook County schools’ career and technical education (CTE) programs.
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Despite a few stormy skies, Bend was bone-dry in July — hot, too
The Bend area did have some dark and stormy skies and a bit of moisture from them, but officially, not a drop of measurable precipitation was recorded in July, the National Weather Service in Pendleton reported Monday.
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NE Bend natural gas leak stopped after construction crews hit line, causing leak
A construction crew struck a two-inch natural gas line in northeast Bend on Monday morning, prompting street and lane closures in the Empire Avenue area, an official said.
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Sunny & mild
We are waking up to clear skies this morning and it looks like plenty of sunshine is in our forecast.
Continue ReadingBend Marine among 8 missing, presumed dead in training accident off Calif. coast
A 21-year-old Marine from Bend is one of seven Marines and a sailor missing and presumed dead after an amphibious assault vehicle sank off the Southern California coast during a training exercise, officials said Sunday.
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Terrebonne man’s family urges Highway 97 dividers after another deadly crash
The parents of a 21-year-old Terrebonne man killed in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 97 nearly a month ago are speaking out again after two people died in a crash this weekend not far from that location, calling for safety improvements on the stretch of road.
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Jack Hirsh
Multimedia Journalist/Producer/Weather Anchor, NewsChannel 21 My passion is storytelling, and I’m excited to tell the stories of Central Oregon with NewsChannel 21! I began my professional journalism career with KTVZ in July 2020. Bend is my first stop out of college after graduating in May 2020 from Penn State University (WE ARE!), where I double-majored
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