In celebration of “Giving Tuesday,” and recognizing that many Oregon families and communities are struggling this holiday season, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is reminding Oregonians to make careful and informed decisions when donating to charities.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is accepting public comments on a proposed change to the Oregon Administrative Rule guiding reservations for Oregon state parks. The proposed changes would affect transaction fees and the reservation window. The unprecedented process of closing all parks and canceling reservations in response to COVID-19 exposed a
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A federal judge has found the city of Portland in contempt of his order that limited the use of less-lethal impact munitions during protests.
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Our skies will stay mostly clear Tuesday night, with lows in the teens to low 20s.
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced new legislation Tuesday to incentivize utility companies to do more to reduce wildfire risks as aging power infrastructure ignite wildfires in Oregon and across the West.
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Sisters fifth-graders cannot return to in-person learning until at least Jan. 11 — and if Deschutes County’s COVID-19 case numbers don’t improve, younger students may soon have to return to distance learning, Superintendent Curt Scholl said Tuesday.
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Conditions are already superb at Mt. Bachelor, with a 40-inch base as of Dec. 1.
But there are no skiers or snowboarders yet.
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COVID-19 has claimed a record 24 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 936, along with 1,233 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.
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Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday released her recommended budget and policy agenda for the 2021-23 biennium, which she said focuses on the key challenges facing Oregonians: the public health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, recovery from the devastating 2020 wildfire season, and taking steps to end systemic racism and address racial disparities in Oregon.
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Even with the recovery of the economy, there is still a need for support of local food banks and charities, and The Salvation Army is no different.
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A Bend man was sentenced Tuesday to 21 months in federal prison for crafting a hoax bomb and phoning in a threat to blow up the Deschutes County Courthouse in July of last year, U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams said.
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Federal officials say climate change, beetles and a deadly fungus are imperiling the long-term survival of a high-elevation pine tree that’s a key source of food for some threatened grizzly bears.
Continue ReadingBend’s string of warmer-than-normal months continued in November, but the drier-than normal period was snapped by a much rainier month than usual, the National Weather Service said Tuesday.
Continue ReadingMost resorts need more snow before they can open.
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High pressure over the Pacific NW will deliver plenty of sunshine for the next couple days, but a chilly air flow will keep us on the cold side.
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Participants in a recent downtown Bend protest against Gov. Kate Brown’s two-week “freeze” won’t be charged with violating her order related to wearing masks, as they were exercising their First Amendment rights, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Tuesday.
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The Family Access Network has received a $30,000 grant from Central Oregon Health Council from their 2020 Central Oregon Community Health Projects grant cycle.
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The Deschutes County Circuit Court is among the first in Oregon to implement an improved, online system for prospective jurors to respond to a summons and communicate with the court.
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