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DCSO adds second ‘Blue Line Safety Zone,’ in Sisters

March 10, 2020 2:46 pm Barney Lerten

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is now offering the Blue Line Safety Zone in Sisters, a clearly marked and well-lit location to use for various…

DCSO offers free mandatory boater education classes

March 10, 2020 2:33 pm KTVZ News Partners

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit is pleased to announce the return of our free Mandatory Boater Education training classes, as…

Detours coming to SE 15th Street, Knott Road in Bend

March 10, 2020 1:35 pm KTVZ News Partners

Construction of a new roundabout at the intersection of Knott Road and 15th Street in Southeast Bend begins next Monday and will close the…

Smoke in elevator prompts St. Charles Heart and Lung Center evacuation

March 10, 2020 1:01 pm Barney Lerten

A smoking rubber belt in an elevator at the St. Charles Bend Heart and Lung Center Tuesday morning prompted a “Code Red” fire alarm and brief…

First Multnomah County COVID-19 case brings state tally to 15

March 10, 2020 12:35 pm KTVZ News Partners

The Oregon Health Authority announced Tuesday Multnomah County’s first presumptive positive case of COVID-19. The new case brings Oregon’s total…

Gov. Brown takes sweeping action to cut global warming

March 10, 2020 12:20 pm The Associated Press

In an end run around Republican legislators, Oregon’s Democratic governor ordered the state on Tuesday to lower greenhouse gas emissions,…

KPOV gets podcast grant from Deschutes Cultural Coalition

March 10, 2020 12:01 pm KTVZ News Partners

Central Oregon nonprofit community radio station, KPOV High Desert Community Radio, 88.9 FM, was awarded a $500 grant from Deschutes Cultural…

Bend restaurants take steps to ease COVID-19 concerns; shoppers stockpiling

March 10, 2020 11:32 am KTVZ

Some restaurants in Bend are taking a financial hit because fewer people are eating out, largely out of fear of catching COVID-19, and some are…

C.O. jobs report: Slower growth, still tight job market

March 10, 2020 11:18 am KTVZ News Partners

Revised 2019 Central Oregon employment data shows the region’s job growth was notably slower than first estimated, though unemployment rates remain…

Bend Fire explains Tumalo operations after concern voiced over response time

March 10, 2020 10:58 am KTVZ

Following an out-of-control field burn in Tumalo last week that spread to about three acres, a community member expressed concern about how long it…

Bend man, 3 teens arrested in thefts from vehicles, including handgun

March 10, 2020 10:20 am Barney Lerten

A report of vehicle break-ins in southeast Bend early Tuesday morning led to a traffic stop and arrest of 21-year-old Bend man, as well as the arrest…