BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Ben & Jerry’s is throwing its annual Free Cone Day celebration on Tuesday, April 16, but this time the ice cream maker is including a call to action. While any day free ice cream is involved is a win, the Ben & Jerry’s team behind the annual fan appreciation event, now well past its 40th year, are
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(Update: adding video comments from local TikTokkers) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Reps. Cliff Bentz and Lori Chavez-DeRemer voted with the strong House majority Wednesday to require that the popular social media app TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, be required to sell the app to a U.S. company or that the app be banned from being
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Responding to a U.S. government audit, Boeing said Tuesday that it would work with employees found to have violated company manufacturing procedures to make sure they understand instructions for their jobs. The aircraft maker detailed its latest steps to correct lapses in quality in a memo to employees from
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In a quick search on Realtor.com, it was revealed that there are over 900 available houses in the Bend area up for sale. According to Zillow.com, the average price of an Oregon home is about $480,000.
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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (KTVZ) — A combination of factors including high inflation, workforce shortages and escalating expenses continue to squeeze the operating margins of Oregon hospitals, their association said Tuesday, underscoring the urgency of implementing policy solutions to ensure they can continue to support their communities. New data released this week by Apprise Health Insights
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — David Rosen, Bend local and founder of the personal injury law firm High Desert Law, steps into service as the 2024 president of the Oregon State Bar, making him just the third OSB president from Central Oregon in the history of the bar. Rosen said in a news release that he
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CHICAGO (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have risen 7.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.88/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 34.4 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 1.5 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. According
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The recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare has had significant impacts on much of the nation’s health care system, including on the High Desert.
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing jetliner blowout that left a gaping hole on an Alaska Airlines plane this January, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Citing documents and people familiar with the matter, the newspaper said investigators have contacted
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — After being rocked by years of quality and safety issues, Boeing is changing the bonus formula it uses to pay more than 100,000 nonunion employees. Instead of basing most of white-collar employees’ bonuses on financial results, bonuses will now be based mostly on safety and quality metrics.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A warm-cold, up-and-down winter has made for a cooling trend on Bend home sale prices, which dropped in February for the fifth straight month, while Redmond’s median price has stayed fairly stable since last summer, the monthly report by Redmond’s Beacon Appraisal Group says. The Bend median same price last month
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PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — A jury in Oregon has ordered PacifiCorp to pay more than $42 million to 10 victims of devastating wildfires on Labor Day 2020 — the latest verdict in litigation that is expected to see the electric utility on the hook for billions in damages. Last June, a jury found PacifiCorp liable
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — In January, Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment dropped by 4,900 jobs, following a revised gain of 1,900 jobs in December, the Oregon Employment Department reported Tuesday. In a rare start-of-year occurrence, Central Oregon’s jobless rates also were released Tuesday, and while the January winter weather contributed to a reduced workforce,
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — To mark National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Monday released the Oregon Department of Justice’s list of 2023’s top 10 consumer complaints. The Attorney General’s Consumer Hotline fielded 11,631 phone calls and 9,076 written complaints. And for the fourth year in a row, auto sales and repairs, imposter scams and
Continue ReadingOn Jan. 5, 2024, Kyle Rinker and his girlfriend boarded an Alaska Airlines flight to Ontario, California. They’d taken this particular flight several times before, and were expecting to land about two hours later.
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Site preparation, including blasting and grading, is under way six days a week at the site of the new Costco on Bend’s north end, and construction is expected to begin in early May, with the new store expected to open by late August, a company official told residents last week.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) –Gov. Tina Kotek announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has determined that losses during the 2023 crop year due to multiple weather events in nine counties across the state warrant a Secretarial natural disaster designation. This determination was made in response to a September 2023 request from Governor Kotek that outlined the
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Documents obtained by NewsChannel 21 show the state Department of Human Services has administered a 90-day ‘stop work order’ for Juniper Canyon Living. It means the Redmond behavioral and mental health treatment facility is unable to take in new residents.
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HOUSTON (KTVZ) — Avelo Airlines announced Friday it is partnering with Seattle-based Vortex Control Technologies (VCT) to install fuel and emissions-reducing Finlets on the airline’s fleet of Boeing Next-Generation (NG) 737 jetliners. VCT’s Finlets, which are mounted on the aircraft’s aft fuselage, are setting a new standard in operational efficiency for Avelo and other carriers
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SAN FRANCISCO (KTVZ) — In 2023, union members accounted for 14.1 percent of wage and salary workers in Oregon, compared with 15.5 percent in 2022, the ninth-highest rate in the nation, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the union membership rate for the state was at its
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