MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – One of the nation’s largest cellphone and network providers is giving a boost to the effort to redesign and turn the Madras Elementary Schoolyard into an inviting, accessible park for the entire community to enjoy during non-school hours. Bellevue, Wash.-based T-Mobile announced late last week that Madras is among its latest
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About 800 firefighters kept busy in Sunday’s cool, cloudy weather building and securing containment lines and conducting burnout operations on the Little Lava, Flat Top and Firestone fires, officials said.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest said Saturday it has updated and decreased the temporary emergency fire closure area on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District for the Bachelor Complex. The Bachelor Complex includes Little Lava Fire and Backside Fire as well as 30+ smaller fires within the area around Mt. Bachelor. Bachelor Complex
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GRESHAM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Plea deals have led to prison sentences of 7 ½ to 20 years for four men and a woman accused of the execution-style killing of a Bend man in Gresham in 2021, Gresham Police announced Friday. Here’s the police department’s announcement of resolution of the cases: On the evening of September
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Two power outages at the Redmond Municipal Airport late Friday night shut down the automated weather station incoming pilots depend on for required weather reports, leading to cancellation of three late-night arrivals and also affected departing flights Saturday morning, an official said.
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Continued progress on the Little Lava Fire led to some reduced evacuation levels for nearby residents and businesses on Friday, with Mt. Bachelor being placed in “normal” status, allowing fall operations to resume Saturday, a week after the lightning-sparked fire began.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – An SUV crashed into the Bend offices of Central Oregon Veterans Outreach along South Highway 97 Friday morning, but no one was in the area that was struck and no injuries were reported, officials said. The crash into a front window was reported shortly before 9 a.m. and prompted the city
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State lawmakers stopped in Bend Thursday as part of a statewide tour, visiting the Highway 97 project in northern Bend and nearby homeless camps before hearing from officials, businesses and the public on transportation priorities and how to resolve ODOT’s serious budget shortfall.
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The two candidates for Oregon Senate District 27, Democrat Anthony Broadman and Republican Michael Summers, clashed repeatedly in a contentious live debate on NewsChannel 21 Tuesday night, each seeking to paint the other as an extremist who won’t bring people together and serve Central Oregonians well in Salem.
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MEDFORD, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Water Resources Commission voted unanimously Thursday to adopt updates to Oregon’s groundwater allocation rules, “marking a historic step in how the state manages and allocates groundwater,” according to the agency and its supporters – while critics of the new rules said they will press for a better-balanced compromise. The adopted
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A Redmond baby who was born with a brain disorder that caused him to have seizures led to him undergoing surgery to remove half his brain. Since that surgery, he is making progress, much to his family’s relief and support.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest announced Thursday it has updated and enlarged two temporary emergency fire closure areas on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District due to the Bachelor Complex, Flat Top Fire and Firestone Fire. The Bachelor Complex includes the Little Lava Fire and Backside Fire, as well as 30+ smaller fires within
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Mt. Bachelor, which evacuated and halted fall operations when the Backside Fire arose west of the resort last weekend, will hold off until at least Saturday to reopen, continuing to review the firefighting situation on a daily basis, officials said Thursday.
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WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Museum at Warm Springs has received a FY 2025 Cultural Development grant for $25,899 from Oregon Cultural Trust. This September, Oregon Cultural Trust awarded a record $3.85 million to 148 Oregon cultural organizations. The Museum at Warm Springs is among six Central Oregon entities that has received funding. The
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After five days of the Little Lava Fire racing across 10,000 acres and advancing miles a day toward populated areas, evacuation zones are being held steady for now, but a favorable change in the weather has helped firefighters stop its forward progress, and that’s boosting hopes people won’t have to leave.
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The cooler, wetter weather has given firefighters on the previously fast-moving Little Lava Fire the upper hand, and that means downgraded or lifted evacuation levels for Sunriver and thousands of nearby homes in southern Deschutes County, emergency managers said Thursday.
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SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) – It was standing room only Wednesday night at Three Rivers Elementary School as hundreds of concerned residents were eager to learn more about the wildfire threatening to force evacuations, as well as fire safety, wildfire prevention and emergency response strategies. At Three Rivers School, the various agencies involved in the fight to
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A special gathering took place on a rainy Wednesday morning at the Bend Heroes Memorial to honor and remember the nearly 3,000 people who died 23 years ago in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. Fifty flags bearing their names were displayed on the Veterans Memorial Bridge along Newport Avenue, Isabella Warren reports. Also, a
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — After Tuesday night’s presidential debate, I hit the town for reaction. In the wake of the presidential debate, marked by fiery exchanges, policy clashes, and personal jabs, it has become the focal point of discussions across Central Oregon. Debate, reactions by voters, highlight deepening divides as the race for the presidency
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced bipartisan legislation on Tuesday to modernize and expand the tax credit used to maintain short line railroads in Oregon, Idaho and nationwide, such as the City of Prineville Railway. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, cosponsored the legislation. “Short line and regional
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