PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — After a break of clear skies for several days, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory Wednesday due to smoke from wildfires in Oregon, Idaho and California, expecting it to be in place until at least Friday. The following areas are affected: Crook County Deschutes County Grant
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Several new lightning-sparked wildfires the blew up in hot, windy and stormy weather around the region on Labor Day, two jumping the Lower Deschutes and John Day rivers, kept growing fast Tuesday, racing across thousands of acres and prompting more evacuations.
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Wilsonville man who reached for an unknown object left Cascade Avenue in downtown Sisters and hit two parked vehicles before his SUV flipped onto its side Tuesday afternoon, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies were dispatched around 1 p.m. to the crash on East Cascade Avenue between South Fire and
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Police went door-to-door in southwest Redmond Monday night and Tuesday, seeking witnesses or home-security videos after two citizens called to report hearing gunshots in the area and officers found a total of four shell casings in two locations.
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R.E. Jewell Elementary School in southeast Bend is celebrating a very special back-to-school time, as this year marks the school’s 50th anniversary.
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An $80,000 3D laser scanner is helping Bend police with investigations at major crime scenes, providing greater accuracy while freeing officers for other duties.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fire traced to the electrical failure of an extension cord heavily damaged a manufactured home in southwest Redmond Tuesday morning, but the residents escaped safely, officials said. Redmond Fire & Rescue crews were dispatched around 10:40 a.m. to the fire in the 6100 block of Southwest Mesa Way, Fire Marshal/Public
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — NeighborImpact is now accepting applications for a new pilot program that encourages builders to construct and sell new homes at prices attainable to median-income earners. The program, called Workforce Home Ownership for Median-income Earners (Workforce HOME), was established in partnership with Deschutes County, NeighborImpact, Housing Works and the Central Oregon Builders
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Thank you for sharing your photos of a scenic, dramatic sunset to close out Labor Day 2024 on the High Desert. Please us the Share tab to add your own.
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The Humane Society of Central Oregon is joining with NewsChannel 21 and participating in the nationwide effort to Clear the Shelters.
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A dispute over trespassing led to two gunshots in the Romaine Village area of southwest Bend Sunday night, bringing out a large police presence to investigate, police said Monday as they asked the public for any information that could help them identify a suspect.
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Central Oregon union members and their families gathered with local officials Monday at the annual Labor Day Picnic at Bend’s Alpenglow Park, to celebrate labor gains at the local level and talk about issues to address.
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Central Oregon has a lot to offer, especially a variety of parks. In this weeks Park Picks, Kelsey McGee visited Discovery Park at NorthWest Crossing in Bend. She got to see what it has to offer, as well as what people like about the park. It’s a popular park for many Central Oregonians, adults
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A new wildfire reported Saturday on the Ochoco National Forest east of the nearly 87,000-acre Crazy Creek Fire is not a spot fire from that over month-old blaze but a new start that officials confirmed Sunday was caused by lightning.
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Crooked River Ranch Fire and Rescue hosted its annual Volunteer Firefighter Breakfast on Sunday morning.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., have announced that KWSO-FM, a non-commercial community radio station owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, is receiving up to $158,749 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The federal grant will be used to upgrade the radio station’s broadcast transmission infrastructure as
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All aboard for the Eastern Cascades Model Railroad Club’s 27th annual Open House next weekend.
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A cyclist was seriously injured in northwest Bend Friday morning when struck by a driver making a left turn off Skyliners Road onto Lemhi Pass Drive, police said.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Prineville woman was arrested in Springfield on several charges after her 8-year-old child called 911 from the car’s back seat to report their mother was driving recklessly and looking for “water to drive into,” police said. Officers were made aware around 8:30 p.m. last Sunday of a blue Subaru being
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A small-plane pilot from Washington state escaped serious injury Friday afternoon when he ran out of fuel on approach to the Bend Airport and tried to make an emergency landing in a field, but the landing gear caught a barbed-wire fence, flipping the plane upside-down.
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