BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — While much of the conversation around plastic pollution focuses on recycling and cleanup efforts, these approaches address the…
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BURNS, Ore. (KTVZ) — While officials say drinking water in the flood-stricken Burns area remains safe to use, they are also warning residents to…
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Oregon’s list of regulated hazardous substances is getting its first update in nearly two decades with the addition of six “forever chemicals”…
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Negotiations began nearly a year ago between Deschutes County and Hooker Creek on future use of the Moon Pit mine site for a new county landfill. But…
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ep. Janelle Bynum, D-Ore., and Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced on Tuesday the Deschutes River Conservancy Reauthorization Act of 2025. The…
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Governor Tina Kotek has proclaimed April to be Oregon Arbor Month throughout the state. This year’s proclamation recognizes…
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Update: Adding video VALE, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Monday, March 31st, the public comment period for a lithium-drilling project in Vale, Oregon (Malheur…
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Cascades play a huge role in our daily lives. Changes in the snowpack impact everything from water supply to wildfire…
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– It’s no secret, very high winds have been battering Central Oregon this week. In some areas, winds reached up to 40 mph, and…
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Record numbers of nearly 1,000 adult steelhead returned to the Pelton Round Butte hydropower project on the Deschutes River…
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By the time Joanna Rogers got to give testimony at the Capitol on a bill that could one day help enshrine the right to a healthy and safe climate in…
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Oregon recently celebrated registering more than 100,000 electric vehicles, which Gov. Tina Kotek called a “milestone” for reaching the…
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes and Willamette National Forests announced Tuesday that reservations for the Central Cascades Wilderness Permit…
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The nation’s highest court declined Monday to hear a petition that would have revived a landmark climate change lawsuit against the federal…
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University and South Korean researchers say they have made a key advance in turning spent coffee grounds into…
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a long-shot appeal from a group of minors who have for years been…
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PORTLAND, Ore.—The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Thursday to protect the Ochoco lomatium under…
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The Deschutes National Forest said Tuesday it’s signed the final decision for the 2,800-acre Cougar Rock Restoration Project north of Sisters,…
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Oregon and nine other states recently achieved a collective goal of shifting new car buyers toward electric rather than gas-powered vehicles in an…
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – For the 12th year, the world can watch chickens hatch via the Oregon State University Extension Service live stream.…
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