Rep. Lori Chavez DeRemer made two campaign stops in Bend on Wednesday, on the heels of a weekend visit by Democratic opponent Janelle Bynum, as a new poll found the closely watched race as close as ever.
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A year after the sweep of homeless encampments and RVs on Hunnell Road, the City of Bend is looking to tighten up its on-street vehicle camping code and bring it more in line with the rules limiting tent camping on city rights of way.
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DENVER (KTVZ) — Outdoor recreation has become a significant economic driver for many western states and territories, but as visitation to the region’s public lands continues to increase, the maintenance and management of these areas have fallen behind. To address this issue, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) expressed their bipartisan support for various provisions in
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) —The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is seeking public comment on a proposed rule change that would add Brookings to the list of eight Oregon cities where overnight camping is prohibited along the ocean shore within city limits. The proposed rule change was requested through a petition from residents living near Mill
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Secretary of State’s Elections Division released the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act Voters’ Pamphlet for the November General Election on Tuesday. Here’s their announcement: This online version of the pamphlet is available on our website to assist military and overseas voters who receive ballots later this month, and
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By Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon is in the upper echelon when it comes to the number of women in higher office. Four of the five statewide elected positions in the state are currently held by women, including Tina Kotek in the governor’s office. It is a rare achievement. Debbie Walsh,
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The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners will meet this fall with governing boards from across the county to collaborate on a variety of topics impacting communities in Central Oregon. Over the next three months, the Board will hold joint meetings with the city councils of Bend, Redmond, Sisters and La Pine, as well as with
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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) — 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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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Administration for Children and Families to use existing authorities to act now to protect and strengthen behavioral health services for children enrolled in Medicaid and who are in the child welfare system. Wyden’s letters
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program turns 50 this year and is celebrating by highlighting its work bringing healthy foods, connections to community programs, breastfeeding and lactation support, and nutrition education to Oregon families. “WIC has been helping families achieve nutrition security for 50 years,” said Oregon WIC Director Tiare
Continue Reading DENVER (KTVZ) — For many years, Western governors have worked together to develop and implement bipartisan policy that helps mitigate uncharacteristic wildfire. On August 28, in correspondence with Congressional leadership, the 20 Governors represented in the Western Governors’ Association expressed their bipartisan support for several recommendations in the final report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — In what the Interior Department called “the latest step by the Biden-Harris administration to support the growing momentum across America for a clean energy future,” the agency announced Thursday it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale next month for two areas off the southern Oregon coast. Here’s the full Interior
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Health Authority, Jackson County Vector Control and Jackson County Public Health Division have confirmed the identification of Aedes aegypti (Ae. Aegypti) mosquitoes in the county – the first time the disease-carrying mosquito species has been found in Oregon. Jackson County Vector Control identified the Ae. aegypti mosquito as part of its routine mosquito surveillance,
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By Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Federal grant money is supporting an Oregon organization rehabilitating the land and training tribal youth. The Interior Department’s Indian Youth Service Corps has awarded the Lomakatsi Restoration Project two grants of $300,000 and $400,000. The funds will support the organization’s Tribal Youth Ecological Stewardship Training and Employment program. Marko
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — This past week, more than 50 representatives from a cross-section of government — local, state, federal, and law enforcement — gathered in a Salem conference room to join a national tabletop exercise on election security. Tabletop the Vote is an annual exercise sponsored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in collaboration
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — So-called ghost guns, privately made firearms that don’t have serial numbers and are largely untraceable, will be banned across Oregon starting Sunday after a federal judge denied a legal challenge that tried to block the prohibition. Ghost guns differ from weapons manufactured by licensed companies in that the latter are generally
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Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime. The Democratic-controlled Legislature passed the recriminalization law in March, overhauling a measure approved by 58% of voters in 2020 that made possessing illicit drugs
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The City of Bend, in partnership with Art in Public Places, is displaying the design renderings for the proposed concepts for two works of art for the city’s Public Works Campus in two locations, after a pause for a revision due to one piece’s similarity to the U.S.-Mexico border wall. The
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The Oregon Department of Justice is reminding Oregonians that the state’s new ban on “ghost guns” goes into effect on Sunday noting, “Ghost guns have created real and serious risks to public safety.” But some Central Oregonians don’t think it’s a positive move.
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