BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools announced Thursday it has hired Lisa Birk as its new deputy superintendent, effective July 1. With 13 years of leadership experience in the district, Birk will replace Deputy Superintendent Lora Nordquist, who is retiring after serving the district for 16 years. Primary responsibilities of the deputy superintendent include
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The City of Redmond is updating its citywide Parks Master Plan and wants input from area residents. The Parks Division will a community Open House meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, at Redmond City Hall, located at 411 SW 9th Street. Residents of all ages are invited to attend
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Forestry and its local, state, and federal partners have started implementing the 20-year Landscape Resiliency Strategy. The strategy prioritizes areas at high risk for wildfires. This year through mid-2025, the three programs paid for by the state’s General Fund will invest about $14 million into local, state,
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Central Oregon Fire Chiefs Association announced Thursday it is closing open debris burning for residential and private lands across the tri-county region in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties on Friday of next week. Burning debris piles on many private lands will not be allowed after sunset on Friday, May 31st, as the area heads into the
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Democrats on Thursday selected Joe Biden as their their nominee for the White House, giving the president more delegates after he already clinched his party’s 2024 nomination. Biden won the state Democratic caucus with 95% of the vote in a low-turnout election with just over
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SALEM, Ore. — With over 91 percent of the state’s 1.5 million renewals complete, more than four out of five Oregonians are keeping their Oregon Health Plan (OHP) or other Medicaid benefits. An update this month to the ONE Eligibility system will enable Oregon to use an improved process for the remaining renewals. These changes
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – On Tuesday, voters in Crook County passed measure 7-86, which asked voters if they support negotiations to move the Oregon/Idaho border to include Crook County in Idaho. The measure is passing with 53% of the vote, and makes Crook County the 13th county in eastern Oregon to pass a Greater Idaho
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In Tuesday’s election, both the Bend La-Pine and Crook County school districts suffered losses on proposed money measures, a “learning levy” and a bond measure that would have brought more funding.
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The city of La Pine expected new businesses, and many residents were looking forward to the potential openings.
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Oregon state Rep. Janelle Bynum handily defeated her Democratic rival for the U.S. House Fifth District nomination, Jamie McLeod-Skinner, in Tuesday’s primary election, while Deschutes County Commissioner Phil Chang fended off three challengers and the Bend-La Pine Schools’ 5-year operating levy was defeated by a strong margin.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest are planning more prescribed burn operations Thursday on the Bend-Fort Rock and Crescent ranger districts east of Sunriver and south of Crescent. On the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District, firefighters are planning prescribed burn ignitions on up to 325 acres 15 miles south of Bend and
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Wednesday he has joined 14 fellow senators in submitting a public comment letter to Secretary Miguel Cardona of the U.S. Department of Education on President Biden’s proposal to reduce or eliminate federal student loans for tens of millions of borrowers in Oregon and nationwide. Published in the Federal
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(Update: Oregon Democratic lawmakers demand ‘swift action’ to address issues) WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced Wednesday the release of an inspection of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Federal Correctional Institution Sheridan, a men’s prison in Oregon with an adjacent male detention center and minimum-security prison camp. The onsite inspection,
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — The U.S. Department of Labor announced a voluntary resolution agreement Wednesday with the Employment Department of Oregon to reaffirm its commitment to provide meaningful access in its unemployment insurance program for people with limited English proficiency. A compliance review by the department’s Civil Rights Center determined Oregon’s UI program has made commendable efforts to
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Janelle Bynum easily defeated Jamie McLeod-Skinner in Tuesday’s Democratic primary to advance to the closely watched fall 5th District race against Lori Chavez-DeRemer, and we have reaction to the outcome from both candidates.
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (KTVZ) — A portion of U.S. Highway 97 in Klamath Falls will be fully closed for six weeks beginning Monday, July 8, with detours for a bridge replacement project. U.S. 97 over Lakeport Boulevard will be fully closed while crews replace the Pelican Bridge as part of the U.S. 97: OR 58-California Border
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A half-million dollars in grant money is behind the city of Bend’s latest push for affordable housing. The Bend City Council has approved this year’s Community Development Block Grant annual action plan, totaling more than $500,000. “The community should know that we understand the housing market is difficult and that the
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined Senate colleagues Tuesday in calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to secure funding for the Pell Grant program for Fiscal Year 2025. In the letter, the senators request a discretionary increase to the award as Congress works towards doubling the Pell Grant for students. “We
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The snowpack lingering from winter will delay the opening of eight Deschutes National Forest campgrounds in time for Memorial Day weekend, officials said Tuesday. The snow levels in these campgrounds prevented annual pre-season safety inspections and hazard tree mitigation from being completed in time for reservations to begin this Friday. The
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — At their meeting last week, the Bend City Council approved the 2024 Community Development Block Grant funding recommendations from the council-appointed Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, totaling $541,277. The projects selected to receive funding this year are: Thrive Central Oregon ($35,771): Bilingual case management to provide housing and resource navigation services. Volunteers in
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