(Update: Adding Dept. of Early Learning and Care release) SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gov. Tina Kotek hosted a celebration Wednesday to announce the statewide expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The announcement means that the state will work toward its goal to make books from the program available to all children ages 0-5 in every
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – High school students in Oregon will have a paid opportunity to learn professional technical training while earning high school credit, as part of the newly endorsed program called The Oregon Plan. Created by the Oregon National Guard, the plan received official approval last month from the Oregon Department of Education, which is
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen, Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined a bipartisan group of colleagues Friday in calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to fully fund the Federal Defender Services program in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill. “In FY24, Defender Services was appropriated $1.45 billion, and in FY25, the Judiciary
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According to the Oregon Department of Human Services, here in Central Oregon, there are 173 resource families, otherwise known as foster families, and 300 children in their care.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Each year, the City of Bend joins and supports numerous community partners in celebrating Welcoming Week, a series of community-organized events that engage neighbors with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, experiences and cultures in discussions and actions that advance more welcoming spaces. This year, Welcoming Week is from September 13-22. The City of Bend
Continue Reading SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today announced a $10.25 million, 50-jurisdiction settlement with AT&T Mobility, LLC, Cricket Wireless, LLC, T-Mobile USA, Inc., Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless, and TracFone Wireless, Inc. (collectively, the “Wireless Carriers”), which resolves the state attorneys general investigations into the Wireless Carriers’ deceptive and misleading advertising practices. Oregon will receive $362,838.66 for its portion of the
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Pickleball players can now extend their play a bit longer, thanks to new lighting installed at half of the courts at Bend’s Pine Nursery Park.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Beginning next Monday, Keeton King Contracting crews will begin work on Redmond sidewalks identified in the city’s ADA Transition Plan as needing improvements. These improvements will provide increased accessibility and connectivity throughout the city. This project includes the installation of new sidewalks and ADA ramps at intersections along SW 12th Street
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Firefighters spend long hours on the front lines of daily crises, faced with danger and sometimes, with tragedy. The traumatic situations they face at work day in, day out can take a toll on their mental health.
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ)– This week, over $10 million was brought into Central Oregon to build new affordable housing. In Sisters, Habitat for Humanity received over $4 million to help build 24 new units. “It’s a wide swath of people that are stuck in that scenario where they cannot afford to buy a house. We’re going to
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Home to a warm and neighborly sense of culture, Prineville is also home to plenty of history, and a peculiar kind of street name uncommon to Central Oregon. This particular street – E 5 1/2 Street – is relatively unknown, especially for folks who don’t live in the city.
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Deschutes County commissioners held a public hearing on Wednesday for residents to weigh in on a proposal to allow recreational vehicles to be used as long-term rental dwellings on residential properties in the county.
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The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs announced Wednesday they filed a petition with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife this week, asking it to repeal or amend a rule implementing the August 2023 Tribal Memorandum of Agreement that authorized off-reservation hunting, fishing, trapping and gathering by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Homeless people who camp on public property in Portland, Oregon, and reject offers of shelter could be fined up to $100 or sentenced to up to seven days in jail under new rules approved unanimously by the City Council on Wednesday. When shelter is not available, the same penalties apply for
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — The Portland City Council passed a new version of an outdoor camping ban Wednesday morning, capping off weeks of fiery debate, particularly between Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Rene Gonzalez, about how aggressively the city can police encampments without running into the same kind of court challenge that halted the original ban last
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Deschutes County Jail staff took quick, crucial steps Sunday night to save the life of an inmate who suffered a suspected drug overdose while being booked into the facility, deputies said Tuesday.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A section of Forest Service Road 4254, east of the junction of FSR 4254-800 on the Ochoco National Forest east of Prineville, is closed due to a washout, officials said Wednesday. Recent rainfall has caused significant damage, they said, rendering the road impassable to motor vehicles. To prioritize public safety, barricades and
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SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Thursday, firefighters on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to conduct prescribed burn operations on up to 269 acres approximately one and a half miles west of Sunriver along Forest Service Road 41 near the access for Besson Day Use Area. Ignitions on the West Maintenance 5D Prescribed Burn are
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(Update: Details on Wyden amendment regarding prescribed burn agreement) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Starting Thursday, the Deschutes National Forest plans to implement a prescribed burn on up to 431 acres of private property west of Bend and approximately a half mile west of Shevlin Park along NW Shevlin Park Road and Johnson Road corridor. Ignitions
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Bend man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison Wednesday for possessing methamphetamine and a firearm. Dana Lee Johnson, 41, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release, federal prosecutors said. According to court documents, on March
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