SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Housing and Community Services announced Monday funding awards of more than $40 million in grants and tax credits to build and preserve 417 homes around the state, including locations in Bend, Redmond and La Pine. The resources come from the federal 9% Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), HOME, General Housing Account Program (GHAP),
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The lucky ticket matching all six Powerball numbers in Saturday’s $1.326 billion Powerball jackpot was sold that day at the Plaid Pantry convenience store at 6060 NE Columbia Boulevard in Portland, and the winner has come forward, Oregon Lottery officials announced Monday.
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Bend’s Abilitree, a center of independent living that works to support and empower the area’s disability community, is among 44 recent recipients of new Oregon Health Authority Public Health Equity Grants.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — The Department of the Interior announced Monday $79 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to support wildland fire management. The funding will expand wildfire detection capabilities, reduce risk from wildfires, help rehabilitate burned areas and enhance radios and other technology used by wildfire incident management teams. “With wildfires increasing in frequency
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Bend-La Pine Schools plan to eliminate dozens of open positions through attrition in the coming fiscal year and may cut even more jobs the following year due to a combination of factors, including a decline in enrollment and the end of one-time federal funds related to the COVID epidemic.
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(Update: ODOT corrected date of next Hwy. 97 blast – April 13th not 11th) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Beginning Wednesday, the northbound U.S. 97 on-ramp at Empire Avenue will be closed and access will be temporarily moved to the newly built U.S. Highway 97 Bend Parkway, ODOT said Thursday. Vehicles along this route will travel
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – State and federal agencies and departments in Oregon and Washington have agreed to collaborate on addressing the escalating wildfire crisis by increasing use of prescribed fire and other forest fuel management strategies at larger geographic scales while also increasing outreach to nearby communities as these strategies are deployed. And one of the
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement Friday after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule related to Medicare Advantage and Part D that included a number of policy changes recommended by Wyden: “This announcement is a big win for seniors because it strengthens protections
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Zimmerman Rock Pit will be temporarily closed for public safety for up to a month, beginning Monday, April 8. The rock pit is located on the Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest off Highway 20 at mile marker 96.6. The Oregon Department of Transportation will be conducting rock-crushing
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A Bend Police officer was justified in using deadly force to shoot an armed 18-year-old Bend man who at the same moment used his own gun to take his life during a March 20 encounter after a crash on the Bend Parkway, Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels concluded Friday.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation has issued a $200,000 fine against State Farm after the company failed to send notices over the past six years informing its insureds of their ability to request an annual credit check, which could affect their premiums. Half of the total fine will be suspended
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Following a 24-month development process, the Deschutes County Planning Commission has recommended approval of the revised draft Deschutes 2040 Plan. The Comprehensive Plan is the County’s map for the future and provides the goals, policies, and actions that are intended to guide the day-to-day decisions of elected officials and staff. The Plan
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) –Oregon Senate Republicans announced a change in leadership Thursday. Senator Tim Knopp (R-Bend) will step down as Senate Republican Leader. Senator Daniel Bonham (R-The Dalles) was elected to lead the Caucus, effective April 15th. The news comes as Knopp recently completed the final legislative session in his third term in the Oregon Senate. Knopp is among
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — At their Tuesday evening meeting, the Bend Park and Recreation District Board selected Cary Schneider to fulfill the duties for a vacant board position. Schneider is a business owner who is approaching 15 years of volunteer board member experience for several nonprofit and for-profit organizations. He has a degree in finance
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Central Oregon law enforcement and drug outreach programs say they’re preparing for a big change in drug criminalization as a new state law takes effect this fall, aimed at curbing a surge in deadly overdoses.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Community members are invited to an open house on Tuesday, April 9 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the City of Bend Council Chambers, 710 NW Wall St., to learn about plans for the “Midtown Multimodal Connections and Streetscaping,” Greenwood Avenue Phase 1 safety improvements project, and to provide feedback on the long-term
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ODOT says they’ve cleaned up 40 homeless camps along Highway 97 in Bend since the beginning of the year. The sweeps largely focus on five areas off the highway, and residents of those camps are required to receive advance notice.
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek on Monday signed into law a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs, ending a first-in-the-nation experiment with decriminalization that was hobbled by implementation issues. The new law rolls back a 2020 voter-approved measure by making so-called personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable
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Oregon lawmakers during the 2024 session took another step to further limit the price of insulin.
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Airport security officers in Oregon are celebrating what they say will be better working conditions, after ratifying a new collective bargaining contract.
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