SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read announced Friday that the state Treasury will be proactively returning approximately $10 million in unclaimed property this month to individuals as part of the agency’s 2024 ‘Checks Without Claims’ initiative. “We’re excited to reconnect thousands of individuals with their unclaimed funds without requiring any action on
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By MATTHEW BROWN and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Federal wildlife officials on Friday rejected requests from conservation groups to restore protections for gray wolves across the northern U.S Rocky Mountains, saying the predators are in no danger of extinction as some states seek to reduce their numbers through hunting. The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service
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(Update: Adding Bentz vote, statement on bill) WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, with broad bipartisan support. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) voted in favor of the package, which she said includes provisions to support working families, increase the supply
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– You might be seeing an increase in the number of of street sweepers on Bend streets this week. The are just one way city crews are undertaking the cleanup from our most recent winter storms. Storm drain cleanups and basin checkups are also part of city maintenance. Fortunately, crews say this storm was
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A recap of 2023 and planned projects for the current and future years were the focus Thursday as Redmond Mayor Ed Fitch delivered the State of the City address at City Hall.
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The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun rights cannot run for reelection.
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Oregon Reps. Cliff Bentz and Lori Chavez-DeRemer said Wednesday they support the move underway in the House to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County Veterans’ Services is now seeing clients at their new North County location in Redmond. Veterans’ Services helps military veterans and their families access a variety of benefits. Veterans can schedule an appointment by calling (541) 585-VETS or emailing vets@deschutes.org. Appointments at the county’s new Redmond campus are currently available on the second
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Rebecca Robinson has been appointed associate vice president for the newly formed economic development and industry relations office at Oregon State University and also will serve as senior advisor for strategic initiatives at OSU-Cascades. She will start on April 15. Robinson comes to OSU from Kansas State University, where she most
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon needs nearly 3,000 adult residential mental health and substance use treatment beds to close gaps in the state’s system of care and meet its future demand for treatment — and the price tag is a big one, according to a new report released Thursday. Closing this gap would represent more than
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to staffing, the Redmond DMV office will be closed Thursday, the agency reported. Similar issues have closed Redmond and other Central Oregon DMV offices temporarily several times in recent years. You can find the agency’s online services at https://dmv2u.oregon.gov/eServices/_/
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., reintroduced legislation Wednesday that would end the future capture and breeding of whales for public display. “Whales that are held in captivity live much shorter lives than in the wild, and despite rules passed to improve conditions in public display settings, this fact persists,” Wyden said. “Banning the trade and
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon’s Division of Financial Regulation has joined a multi-state settlement alleging that Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. charged unreasonable commissions to retail customers on small-dollar transactions. As a result of a coordinated investigation by state securities regulators, the group concluded that from July 1, 2018,
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bureau of Land Management is holding two virtual public meetings in February and March to provide information on the Department of the Interior’s ongoing efforts to support appropriate renewable energy development on our nation’s public lands through an updated Western Solar Plan. The virtual public meetings will be held via Zoom on Monday,
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LA GRANDE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A pneumonia outbreak was detected in bighorn sheep in northern Hells Canyon in mid-December and is ongoing, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Wednesday. Potentially affected bighorn sheep populations are located along the Snake River and its tributaries. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Washington Department of Fish and
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — A multistate coalition of 24 state attorneys general, including Oregon, banded together Wednesday to protect access to medication abortion nationwide. The coalition filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s and Danco Laboratories LLC’s efforts to reverse a ruling by a conservative federal appeals
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Oregon voters close to 30 years ago put a cap on how much property taxes could increase each year — just one of the factors that are now a given when budget time comes each spring for cities like Bend and Redmond.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Prevention and preservation efforts continue to help keep families safely together in Oregon, decreasing the number of children in foster care. At the end of 2023, Oregon had 4,597 children in foster care, a continued steady decline since reaching 7,908 children in 2018. One key prevention effort is the family preservation
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A Bend man is speaking up about his experience over the last couple of years in dealing with the city of Bend after he says they tried to charge him $33,000 in system development charges (SDCs) to build an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on his property.
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With a series of winter storms over, at least for now, the city of Bend is getting to work on the post-freeze potholes.
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