U.S. Senator Ron Wyden was in Bend Saturday for a wildfire briefing at the Deschutes National Forest headquarters. Forest Service officials, as well as representatives of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon Department of Forestry and BLM spoke with the senator about how the wildfire season has been going. Wyden focused his remarks on discussing firefighter pay and prescribed burns.
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A coalition of organizations is promoting gun safety and a path to end gun violence through a firearm buy-back event Saturday morning at a Bend church, with a unique twist.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation continues to fight for consumers and investors with the passage of House Bill 2274, which bolsters the division’s enforcement tools in dealing with securities fraud. Oregon securities law currently employs three core mechanisms to shield investors from potential harm: Mandatory registration: A security must be registered
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Homeowners in Sunriver are voting this month on electing directors to the Sunriver Owners Association board.
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Bend, Redmond, Sisters, La Pine and … Mountain View? That’s the name of a vast new city proposed across 265 square miles of thinly populated Deschutes County southeast of Bend, both north and south of Highway 20, with the “ghost town” of Millican close to its center.
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It’s been almost a week now since Oregonians were given the option of pumping their own gas. Pumping your own gas is now a choice for Oregonians and visitors who are in a hurry or just prefer to do it themselves.
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According to the 2023 Point-In-Time Count, the city of Sisters saw an increase in the number of residents living unsheltered, rising from 55 last year to 64 this year.
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Bend community members are invited to share their experiences with housing instability and high rents with the city’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee at 3 p.m. on Wednesday.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff until sunset August 10 to honor Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest firefighter Benjamin Charles Sapper, who tragically passed in the line of duty on Friday, August 4. Benjamin graduated from Boulder High School and the
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Viewer-submitted questions this month for Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler included the proposed transportation fee, creating more affordable housing options, enforcement of the camping code and several other topics. You can submit questions for next month’s segment – anonymously, if you wish – at https://ktvz.com/ask-the-mayor/.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The 10 Republican state senators in Oregon who racked up more than 10 unexcused absences during a walkout in the most recent legislative session can’t run for reelection in 2024, the state’s elections chief said Tuesday. Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade made the announcement in a news release to clear
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The Bend-La Pine School Board gets an update Tuesday evening on a variety of new construction and upgrades done over the summer at various schools. But a centerpiece presentation provides new details about the new, “reimagined” Bend Senior High School, advancing plans in the works for several years.
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Oregon’s secretary of state announced Tuesday that Republican lawmakers who stayed away from the Capitol for several days during the recent legislative session won’t be allowed to file for re-election next year, due to Measure 113, and Senate GOP Leader Tim Knopp of Bend quickly vowed a court challenge to that decision.
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers this year quietly approved a $90 million cost overrun for a Capitol renovation project, ratcheting up spending by nearly 25% without public notice. The new expenses found in budget bills passed late in the legislative session, were not mentioned in committee hearings or outlined in written testimony, Oregon Public
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150 years ago – on August 20, 1873 – the oil burning wicks of the Yaquina Head Lighthouse were lit for the first time, welcoming mariners and warning them about the rocky shores ahead. The lamps burned from sunset to sunrise.
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Last month, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reassigned and dedicated a full-time deputy to patrol homeless encampments along China Hat Road south of Bend and Juniper Ridge north of the city for fire risks and other health and safety issues.
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A Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy who was suspended for a day without pay and lost his detective assignment due to an incident at a Bend bar last year has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of new criminal and internal affairs investigations, the agency said Monday.
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Smith Rock State Park is slated to get a new, wider pedestrian bridge this summer and fall, which means there will be no bridge access for up to six weeks, starting Aug. 14, Oregon State Parks officials said Monday.
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For the first time in 72 years, Oregon motorists can grab a fuel nozzle and pump gas into their cars without an attendant, since a decades-old ban on self-serve gas stations has been revoked.
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Ever wonder what crimes happen daily in Bend, or what the latest stats or trends show for the city or your neighborhood? The Bend Police Department has launched a new way for the public to easily access that data.
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