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ODFW kills three NE Oregon wolves amid continued livestock deaths

September 17, 2021 5:39 pm KTVZ News Partners

BAKER CITY, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife field staff on Friday morning lethally removed three wolves from the Lookout…

Redmond Police Captain Devin Lewis named sole police chief finalist; online reception set

September 17, 2021 1:43 pm KTVZ News Partners

Redmond Police Captain Devin Lewis has been chosen as the finalist to succeed retiring Police Chief Dave Tarbet, and a virtual community reception is…

ODFW expands Baker County lethal wolf removals due to pack’s continued livestock killings

September 16, 2021 7:48 pm KTVZ News Partners

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Thursday it is increasing lethal removal efforts on the Lookout Mountain wolf pack due to continued…

‘Long overdue’: Bend Municipal Airport seeking grant funds for air traffic control tower

September 16, 2021 12:37 pm KTVZ

The third-busiest airport in Oregon is preparing for an upgrade, in the form of an 80- to100-foot-tall air traffic control…

Warm Springs among 12 tribes gaining access to FBI, other national crime info databases

September 16, 2021 3:08 pm KTVZ News Partners

The US Department of Justice said Thursday it has chosen another 12 federally recognized tribes, including the Confederated Tribes of the Warm…

Sidelinger: Recent slowing in COVID-19 surge a hopeful sign, but no time to let down our guard

September 16, 2021 2:39 pm Barney Lerten

A recent, promising decline from record-high COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations and cases does not mean it’s time to ease up, but instead to…

OSU-Cascades research funding totals $3.4 million, second-highest in history of Bend campus

September 16, 2021 2:02 pm KTVZ News Partners

Research funding at Oregon State University–Cascades reached $3.4 million during the past fiscal year, the second-highest total in campus history,…

Bend councilors move forward on permanent fireworks ban, housing code changes

September 15, 2021 5:46 pm KTVZ

Bend city councilors were meeting Wednesday evening to take public comment on proposed rules to allow multi-family housing in all neighborhoods, as a…

Deschutes County, sheriff’s deputy reach $527,000 settlement of federal discrimination lawsuit

September 15, 2021 10:17 pm Barney Lerten

A month before it was set to go to trial, a $527,000 settlement was announced late Wednesday of a federal lawsuit filed four years ago by a Deschutes…

FBI arrests Albany man, accused of threatening public official over vaccine

September 15, 2021 9:45 pm KTVZ News Partners

FBI agents, assisted by Albany police, arrested a 64-year-old Albany man Wednesday on charges of interstate transmission of a threat and stalking.…

Odem Theater Pub’s COVID vaccine mandate-Nazi Germany comparison sparks controversy online

September 15, 2021 7:23 pm KTVZ

An email from Redmond’s Odem Theater comparing the state’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements to the Nazi persecution of the Jews has sparked controversy…

Redmond police car heading to crash collides with pickup; no injuries, other driver cited

September 15, 2021 3:39 pm Barney Lerten

A Redmond police officer driving to a reported crash, lights and siren going, collided with a pickup truck in an intersection Wednesday morning,…

Oregon joins 23 other states, backs U.S. Justice Dept. in challenge to new Texas abortion law

September 15, 2021 1:21 pm KTVZ News Partners

Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum and 23 other attorneys general have filed an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice’s…

Bend-La Pine Schools see 1,100 fewer students than two years ago, before COVID-19 hit

September 14, 2021 10:06 pm Barney Lerten

You might call Brad Henry the chief number-cruncher for Bend-La Pine Schools. But after the upheaval that COVID-19 has brought to just about…

New ‘Celebrate Oregon!’ license plate celebrates Cultural Trust’s 20th anniversary

September 15, 2021 12:13 pm KTVZ News Partners

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – A new license plate design that celebrates Oregon and the diversity of its culture will debut Oct. 1 in recognition of the…

Use restrictions to be reduced on C.O. public lands; campfires allowed in designated campgrounds

September 15, 2021 11:49 am KTVZ News Partners

Due to increased moisture and cooling temperatures, fire officials on the Deschutes and Ochoco national forests, Crooked River National Grassland and…