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Oregon OSHA fines Florence restaurant $17,800 for workers’ willful COVID exposure

February 23, 2021 2:49 pm KTVZ News Partners

Oregon OSHA announced Tuesday it has fined a Florence restaurant, The New Blue Hen, $17,800 for willfully exposing workers to COVID-19. It also said…

Former La Pine city councilor rejoins suddenly short-handed council

February 23, 2021 11:32 am KTVZ

Just over a month after seating a new council, La Pine’s city council has two…

Portland to pay $2M to settle fatal police shooting of teen

February 23, 2021 4:26 pm The Associated Press

The city of Portland is set to pay $2 million to relatives of a teen suspected in an armed robbery and attempted carjacking who was shot and killed…

Crook County among 16 counties with improved risk levels, starting Friday

February 23, 2021 10:37 am KTVZ News Partners

Crook County was approved Tuesday to move down from the Extreme Risk to High Risk category, allowing indoor dining and more businesses to reopen…

Far-right lawmaker elected Oregon GOP chairman amid larger US shift

February 22, 2021 10:13 pm The Associated Press

A far-right senator who’s rebelled against coronavirus restrictions and said he supported protesters who stormed the Oregon Capitol has been…

Spotted owl forest protection rollbacks reconsidered

February 22, 2021 9:22 pm The Associated Press

The U.S. Interior Department is delaying the Trump administration’s last-minute roll-back of federal protections for the northern spotted owl.…

Gov. Brown orders flags to half staff in memory of 500K Americans who died of COVID-19

February 22, 2021 6:23 pm KTVZ News Partners

Gov. Kate Brown on Monday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Friday in memory of the more than…

New SE Bend park to feature BPRD’s first ‘sprayground,’ wide array of features

February 22, 2021 10:37 am KTVZ News Partners

A new community park has broken ground in southeast Bend that will have a wide variety of features, from an event pavilion and off-leash area for…

Embattled Oregon state lawmaker Hernandez, facing possible expulsion, resigns

February 21, 2021 8:23 pm KTVZ News Partners

Embattled state Rep. Diego Hernandez, D-Portland, has resigned, rather than face the possibility this week of becoming the first person ever expelled…

Portland police launch team to respond to, investigate shootings

February 21, 2021 5:04 pm The Associated Press

Portland police say they’ve created a specialized team of officers and detectives to focus full-time on shooting investigations as gun violence has…

Oregon National Guard deploys as power outages persist

February 19, 2021 10:27 pm The Associated Press

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has called on the National Guard to go door-to-door in areas hardest hit by last weekend’s ice storm to make sure residents…

Bend VA Clinic makes history with air delivery of COVID-19 vaccine doses

February 19, 2021 5:47 pm KTVZ

For the first time in the U.S., a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic has delivered COVID-19 vaccines by air. Destination: Bend.…

Despite COVID’s hard hit, Redmond Airport still eyes terminal expansion

February 19, 2021 4:54 pm KTVZ

Over the past several years the Redmond airport has been looking at a terminal area concept plan for expansion, but they couldn’t have predicted the…

Oregon lawmakers take aim at loophole in state gun law

February 19, 2021 1:57 pm The Associated Press

So many people are buying guns in Oregon these days that the state police are often unable to complete background checks in time, allowing the sales…

First Oregon USDOJ report lists 11 missing, 8 murdered Indigenous persons

February 19, 2021 1:20 pm KTVZ News Partners

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon released its first annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons program report on Friday,…

TSA hiring over 6,000 airport screeners nationwide; RDM, other airports included

February 19, 2021 12:17 pm KTVZ News Partners

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts nationwide to fill over 6,000 Transportation Security Officer full-…