30th Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Tribal Council sworn in
(Update: Adding video) WARM SPRINGS (KTVZ) — The 30th Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs was sworn in Monday. Following…
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield hosts Bend town hall
(Update: adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Attorney General Dan Rayfield as part of his series of federal oversight forums, paid a visit to Bend on…
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Governor Kotek announces ‘Wildfire Prepared’ partnership that aims to build resilience in communities
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek announced Friday the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Oregon State Fire Marshal and the…
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Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley reschedules three Central Oregon town halls, postponed a month ago
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, announced Friday he will hold three town halls for Central Oregonians in Jefferson, Crook and…
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Problem Solvers: Homeless in the Pines, encampments growing in the woods of La Pine
LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ)– Just outside the city limits of La Pine, in the dense forest that surrounds the community, you won’t find wild animals…
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Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate Program returns, with new grant funding
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The wait is over! The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has announced it will reopen the popular Oregon Clean…
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Escaped debris burns on the rise around Central Oregon in recent weeks, can cause costly wildfires
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District reported Friday it’s seeing an uptick in escaped debris burn…
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Forest Service closes China Hat gate as ‘scared’ homeless scramble to move on: ‘The answer is housing, not handcuffs’
The gate on China Hat Road south of Bend swung shut early Thursday, closing a large area of homeless encampments on the Deschutes National Forest as…
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Federal judge sympathizes with evicted China Hat homeless but says need to curb fire danger carries greater weight
EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A federal judge who refused to grant an emergency court order to block the removal of dozens of homeless residents from the…
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New, permanent boat dock to be installed at Crane Prairie Reservoir
(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest said Thursday it will install a new, permanent boat dock at Crane Prairie…
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Crook County commissioners move forward with supporting Pacific Power proposed transmission line Route D
(update: adding video) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The debate surrounding PacifiCorp’s Blueprint South Transmission Line Project, continues. Crook…
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64-acre prescribed burn conducted south of Sisters
Firefighters with the Sisters Ranger District ignited 64 acres in a prescribed fire Wednesday on Sisters Area Fuels Reduction Unit 4 four miles south…
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False alarms: 9-1-1 tech ‘glitches’ led to a pair of untrue warnings of a fire at Bend’s new Costco
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon users of a popular website and smartphone app to track the latest fires, crashes and other emergencies were…
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Advocates worry of dangerous enforcement during Forest Service sweep of China Hat Road encampments
On the eve of the Deschutes National Forest’s closure of nearly 36,000 acres south of Bend for fuels reduction work – and the deadline for over 100…
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Governor Kotek signs bills to fund Oregon’s summer learning programs for the next three years
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek signed two bills Wednesday that will fund summer learning programs this summer and the next two summers.…
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Bend-La Pine Schools superintendent, others join in video deploring ‘real harm’ caused by federal cutbacks
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook joined six other Oregon superintendents in a video released Wednesday…
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Drought, beetles and tree disease still biggest threats to Oregon’s forests, latest aerial survey finds
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – A new report on the state of health of Oregon’s forests shows that drought, insect pests and tree diseases continue to be…
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Packing up: Vehicles towed as homeless rush to move from China Hat Road under Forest Service order
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– After nearly five years, J. Smith is leaving China Hat Road. His van was towed away on Tuesday, in hopes of being repaired, as…
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Federal judge rejects plea to cancel or delay Forest Service project; China Hat homeless must move
A federal judge in Eugene on Tuesday rejected a plea by homeless people living in the woods south of Bend to delay Thursday’s deadline to move out…
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For a second time, Governor Kotek is seeking applicants to become the next Jefferson County district attorney
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Three months after her first announcement, Governor Tina Kotek said Tuesday she is accepting additional applications for the…
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