PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory Wednesday for Klamath County, southern Lake County, and La Pine due to stagnant air conditions trapping smoke and other air pollutants near the ground where people breathe. DEQ said it expects the air quality advisory to last until at least
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., who says he was the first Senator in Congress to call for a lasting ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, issued the following statement Wednesday after negotiators announced a deal had been reached to pause fighting in Gaza: “I am highly encouraged by the news of a ceasefire deal
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Following years of underbuilding, underinvestment, and extraordinary growth – driven by a complex mix of factors – the West is facing severe housing shortages. And that is the challenging topic of a two-day workshop in Bend this week, hosted by the Western Governors’ Association.
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Janelle Bynum’s journey to Washington, D.C., to begin her work as the U.S. representative for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District was a homecoming of sorts.
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Members of Oregon’s congressional delegation and the City of Bend announced Friday that the city has been awarded $32.3 million in federal funding for the long-awaited Reed Market Road Railroad Crossing Project.
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The Deschutes National Forest has signed the final decision for the West Bend Trails Project on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District west of Bend.
Continue ReadingBy Keir Simmons, Andrea Mitchell and David Hodari WASHINGTON — A ceasefire deal has been reached to end 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip, Hamas and Israeli officials and a source briefed on the negotiations told NBC News on Wednesday. The hard-won agreement will also free dozens of hostages held in Gaza, as well as Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails,
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BEND, Ore. {KTVZ} – The City of Bend hosted its pedestrian and bicycle open house Monday evening at the Element Bend Hotel. This particular project is really meant to help the bicyclists and pedestrians move about the city more freely, efficiently and most importantly, more safely. Changes are coming to Olney Avenue in northeast Bend
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By Ben Botkin and Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon lawmakers got to work in Salem on Monday, with largely ceremonial activities in preparation for the upcoming long session that will focus on transportation funding, affordable housing and other needs across the state. Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Meagan Flynn swore
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. said Tuesday they have joined 39 colleagues in introducing the District of Columbia statehood bill for the 119th Congress in the Senate. “Year after year, nearly 700,000 people living in our nation’s capital are being taxed without receiving the same representation in Congress as their
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — While Oregon continues to make progress in bolstering and diversifying its health care workforce, challenges remain and more work is needed, an Oregon Health Authority report released Tuesday concludes. The report also offers a wide range of recommendations to better support the professionals who help Oregonians manage their health – including
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek struck notes of frustration with the enormous problems facing Oregon and optimism that the state can fix them in an address to the Legislature focused on resilience on Monday.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Crook County School Board meets Monday night to discuss two recent board resignations and the next steps to fill the open board seats. The meeting is being live-streamed, click here to watch. Just weeks after Crook County superintendent Dr. Melissa Skinner resigned, board member Cheyenne Edgerly also resigned. Edgerly told
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Oregon’s second-largest port is getting another exception to a water pollution permit it’s violated for much of the last two decades, according to Gov. Tina Kotek.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Changes are coming to Olney Avenue in northeast Bend to make it a safer road to walk, bike, roll, drive and more, the city said Friday as it invited community members to an in-person and online open house about the project. Community members can meet the project team and learn more
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Crook County School Board member Cheyenne Edgerly, under fire by some in the community amid the uproar over departing Superintendent Melissa Skinner, submitted her resignation on Thursday, accusing her critics of “a slander campaign.”
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– Bend Fire and Rescue is celebrating the fire academy graduation of six new firefighter/ paramedics.
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By Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Thursday continued the homelessness state of emergency she declared on her first day in office for a third year as the state continues to grapple with the crisis of thousands of people living outside. Kotek’s executive order follows confirmation in
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By Hannah Wallace, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Children are a top priority for the moms in the Legislature and a big reason why many of them are there. Take Emerson Levy, a renewable energy attorney in Bend. When she ran for the Legislature for the first time in 2020, she was motivated
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Former President Jimmy Carter was honored at a state funeral Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral. Carter died December 29 at the age of 100. People were able to pay their respects this week at the US Capitol Rotunda, where Carter had been lying in state. President Joe Biden declared Thursday as a National
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