(Update: Adding video, comments from summit participants, consultants) SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — Southern Deschutes County community members, nonprofits and government agencies met Thursday in Sunriver for the Newberry Regional Partnership’s Action Summit to discuss strategies and solutions to issues in an area they say is much different than most of the county. “It is a
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democrat Janelle Bynum has flipped Oregon’s 5th Congressional District and will become the state’s first Black member of Congress, The Associated Press reported Thursday as it called the close race nine days after the election, prompting Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to concede. Bynum, a state representative who was backed and funded
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Construction Contractors Board, the state agency that licenses contractors in Oregon, conducts periodic enforcement sweeps in search of unlicensed contractor activity and other violations. “Unlicensed contractors put consumers at risk,” said Vena Swanson, CCB Enforcement Manager. “By searching for unlicensed contractor activity, we’re helping to protect consumers that hire contractors.”
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(update: adding video, La Pine mayor tables homeless-wildfires agenda item to 2025) La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – “The city, after speaking with all of the councilors, has come to the consensus that it really doesn’t feel comfortable discussing the homeless collaboration at this time. We’d like to table this,” La Pine Mayor Daniel Richer told
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — A bipartisan bill to reauthorize the U.S. Forest Service’s Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program through 2026 introduced by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and has been unanimously approved by the Senate. Crapo and Wyden were joined by Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Make fishing part of your Thanksgiving weekend plans with friends and family. Everyone can fish, clam and crab for free in Oregon on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29-30, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says. No fishing/shellfish licenses or tags (including a Combined Angling Tag, Columbia River Basin Endorsement or
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bureau of Land Management’s Prineville District is seeking input on an environmental assessment that shares the details and potential effects of the City of Redmond’s proposal to acquire a 541.5-acre parcel of public land to accommodate expanding the city’s wastewater treatment facility and associated wetland complex. The proposed acquisition was
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(Update: Adding video, comments from coalition, sheriff’s office) LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ)— Despite still being six months from Oregon’s next wildfire season, the Newberry Regional Partnership and government agencies have banded together to reduce wildfire risk in La Pine. “We can’t let a day go by that we’re not working on this and trying to
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(Update: Adding video) MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Madras Police Department is unveiling a bold new look for its patrol vehicles. On Tuesday, the department presented the updated vehicle graphics to the City Council, marking an exciting new chapter in the department’s history, according to the agency,
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(Update: adding video, KTVZ.COM Poll, comments from City of Bend engineer and city councilor) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) –If you’ve traveled through the Reed Market Road/Bond Street/Brookswood Boulevard roundabout during peak traffic times, you’re likely aware of how heavy and tricky the traffic can be. “You see cars backed up all the way back up above
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory on Wednesday confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a backyard flock of chickens and ducks in Malheur County, the first confirmed case in the county. Samples from the flock were first taken to the Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Oregon State
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From transportation to housing — and the biggest topic this month, fireworks in Bend, NewsChannel 21 asked Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler your pressing questions Wednesday morning. Moving forward, Ask the Mayor will air live on NewsChannel 21 at Sunrise on the second Thursday of each month, moving from the second Wednesday. Make sure to submit
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Across a sprawling system of nearly 60 acute-care hospitals, Oregonians take up beds they do not need while other patients board in emergency rooms for days on end with nowhere to go.
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The Redmond City Council heard a variety of public opinions Tuesday evening on whether to ban the private use of fireworks within the city limits, much as Bend did three years ago.
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More than 121,000 Deschutes County mail ballots were returned to the clerk’s office for last week’s election, a turnout of about 75%. Voters with contested ballots for variety of reasons are being notified and have a period of time to fix them.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Qualifying employees of Bend-La Pine Schools will be eligible for affordable home ownership in a planned housing development from Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity. The project will be located on surplus school district land next to Silver Rail Elementary School in southeast Bend The Bend-La Pine School Board voted Tuesday night to
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Eugene man pleaded guilty to three federal hate crimes Tuesday for defacing a Eugene synagogue on multiple occasions, federal prosecutors said. Adam Edward Braun, 34, pleaded guilty to two counts of intentionally defacing a synagogue and one count of attempting to deface religious property because it was a place of religious
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Ross Tomlin, a retired community college president who lives in La Pine, was appointed Tuesday night to fill a vacancy on the Bend-La Pine Schools Board of Directors. Board members interviewed three finalists for the appointment and voted 5-0 for Tomlin to fill the Zone 6 at-large seat.
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(Update: Adding video, comments from gun instructors) REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ)— Gun owners and instructors across Central Oregon are reporting an increase in female interest in gun ownership, Sharon Preston, who owns and operates Ladies of Lead, said, “Already, my classes are already ticked up. So just to let you know, I mean, they’ve been full
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to this week’s winter weather forecast, the Deschutes County Road Department will close Cascade Lakes Highway and Paulina Lake Road at 7 a.m. on Thursday, which is earlier than previously announced. The department had planned on a Tuesday, Nov.19 winter closure of the high-elevation forest roadways. The county provides maintenance
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