Fatal two-vehicle crash closes Oregon Highway 58 near Odell Lake for hours
A two-vehicle crash Monday night on Oregon Highway 58 near Odell Lake claimed a life and closed the highway for hours, authorities…
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Bend Chamber warns members of email scammers selling list of ‘1,000-plus members, attendees’
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Chamber has warned its members of scammers posing as the organization and emailing with an offer to purchase a list of…
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‘All hands on deck’: Week of heavy snow brings plenty of work for Bend Park and Rec crews to clear paths and trails
(Update: Adding video and comment from Park and Rec official, visitors) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The recent heavy snowfall that brought close to a foot…
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Two Bend schools deal with warm-up water woes: frozen pipe at Highland Magnet, burst pipe at Realms HS/MS
Two Bend schools dealt with the weather-related issues Tuesday that many others are grappling with as days of frigid temperatures led to an…
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Cascade Natural Gas, other utilities asked Wash. customers to curtail use during gas storage plant outage, now resolved
EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Energy utilities in Washington and Oregon asked their customers to curtail gas and electricity usage on Saturday after the…
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Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo announces its 2024 Rodeo Queen and Grand Marshal
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Monday evening, the Deschutes County Fair Association held their annual meeting to officially announce the crowning of the…
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First-ever, 29 million-year-old fossil grasshopper eggs, nest discovered in John Day Fossil Beds
The first-ever described fossil grasshopper eggs and egg pod on Earth has been found in the Sheep Rock Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National…
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Oregon’s new 988 Coordinated Crisis Services Tax began this month: Here’s what it helps fund
A 988 Coordinated Crisis Services Tax was added Jan. 1 to the existing Oregon Emergency Communications (911) Tax, to support the state’s 988 Suicide…
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How Redmond’s Oasis Village transitional housing program is doing in its first week after accepting 20 residents
After sped-up construction to meet last week’s deadline set by Gov. Tina Kotek, Oasis Village, Hayden Homes and Simplicity by Hayden Homes said the…
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Cold temperatures near zero linger across Central Oregon, creating more challenging road conditions
As an arctic blast hangs on across Central Oregon and much of the state Monday, businesses and government entities alike are feeling and dealing with…
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Washington state sues to block proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons grocery chains
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday sued to block the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons, two of the…
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State agencies update: Freezing rain, icy forecast bring call to stay off roads, prepare for tree damage, power outages
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Temperatures remain below freezing across much of the state, and the National Weather Service is forecasting freezing rain…
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Jefferson County firefighters battle frigid cold, flames to put out garage/pole barn fire north of Madras; $350,000 in losses
Jefferson County firefighters battled 4-degree cold, icy roads and freezing fog Monday morning to get to and extinguish a fire that destroyed a…
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‘Every storm is different’: City of Bend gives snowplow ride-along for a look at the challenges of clearing streets
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — With as much as 10 inches of snow on Bend’s roads and more coming down, the city of Bend has plow crews out about 15 hours…
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ODOT, Redmond Airport and travelers deal with frustrating – and dangerous -impacts of winter storm across Oregon
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Across Central Oregon Sunday, it was time to dig out from as much as a foot or more of snow. With piles a foot or…
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Big dig-out, warmup begins after snowstorm; East Bend power back; Tumalo DUII crash into pole brings arrest, outage
Heavy snow and dangerous cold hit the High Desert as forecast Saturday, making for very risky travel conditions and keeping most folks at or close…
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Rep. Breese-Iverson, fellow lawmaker support 6 policy recommendations to quickly boost housing production
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – State Sen. Dick Anderson (R-Lincoln City) and Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson (R-Prineville) released a memo…
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‘It’s just horrific’: Summit HS grad critically injured in Hawaii moped crash
Bella Grinsell is a native Oregonian and graduate of Summit High School. For the past five years, she’s been attending the University of Hawaii in…
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Emergency alert: Oregon agencies urge people to stay home as severe winter storm hitting much of the state
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – – Many parts of Oregon are experiencing severe winter storm conditions, including snow, ice, freezing rain, high winds,…
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Bend sun break, then bitter cold; high winds close Mt. Bachelor for a second day; COCC closed for much of weekend
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Another sun break came to much of the Bend area Friday morning ahead of another strong winter storm and bitterly cold…
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