Warm Springs among 12 tribes gaining access to FBI, other national crime info databases
The US Department of Justice said Thursday it has chosen another 12 federally recognized tribes, including the Confederated Tribes of the Warm…
Continue ReadingLocal News
OSU-Cascades research funding totals $3.4 million, second-highest in history of Bend campus
Research funding at Oregon State University–Cascades reached $3.4 million during the past fiscal year, the second-highest total in campus history,…
Continue Reading
Hospitalized Burns couple with COVID-19 have to say their goodbyes over video call
Burns resident Carolyn Ellis is leaving Bend feeling…
Continue Reading
Bend councilors move forward on permanent fireworks ban, housing code changes
Bend city councilors were meeting Wednesday evening to take public comment on proposed rules to allow multi-family housing in all neighborhoods, as a…
Continue Reading
Deschutes County, sheriff’s deputy reach $527,000 settlement of federal discrimination lawsuit
A month before it was set to go to trial, a $527,000 settlement was announced late Wednesday of a federal lawsuit filed four years ago by a Deschutes…
Continue Reading
Odem Theater Pub’s COVID vaccine mandate-Nazi Germany comparison sparks controversy online
An email from Redmond’s Odem Theater comparing the state’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements to the Nazi persecution of the Jews has sparked controversy…
Continue Reading
SE Bend property owner burning weeds with torch cited after sparking brush fire
A property owner burning weeds with a propane torch in southeast Bend was cited Wednesday after sparking a fire that grew to nearly a half-acre in…
Continue Reading
Bend-La Pine Schools see 1,100 fewer students than two years ago, before COVID-19 hit
You might call Brad Henry the chief number-cruncher for Bend-La Pine Schools. But after the upheaval that COVID-19 has brought to just about…
Continue Reading
Use restrictions to be reduced on C.O. public lands; campfires allowed in designated campgrounds
Due to increased moisture and cooling temperatures, fire officials on the Deschutes and Ochoco national forests, Crooked River National Grassland and…
Continue Reading
Jefferson County commissioners declare state of emergency, call on state to scrap vaccine mandate
Jefferson County commissioners unanimously declared a state of emergency on Wednesday due to a “foreseeable lack of resources” to respond to…
Continue Reading
In-home caregivers don’t face vaccination mandate; Central Oregon firms may see more applicants
Under an Oregon Health Authority exemption, workers for in-home care providers do not have to get vaccinated, and that could help ease the hiring…
Continue Reading
Redmond councilors table vote on funding for homeless projects
An issue that has sharply divided Redmond city council – whether to devote federal relief dollars to local homeless programs – was front and center…
Continue Reading
Dozens of cats, dogs arrive in Bend on rescue flight from Hurricane Ida-stricken Louisiana
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) –It was a busy scene at the Bend Airport Tuesday afternoon as dozens of dogs and cats were unloaded from a plane after a rescue…
Continue Reading
The Mayfly Project hosts Bend fly fishing graduation event for children in foster care
The Mayfly Project is holding a graduation for its Central Oregon students this evening in…
Continue Reading
Concerned parents protest outside Bend City Hall over proposed homeless camp
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A proposed managed homeless camp in southeast Bend near two schools, has stirred backlash among parents, some of whom gathered…
Continue Reading
New OHSU projection shows Oregon hospitals could be full till November
Eighteen months ago, Oregon announced its first case of COVID-19. Since then, the state has had more than 300,000 cases and nearly 3,500 COVID-19…
Continue Reading
Healing Reins Therapeutic Riding Center pivots fundraiser plans due to pandemic
Healing Reins Therapeutic Riding Center in Bend serves people in Central Oregon with disabilities and special needs through ‘healing with horses’. It…
Continue Reading
Bend nonprofit’s sneaker drive helps save and support cats and dogs
Cascade Canine Rescue East and West in Bend is partnering with GotSneakers to launch a Sneaker Drive. The organization will earn money from…
Continue Reading
Shepherd’s House drops request for Redmond shelter funds amid council split
In recent weeks, a divided Redmond City Council has changed course when it comes to addressing the rising issue of homelessness, as three nonprofits…
Continue Reading
Some Bend residents oppose city’s proposed housing code changes under HB 2001
Karon Kutz, land use chair for Bend’s Old Farm District Neighborhood Association, is upset city councilors might move forward too quickly with…
Continue Reading