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Small slide prompts single-lane restriction on Mill Creek Road; Crook County officials urge driver caution

March 21, 2025 4:11 pm Barney Lerten

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A small roadside slide along Mill Creek Road has led to a temporary restriction to one lane in the area, Crook County…

FBI agents arrest Pendleton man on charge of transporting, abusing Alaska minor, seek more info from public

March 21, 2025 2:41 pm Barney Lerten

(Update: Adding video) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTVZ) – An Oregon man was arrested by the FBI Thursday in Portland after a federal grand jury in Alaska…

OSU researchers develop fast-heating nanoparticles to stop ovarian tumors, perhaps destroy other cancer

March 21, 2025 1:45 pm Barney Lerten

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – New magnetic nanoparticles in the shape of a cube sandwiched between two pyramids represent a breakthrough for treating…

This image shared by the London Fire Brigade shows a fire at an electrical substation supplying Heathrow Airport

Global travel is disrupted by Heathrow’s closure. Here’s what we know

March 20, 2025 7:47 pm CNN Newsource

By Todd Symons, Alex Stambaugh, Jessie Yeung and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — The chief executive of London’s Heathrow Airport expects it to be…

President Donald Trump delivers remarks as an image of an F-47 sixth-generation fighter jet is displayed in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington

Trump announces new US sixth-generation fighter jet that will be built by Boeing

March 21, 2025 12:07 pm CNN Newsource

By Oren Liebermann and Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced the Pentagon’s decision to move forward with a…

DoorDash users can soon pay in installments because of a new deal with Klarna.

DoorDash will let users buy now, pay later for fast food, a possible worrying sign for the economy

March 21, 2025 4:16 am CNN Newsource

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Buy Now, Pay Later services are typically used on large purchases, like furniture. But now one service…

Israel says it will maintain ‘permanent’ presence in Gaza unless hostages are freed

March 21, 2025 5:50 am CNN Newsource

By Ibrahim Dahman, Eugenia Yosef, Tim Lister, Tala Alrajjal and Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has warned…

The air traffic control tower at Orlando International Airport in 2022.

Air traffic controller in Orlando stops Southwest Airlines pilots mistakenly trying to take off on a taxiway

March 21, 2025 12:00 am CNN Newsource

By Aaron Cooper and Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The pilots of a Boeing 737 started to mistakenly take off from a taxiway at a Florida airport…

How Think Wild keeps their wildlife out of the ‘winter blues’

March 20, 2025 9:58 pm Triton Notary

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Right now, some of us might be feeling a little tired of cold weather. Having a few days of sunshine before going back to…

Mt. Bachelor tops 400 inches of snowfall so far this season

March 20, 2025 9:22 pm Jillian Fortner

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Spring is here, but heavy snow is still piling up in the mountains. Over the past week, winter storms have dropped more than…

School speed zone sign Redmond Police Dept.

Redmond changing school speed zone signs to flashing lights; drivers need to slow down to 20 mph when they flash

March 20, 2025 6:29 pm Barney Lerten

City of Redmond Public Works crews will begin updating 18 school zone speed limit signs this month, moving to a system where drivers need to slow…

Conservation group seeks endangered species protection for rare flower found only near the Crooked River

March 20, 2025 6:02 pm Barney Lerten

PORTLAND, Ore.—The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Thursday to protect the Ochoco lomatium under…

Watch: Wanted Bend man arrested in stolen SUV after police spike strips end wild high-speed drive through town

March 20, 2025 10:01 am Barney Lerten, Harley Coldiron

A Bend man wanted on a felony warrant stole an SUV whose owner left it warming up at the Riverhouse Lodge hotel, then took it on a wild drive through…

Reward fund total tops $30,000 for tips to solve recent illegal killing of gray wolf near Sisters

March 19, 2025 2:54 pm Barney Lerten

(Update: Three organizations add to reward fund) PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Three organizations have pushed the total potential reward past $30,000 for…

Uncertainty looms over Central Oregon schools as U.S. Department of Education could be shut down

March 20, 2025 12:00 pm KTVZ

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to end the U.S. Department of Education, saying he was giving power back to the states: “My…