Fireproofing your property: What buyers and sellers need to know before wildfire season arrives
With summer wildfire season just around the corner, it’s important for both sellers and buyers to consider steps to fireproof a…
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Surveyor at Oregon State Hospital finds conditions that pose ‘serious threat to patient health and safety’
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Joint Commission notified Oregon State Hospital Wednesday that it has identified a serious threat to patient health and…
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‘Moving the problem’: Campers living off China Hat Road plead with Forest Service to delay or cancel closure
An 81-page document entitled “Request to Reopen, Redo, and Delay or Cancel the Cabin Butte Vegetation Management Project” released Tuesday listed 80…
Continue ReadingTrump announces new auto tariffs in a major trade war escalation
By Elisabeth Buchwald, Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced 25% tariffs on…
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Oregon sends 11 more firefighters to help battle North Carolina wildfires, two from Central Oregon
(Update: Adding video) SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Forestry filled an order Wednesday to send 11 more firefighters to North…
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Public invited to review art designs on display for three small structures on Bend’s new Public Works Campus
(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The City of Bend, in partnership with Art in Public Places, are displaying concept drawings for the…
Continue ReadingSearch underway for 4 US Army soldiers missing in Lithuania
By Catherine Nicholls and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of troops and emergency workers are racing to find four US soldiers who went…
Continue ReadingFederal appeals court maintains temporary block on Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations
By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A divided federal appeals court has maintained a temporary block on President Donald Trump’s ability to use the…
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State emergency managers, ODOT urge safety, travel caution as severe weather threat moves into western Oregon
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The National Weather Service says severe thunderstorms are expected across parts of the Pacific Northwest this afternoon…
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Oregon Senate passes bill for permanent standard time … or possibly permanent daylight saving time
The Oregon Legislature is once again flirting with the idea of getting rid of the twice-annual switching of the…
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Oregon’s jobless rate edges upward to 4.5%, the highest level in nearly four years
Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.5% in February and 4.4% in January, after rising gradually over the past year from 4.1% in February of 2024, the…
Continue ReadingTrump administration pulls back billions in Covid-era funding for state, local health departments
By Jacqueline Howard, Brenda Goodman, Neha Mukherjee and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — State and local public health departments are bracing…
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80 people living along China Hat Road claim disability discrimination, seek to delay or cancel Cabin Butte project
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Forty days before a Deschutes National Forest deadline to move hundreds of people living in camps near China Hat Road south of…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court upholds rules requiring background checks for ‘ghost guns’
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Biden-era federal regulations on “ghost guns,” mail-order kits that allow…
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Gov. Kotek seeks answers from state utility commission amid public outcry over fast-rising power bills
By Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s office has heard from thousands of Oregonians concerned…
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Knott Road in southern Bend to close for most of April for bridge removal, canal piping work
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A stretch of Knott Road on Bend’s south end will be closed to through traffic for nearly three weeks for removal of a bridge…
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$150,000 Deschutes County settlement with prosecutor brings to light gender disparity; county denies allegations
Deschutes County has reached a $150,000 settlement with Deputy District Attorney Alison Filo of a lawsuit she filed against the county last year,…
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Kroger countersues rival Albertsons after demise of $25 billion merger
CINCINATTI (CNBC) — U.S. grocery chain Kroger countersued Albertsons on Tuesday, escalating a legal battle between the companies following the…
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Trump executive order boosts proof of citizenship requirements for voting in federal elections
By Tierney Sneed and Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday seeking to boost proof of citizenship…
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Madras police chase, quickly arrest man accused of stealing knife at one store, threatening worker at another
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A man who stole a knife from the Madras Bi-Mart and threatened a Domino’s Pizza worker with it ran away Tuesday afternoon…
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