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St. Vincent de Paul store in La Pine reopens

May 11, 2020 8:11 pm KTVZ

While some stores are still waiting for the governor’s order to fully reopen, the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store in La Pine reopened its doors…

Oregon construction safety task force seeks to protect crews amid COVID-19

May 11, 2020 7:21 pm KTVZ

Seeking to increase job safety awareness and to help protect workers against the COVID-19 pandemic, a joint task force has published free resources…

Deschutes County, Bend officials discuss business reopening plans

May 11, 2020 6:47 pm KTVZ

With businesses eager to reopen following Governor Kate Brown’s three-phase plan, the challenge businesses face now is how to reopen safely and as…

C.O. crews prepare for wildfire season amid COVID 19 challenges

May 11, 2020 5:47 pm KTVZ

Wildfire season is fast approaching, and now the crews that respond to fires will have to follow new social distancing protocols amid the COVID-19…

Hwy. 126 traffic stop leads to drugs, loaded gun, arrest of La Grande fugitive

May 11, 2020 5:30 pm KTVZ News Partners

A traffic stop on Highway 126 west of Prineville Sunday morning led to the discovery of drugs and a loaded handgun and the arrest of a 35-year-old La…

Oregon reports 58 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths

May 11, 2020 3:28 pm KTVZ News Partners

COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 130, the Oregon Health Authority reported…

Scout Lake drowning victim ID’d as Redmond woman, Warm Springs teacher

May 10, 2020 3:39 pm KTVZ

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on Monday identified a Mother’s Day drowning victim at Scout Lake northwest of Sisters as a Redmond woman who…

Mt. Jefferson Wilderness hiker strikes self with machete, prompting rescue

May 11, 2020 1:34 pm KTVZ News Partners

A man who accidentally struck himself in the leg with a machete while hiking in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness Area Saturday evening was rescued in a…

City of Bend wastewater tested for COVID-19

May 11, 2020 12:58 pm KTVZ News Partners

The city of Bend is one of 330 cities across the United States participating in a study with Biobot Analytics, analyzing wastewater for signs of…

Oregon expects $3 billion state budget hit; agencies told to prep possible cuts

May 11, 2020 11:38 am KTVZ News Partners

The business closures and other economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic could blow a $3 billion hole in Oregon’s current state budget, and that’s…

17 test positive for COVID-19 at Portland VA Medical Center

May 10, 2020 11:36 pm KTVZ News Partners

Seventeen people at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center have tested positive for COVID-19, the Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System…

Bend man suffering mental health issues fires pellet gun shots, is taken into custody

May 10, 2020 10:45 pm KTVZ News Partners

Bend man suffering a mental health crisis threatened his parents, shot out a window of the home they shared with a pellet rifle and later fired…

Bend man killed in motorcycle crash near Wickiup Reservoir

May 10, 2020 9:53 pm KTVZ News Partners

A Bend man was killed Saturday evening in the crash of his motorcycle near Wickiup Reservoir, west of La Pine, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies…

Unattended burn spreads, destroys Culver-area shop

May 10, 2020 10:12 pm KTVZ News Partners

A fire caused by an unattended open burn destroyed a shop and damaged a grain silo and wood storage shed southwest of Culver Sunday afternoon,…

Wash. man killed when motorcycle crashes into John Day River

May 10, 2020 1:42 pm KTVZ News Partners

A Washington state man was killed Saturday afternoon when his motorcycle left state Highway 402 in Grant County, went down an embankment and into the…