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Mt. Bachelor announces summer schedule, including debut of fast new zip line

June 15, 2020 2:20 pm KTVZ News Partners

Mt. Bachelor, a year-round POWDR mountain resort located at the heart of Bend culture, on Monday announced its summer 2020 operating schedule,…

OSU’s COVID-19 tracing project expands to Newport, site of recent outbreak

June 15, 2020 1:03 pm KTVZ News Partners

NEWPORT, Ore. (KTVZ) – TRACE-COVID-19, the groundbreaking Oregon State University project to determine community prevalence of the novel…

Pickup jumps curb, pushes fuel oil tank into La Pine barber shop

June 15, 2020 12:16 pm KTVZ News Partners

A driver’s pickup truck jumped a curb and crashed into the outside wall of a La Pine barber shop Monday morning, also hitting a fuel oil tank and…

Old McKenzie Pass Highway reopens to motorists

June 15, 2020 9:47 am KTVZ News Partners

The Old McKenzie Pass Highway, Oregon’s historic Highway 242, reopened to motor vehicles on…

Oregon wildlife advocates push feds for more highway crossing funds

June 14, 2020 10:16 pm KTVZ News Partners

Highway undercrossings have come to play an integral role in keeping drivers and wildlife…

Bend man killed, 2 others seriously hurt in Hwy. 20E rear-end crash

June 14, 2020 5:40 pm KTVZ News Partners

One Bend man was killed and two others were seriously injured Sunday afternoon when a van crashed into the rear of an SUV as both vehicles prepared…

Oregon AG warns: Watch out for impostor contact tracers

June 14, 2020 1:02 pm Barney Lerten

Contact tracing is important in curbing the spread of the COVID-19 virus. But Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum warned Saturday to watch out…

2 pioneer statues toppled amid protests at University of Oregon

June 14, 2020 12:45 pm KTVZ News Partners

Two long-standing statues have been torn down on the University of Oregon campus this weekend — the Pioneer Mother and the Pioneer outside Johnson…

Prineville Black Lives Matter rally brings counter-protest; police make 4 arrests

June 13, 2020 7:26 pm KTVZ

Dozens of Black Lives Matter protesters and counter-protesters gathered on either side of Third Street in downtown Prineville on Saturday afternoon,…

Bend driver injured, cited in fiery Highway 97 DUII crash south of Redmond

June 13, 2020 4:29 pm Barney Lerten

A Bend woman faces drunken and reckless driving charges after her SUV left Highway 97 south of Redmond Saturday morning and rolled, throwing her to…

Gov. Brown plans to release some inmates to slow virus spread

June 13, 2020 3:50 pm The Associated Press

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has asked for a list of names by June 22 of inmates eligible for possible release to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the state…

Redmond woman killed, 5 injured in Hwy. 97 crash near Terrebonne

June 12, 2020 4:12 pm KTVZ News Partners

A Redmond woman was killed and five people were injured, two seriously, in a three-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on U.S. Highway 97 south of…

La Pine man charged with wielding 2 axes, entering burning shop to save cat

June 13, 2020 12:25 pm Barney Lerten

A La Pine towing company worker who kept going back into the burning business to look for a missing cat early Saturday morning interfered with…

Prineville OSP trooper arranges a rescue for the (baby) birds

June 12, 2020 10:49 pm KTVZ News Partners

This isn’t your typical rescue story. In fact, it’s for the birds — to be more precise, three baby red-tailed hawks that a recent windstorm…

Oregon Supreme Court rules against Baker County judge, upholds governor’s orders

June 12, 2020 11:02 am KTVZ News Partners

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Baker County judge erred in ruling that Gov. Kate Brown’s executive orders relating to the coronavirus…

COCC, OSU-Cascades react to new state rules that allow in-person classes to resume

June 12, 2020 10:12 am KTVZ News Partners

The Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in partnership with the Oregon Health Authority, announced Friday new state public health standards for…