City of Bend declares ‘Stage 1’ water curtailment alert
Following the recently approved drought declaration for Deschutes County, Bend City Manager Eric King has declared a Stage 1 water curtailment alert…
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Deschutes County imposes public use restrictions to curb wildfire danger
Deschutes County commissioners voted Monday to impose public use restrictions on unprotected lands within the county and on all county-owned land, to…
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Oregon COVID-19 update: No new deaths, fewer new cases, positive test results top 5%
The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from Sunday and remains at 215, along with 168 new cases, the lowest tally in several days, the…
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US Forest Services urges self-policing of campgrounds to help catch, prevent wildfires
Just a few weeks into summer, Central Oregon has already seen a more aggressive fire season than in some past years. The U.S. Forest Service is…
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US signs order for first West Coast gas-export terminal
The Trump administration on Monday formally authorized exports from a proposed Coos Bay, Oregon natural gas terminal, the first on the U.S. West…
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Oregon DMV upgrades computer system, offers Real ID, other new online services
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon DMV said it completed a multi-year project to replace its computer systems on Monday, providing new online services,…
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Household hazardous waste events set for La Pine, Redmond, Sisters
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — This summer, Deschutes County’s Department of Solid Waste is hosting special one-day collection events in La Pine, Redmond and…
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Oregon Zoo set to reopen, with safety measures in place
After closing for nearly four months to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the Oregon Zoo plans to reopen this week, welcoming back visitors for the…
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Prineville protesters want police chief out
A Black Lives Matter protest took place in Prineville on Sunday, this time calling for the resignation or dismissal of Police Chief Dale Cummins over…
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Sisters Farmers Market adds online ordering, curbside pickup
The Sisters Farmers Market is among a growing number around Oregon that are now offering online ordering and curbside…
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SW Bend residents help douse small brush fire
Southwest Bend residents used, water, extinguishers and rakes to tackle a small brushfire off Brookswood Boulevard Sunday morning before police and…
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Prineville Fourth of July fire damages home, outbuilding
A fire burned intensely near Meadow Lakes Golf Course Saturday night, damaging a home, outbuilding and power pole, at a time when the city’s Fourth…
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Cigarette butts spark 2-acre wildfire east of Bend, investigators say
A wind-fanned brush fire off Highway 20 east of Bend late Sunday afternoon, stopped at about two acres by firefighters from several agencies, was…
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Police: 7 men arrested after yelling racial slurs at Black family in Lincoln City
Seven men were arrested after police say they taunted a Black family by yelling racial slurs and using Nazi salutes during a Fourth of July incident…
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Good Samaritans rescue Bend man from Deschutes River
Good Samaritans, assisted by police and fire crews, rescued a Bend man who tried to swim across the Deschutes River near the Bill Healy Bridge on…
Continue Reading Oregon reports two more COVID-19 deaths, 301 new cases; 10 in Central Oregon
COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 215, along with 301 new cases that push the total past 10,000, the…
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Portland police declare riot, arrest more than a dozen; several officers injured
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police say more than a dozen people were arrested early Sunday after throwing fireworks and mortars as they clashed…
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BPRD summer camp leader tests positive for COVID-19; 7 youth self-quarantine
The leader of a small summer camp at Bend Park & Recreation District’s Juniper Swim and Fitness Center tested positive for COVID-19 late last month,…
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La Pine residents hold their own Fourth of July parade
With many of Central Oregon’s traditional Fourth of July events canceled or scaled back due to COVID-19, some La Pine residents decorated their…
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Gov. Kate Brown meets with OSP troopers who refused to wear masks
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — One day after denouncing Oregon State Police troopers seen on video without face masks in a Corvallis coffee shop, Gov. Kate…
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