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Jeremy Christian guilty on all counts in Portland light-rail stabbings

February 21, 2020 4:12 pm The Associated Press

A Portland jury on Friday found Jeremy Christian guilty of murder in a 2017 on a Portland light-rail train that left two people dead and another…

Oregon House OKs health care affordability, accessibility bills

February 21, 2020 11:24 pm KTVZ News Partners

Several pieces of legislation to increase affordability and accessibility in health care passed the Oregon House this week.…

Hwy. 22 reopens, five days after tanker crash, fuel spill

February 21, 2020 3:49 pm KTVZ News Partners

Cleanup crews finished excavating petroleum contaminated soil Thursday at the site of a fuel spill along the banks of the North Santiam River near…

Redmond FFA brings agricultural literacy project to Tom McCall Elementary

February 21, 2020 10:07 pm KTVZ News Partners

Redmond FFA members energized students at Tom McCall Elementary School this week, kicking off Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom’s annual…

Bend police officer files to unseat Deschutes Sheriff Nelson

February 21, 2020 5:42 pm Barney Lerten

A Bend police officer who shot and killed a suspected drunken driver in downtown Bend more than three years ago filed to run Friday against Deschutes…

Warm Springs K-8 Academy in need of dedicated educators

February 21, 2020 11:25 am KTVZ

Warm Springs K-8 Academy, dedicated to preparing tribal youth for growth and success, is in need of more teachers and other staff…

Celebrities rally to send bullied Australian boy to Disneyland after video goes viral

February 21, 2020 6:04 pm Barney Lerten

(CNN) — Bullied at school for his dwarfism, 9-year-old Quaden Bayles sobs uncontrollably in the back of his mother’s car — saying to the camera:…

Driver cited in Crook County rear-end crash

February 21, 2020 9:33 am Barney Lerten

A two-vehicle rear-end crash southeast of Prineville Thursday evening left one pickup atop another, sending one driver to the hospital for…

Oregon House OKs cap on rising insulin prices

February 21, 2020 1:09 pm KTVZ News Partners

The Oregon House on Friday approved the Oregon Insulin Affordability Act, which would cap insulin costs at $75 for a 30-day supply, or $225 for a…

Prineville adventure theme school application period to start

February 21, 2020 12:07 pm KTVZ News Partners

Next Tuesday, the Crook County School District will open the application period for families who would like their students to attend the new…

Portland couple sentenced for murder of Eugene college student

February 21, 2020 11:50 am The Associated Press

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A Portland couple convicted of killing a 21-year-old Lane Community College student last year in a case of mistaken identity…

Two men arrested in 2009 Portland-area murder case

February 21, 2020 11:45 am The Associated Press

Nearly 11 years after two people broke into a Clackamas County apartment and killed Joseph Patrick Haley, police have arrested two men.…

FBI offers reward for shooters who damaged Midstate substation

February 21, 2020 10:14 am KTVZ News Partners

The FBI offered a reward of up to $5,000 Friday for information leading to suspects in a shooting last year that caused more than $400,000 damage to…

Bend council OKs resolution discouraging residents from feeding deer, wildlife

February 20, 2020 11:56 am KTVZ

The Bend City Council unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday evening discouraging residents from feeding deer and other wildlife within the city…

Bend to test metered signals at Reed Market-Bond roundabout

February 20, 2020 8:07 am KTVZ News Partners

The city of Bend announced Thursday it will test the use of metered signals at the Reed Market/Bond/Brookswood roundabout during the week of March…

Special report: Overnight army preps Mt. Bachelor slopes

February 21, 2020 8:01 am KTVZ

As the sun sets on Central Oregon, skiers and snowboarders get their last laps in at Mt. Bachelor. Then, an army of workers climb into giant machines…