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Rhea Panela

October 29, 2019 10:19 pm KTVZ

Sunrise Co-Anchor/Multimedia Journalist, NewsChannel 21 I joined the NewsChannel 21 team in June 2019 as a multimedia journalist. In October 2020, I…

Bob Shaw

October 30, 2019 12:10 am KTVZ

NewsChannel 21 Chief Meteorologist / Community Affairs Director On October 10th of 1983, our family rolled into the sleepy, little logging town of…

Jordyn Siemens

October 30, 2019 12:12 am KTVZ

Producer, NewsChannel 21 I’m so excited to start my career at NewsChannel 21 in beautiful Bend! Raised in Fort Collins, Colorado, I’m a sucker…

Ben Steen

October 30, 2019 12:15 am KTVZ

Photojournalist, NewsChannel 21 I am very excited to begin my career here at NewsChannel 21! I was born and raised in the Phoenix, Arizona area.…

Jordan Williams

October 30, 2019 12:19 am KTVZ

Multimedia journalist, weather anchor, NewsChannel 21 Hello, Central Oregon, my name is Jordan Williams, and I am your new reporter at NewsChannel…

Katie Zuniga

October 29, 2019 3:51 pm KTVZ

Meteorologist, NewsChannel 21 My husband and I have been long-time high school sweethearts, and we have two children. I was born in Oregon, but we’ve…

Bend-Redmond Habitat seeks to fill 6 AmeriCorps positions

February 28, 2020 12:49 pm KTVZ News Partners

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity has been awarded six AmeriCorps member Construction Crew Leader positions and is looking for…

Bend-Redmond once again named ‘Best Performing Small City’

February 28, 2020 12:35 pm KTVZ News Partners

The Milken Institute has released its yearly findings for the Best Performing Small Cities study, again naming the Bend-Redmond metro area the Best…

Ex-JCSO records clerk reaches plea deal in dues theft case

February 28, 2020 12:13 pm KTVZ News Partners

A former Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office records clerk accused of stealing more than $15,000 in dues from department employees has reached a plea…

Time running out for Redmond man in need of kidney

February 27, 2020 6:11 pm KTVZ

Alvin Law is suffering from kidney failure. For the last two years, the 70-year-old Redmond man has been hooking himself to needles and machines…

Prineville police report Seat Belt Blitz enforcement results

February 28, 2020 11:37 am KTVZ News Partners

During the Feb. 3-16 Seat Belt Blitz, the Prineville Police Department conducted 38 traffic stops, assisted with a traffic crash on NE 3rd Street…

Stocks tumble, on pace for worst week since financial crisis

February 28, 2020 11:33 am CNN Newsource

(CNN) — US stocks tumbled once again on Friday, as coronavirus fears continue to mount. Equities are on track for their worst week since the…

Gov. Brown convenes Coronavirus Response Team

February 28, 2020 11:19 am KTVZ News Partners

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown convened Friday a Coronavirus Response Team tasked with coordinating state and local agencies and health authorities in…

Feds reject removal of 4 Snake River dams in key report

February 28, 2020 10:15 am The Associated Press

A long-awaited federal report released Friday rejected the idea of removing four hydroelectric dams on a major Pacific Northwest river in a…

Judge denies request to delay Portland’s new rental rules

February 28, 2020 9:49 am The Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Portland says he won’t block new city housing screening and security deposit rules taking effect this…

RPA middle schoolers ‘go back’ to kindergarten

February 28, 2020 8:43 am KTVZ News Partners

Every week for the past four years, 20-25 Redmond Proficiency Academy middle school students have ventured to the Redmond Early Learning Center to…

Bend dental practice feeling coronavirus impact: mask shortage

February 27, 2020 6:40 pm KTVZ

Despite no confirmed cases in Oregon as of yet, the global novel coronavirus outbreak is leading to issues locally that some may not have expected,…

Oregon House Democrats subpoena GOP walkout participants

February 27, 2020 5:34 pm KTVZ News Partners

The House Committee on Rules voted Thursday afternoon to issue civil subpoenas to absent and unexcused members of the House Republican Caucus,…

Bend Police ID woman struck, critically injured by pizza delivery driver

February 27, 2020 8:10 am Barney Lerten

A 20-year-old Bend woman was critically injured and a second pedestrian also was hurt Wednesday night when they were struck by a Pizza Hut driver…

St. Charles Bend prepares, says still no novel coronavirus cases locally

February 27, 2020 5:48 pm KTVZ

St. Charles Bend officials said Thursday there have been no samples of suspected COVID-19, better known as the novel coronavirus, sent from Central…