Oregon test negative for person under investigation for COVID-19
A second individual to have a test for COVID-19, with results that were still pending on Friday, has come back negative, the Oregon Health Authority…
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Wash. state sees first U.S. virus death, declares state of emergency
The governor of Washington declared a state of emergency Saturday after a man died there of COVID-19, the first such reported death in the United…
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Amid flu, COVID-19, St. Charles urging patient, visitor precautions
With flu activity still considered high and the Oregon Health Authority’s announcement of the first presumptive case of COVID-19 coronavirus in…
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Sisters man, 70, struck, killed by truck on Hwy. 20W
A 70-year-old Sisters man was killed early Saturday morning when he was struck by a box truck while walking across U.S. Highway 20W, Oregon State…
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Fathers of 2 Mt. Bachelor tree well victims sue resort for $30 million
The fathers of a skier and snowboarder who died on the same day nearly two years ago after falling into tree wells and suffocating on the slopes of…
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Bag ban fallout? Shopping baskets disappear from Redmond Safeway
A Redmond Safeway customer told NewsChannel 21 shopping baskets have been disappearing from the store since the plastic bag ban took…
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Washington County resident is Oregon’s first presumed novel coronavirus case
The Oregon Health Authority late Friday confirmed its first, presumptive case of novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in a Washington County resident who…
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Millions coming for Ochoco, Mt. Hood NF fire recovery, prevention work
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Friday that the Ochoco and Wasco Forest Collaboratives have secured $1.68 million and $4.78 million in…
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Crook County School Board picks 5 name finalists for ‘adventure theme’ school
Crook County School Board members selected the top five name choices for the new adventure theme school during a special board meeting last Monday…
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DCSO sets free public document shredding event
Also prescription drug disposal, canned food drive BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The first of four public shredding events we are hosting this year will…
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Jacob Larsen
Reporter/weather anchor, NewsChannel 21 I am very excited to start my career here at NewsChannel 21! I was born and raised in Wilsonville, Oregon. I…
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Rhea Panela
Sunrise Co-Anchor/Multimedia Journalist, NewsChannel 21 I joined the NewsChannel 21 team in June 2019 as a multimedia journalist. In October 2020, I…
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Bob Shaw
NewsChannel 21 Chief Meteorologist / Community Affairs Director On October 10th of 1983, our family rolled into the sleepy, little logging town of…
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Jordyn Siemens
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…
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Ben Steen
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.…
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Jordan Williams
Multimedia journalist, weather anchor, NewsChannel 21 Hello, Central Oregon, my name is Jordan Williams, and I am your new reporter at NewsChannel…
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Katie Zuniga
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…
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Bend-Redmond Habitat seeks to fill 6 AmeriCorps positions
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity has been awarded six AmeriCorps member Construction Crew Leader positions and is looking for…
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Bend-Redmond once again named ‘Best Performing Small City’
The Milken Institute has released its yearly findings for the Best Performing Small Cities study, again naming the Bend-Redmond metro area the Best…
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Ex-JCSO records clerk reaches plea deal in dues theft case
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…
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