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Visitors will be able to once again walk and drive up Pilot Butte starting on Saturday, according to Oregon Parks and Recreation Department…

Happy Friday evening, everyone! A FIRE WEATHER OR RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OREGON THROUGH 9 P.M. THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GUST…

(Update: OSP identifies both drivers; truck driver from Terrebonne) A 49-year-old Terrebonne wood-chip truck driver was killed a week ago in a…

Here are the results of Thursday’s KTVZ.COM poll, asking if you think all personal-use fireworks should be banned in Central Oregon: Should all…

Here are the city of Redmond’s road closures and delays for the week of July 9-13: Special Event Closures: NONE Ongoing Closures: NW 10 th St.…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – Backers of a statewide gun initiative say they’ve gathered enough signatures to put the measure to voters in…

(Update: Victim identified) SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – Officials say a woman died and three triplex units burned in a blaze that may have been…

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and Gov. Kate Brown, released the following statement Friday in response to the…

Here is the city of Bend’s weekly road construction and traffic report for the week of July 9-15: Special Events: · Summer Fest, July 13…

With containment on southwest Oregon’s Lobster Creek Fire reaching 55 percent and the fire perimeter stable at 397 acres, fire managers said…

(Update: Person killed in Klamathon Fire; I-5 reopens) HORNBROOK, Calif. (AP) – A fire official says a person has died in a fast-moving blaze…

(Update: Police identify crash victim) Police late Thursday night identified the woman struck and killed by a pickup truck on the Bend Parkway late…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Officials say a 14-year-old girl playing with fireworks started a wildfire that burned a vacant house in southern Oregon.…

At the Oregon American Legion annual conference held June 27-30 in Florence, the American Legion selected Redmond Police Department Detective Steven…

Good Friday Morning, Everyone…A light flow of moisture out of the SW will turn morning clear skies mostly sunny this afternoon. Highs will be…

(Update: Adding details of fireworks-sparked fire at John Tuck Elementary) Two Redmond-area residents were arrested and a third cited Wednesday after…

An 81-year-old volunteer driver for St. Vincent de Paul of La Pine was killed Thursday when his truck left Highway 58 near Oakridge and crashed into…

Two Bend men have been arrested on reckless burning charges for setting off an illegal “mortar”-style firework at Pilot Butte, sparking a…

Since April, Northwest 14th Street in Bend has been under construction. When the $3.5 million project is complete, the road will be repaired, a bike…

(Update: Pilot Butte closed to visitors, hikers) Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint, a northeast Bend landmark and popular visitor spot, remained…