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First Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses for Oregon children expected to be available this week

November 2, 2021 5:21 pm KTVZ News Partners

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 14-0 Tuesday to recommend the pediatric…

Bend Police step up efforts to stop online luring of minors, make 5 arrests in past 3 months

November 2, 2021 5:51 pm KTVZ News Partners

Bend police officers have undergone training and are proactively investigating cases online where adults are sexually luring minors through social…

Judge sides with Democrats in Oregon redistricting dispute

November 2, 2021 4:57 pm The Associated Press

A judge has found that new congressional districts passed by Oregon Democrats meet all legal criteria, with little evidence they amount to blatant…

Bend fugitive flees detectives, found in 2nd car and arrested; drugs, gun seized

November 2, 2021 3:47 pm Barney Lerten

A Bend man wanted on two warrants and believed to be returning to Deschutes County with drugs was arrested after a brief pursuit on Highway 97 and a…

Settlement talks fail in Oregon youths’ anti-US climate suit

November 2, 2021 1:38 pm The Associated Press

Oregon-based youth climate activists say settlement talks with the U.S. Department of Justice have failed, six years after they first filed a federal…

Redmond council gets update on planned regional Emergency Services Training and Coordination Center

November 2, 2021 11:58 am KTVZ

The Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council gave an update on a proposed regional training and emergency coordination center to the Redmond City…

Mosaic Medical’s new NE Bend clinic, pharmacy to open below 47 low-income senior apartments

November 1, 2021 10:23 pm KTVZ - News Team

Mosaic Medical, a nonprofit community health center with 15 clinics across Central Oregon, held a ceremonial ribbon-cutting Monday to mark the…

Jefferson, Crook voters deciding on measures to improve schools, address safety concerns

November 1, 2021 7:07 pm KTVZ

Both Crook and Jefferson counties have bond measures on the ballot for Tuesday’s Election…

ODOT to add 2 roundabouts, bike/pedestrian underpass to Highway 20 at Tumalo

November 1, 2021 5:46 pm KTVZ

Two long-awaited roundabouts and a bike/pedestrian underpass will be built on busy U.S. Highway 20 at Tumalo, starting next…

Sisters HS class em-barks on project to create prosthetic leg for teacher’s dog

November 1, 2021 10:04 am KTVZ

A class at Sisters High School is taking on a unique final project: Building a prosthetic leg for their teacher’s…

Crook County woman’s injuries lead to man’s arrest in domestic violence incident

November 1, 2021 3:43 pm KTVZ News Partners

A Crook County woman who went to St. Charles Prineville over the weekend for treatment of injuries reported being the victim of domestic assault…

Crescent Ranger District continues pile burning across 3,000 acres

November 1, 2021 3:22 pm KTVZ News Partners

Fuels specialists on the Crescent Ranger District plan to conduct 3,000 acres of pile burning across the district throughout fall and into winter, if…

Oregon reports 5 more COVID-19 related deaths over the weekend, 2,569 new cases

November 1, 2021 3:13 pm KTVZ News Partners

There were five newly reported COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon over the weekend, raising the state’s death toll to 4,377, Oregon Health Authority…

One of ‘Redmond 5’ teens convicted in 2001 Barbara Thomas killing out of prison; others may follow

November 1, 2021 10:42 am Barney Lerten

One of five Redmond teens convicted in the brutal killing of Barbara Thomas at her home on the Old Bend-Redmond Highway 20 years ago has been quietly…

Bend sees a warmer — but a bit wetter — than normal October

November 1, 2021 12:40 pm KTVZ News Partners

As November arrived in cold and soggy fashion on Monday, the National Weather Service reported that October was another month where the Bend area had…