Update: Warm Springs police say runaway teen has been found
(Update: Missing teen found) WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Warm Springs Police turned to the public Friday for help in locating a 14-year-old who…
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30th Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Tribal Council sworn in
(Update: Adding video) WARM SPRINGS (KTVZ) — The 30th Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs was sworn in Monday. Following…
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More than 11,000 Pacific Power customers have service restored after hour-long outage; cause determined
A utility maintenance crew accidentally caused a widespread Central Oregon power outage late Tuesday morning, knocking out service for about an hour…
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KTVZ News partners with Backyard Media to deliver morning news and weather forecasts to radio listeners
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – KTVZ News and Backyard Media have entered into a partnership that will bring local news and weather updates to radio listeners…
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Oregon lawmakers to hear priorities at community budget hearings, including one in Warm Springs
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means announced Friday the dates and locations of the 2025 community budget…
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Warm Springs Tribes to receive $2.6 million from feds to deploy 18 electric vehicle charging ports on reservation
 WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Thursday that $2,556,496 is coming to the Confederated Tribes of Warm…
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Senators Wyden, Merkley announce $2 million for Warm Springs affordable housing project
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Wednesday a federal investment of $2 million for the Warm Springs Housing…
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Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, partner start work on developing reservation’s first solar power project
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Warm Springs Power & Water Enterprises, which manages the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs’ energy assets and…
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Museum at Warm Springs announces awards for 31st annual Warm Springs Tribal Member and Youth Exhibit
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Museum at Warm Springs has announced the awards for the “31st Annual Warm Springs Tribal Member and Youth…
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St. Charles Madras to host Native Market, Warm Springs land acknowledgment presentation
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Community members throughout Central Oregon are invited to a day of celebration in recognition of Native American, American…
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Record steelhead numbers return to Deschutes River, most since dams built in 1960s, Warm Springs Tribes, PGE say
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Biologists from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Portland General Electric have collected more than 250 returning…
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Madras man sentenced to nearly 7 years in federal prison for dealing meth on Warm Springs Reservation
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Madras man was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison Wednesday for possessing methamphetamine with the intent…
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Oregon tribes, OSU work together to build facility for repatriation, return of ancestral remains, cultural items
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – The nine federally recognized Tribes in Oregon and Oregon State University have worked together to build a university…
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Warm Springs will use federal funds to develop community resilience centers for tribal members during extreme heat, cold
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, as well as Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Val Hoyle announced Wednesday that Oregon’s Energy…
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Warm Springs Tribal Council chairman offers response to President Biden’s apology for Indian boarding schools injustice
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — President Biden issued a formal presidential apology on Friday to Native American communities for the atrocities…
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Warm Springs Tribes and partners hold kick-off meeting for major transmission line upgrade project
 WARM SPRINGS. Ore. (KTVZ) — The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs hosted key partners Tuesday for a kick-off that will begin shaping the…
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Oregon’s nine tribal communities can now cover traditional health care practices through the Oregon Health Plan
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ)  – The Nine Federally Recognized Tribes of Oregon, in partnership with OHA, have received approval for traditional health…
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Warm Springs teen, moving to the coast, wounded in Hwy. 26 shooting that family says was an ambush
JaDe Smith says she was at work in Lincoln City last Thursday evening, waiting for her younger brother Ysidro Greene, 17, and grandfather to arrive…
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Kotek affirms state commitments to Columbia Basin Restoration initiative; Warm Springs tribal leader weighs in
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek announced Monday that she is directing state agencies to take all actions necessary and work cooperatively…
Continue Reading Warm Springs Tribes receive $1.25 million Justice Dept. grant to investigate domestic violence, sex trafficking, other crimes
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — The Justice Department has announced more than $86 million in grants administered by the Tribal Affairs Division within the…
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