Congressman Cliff Bentz discusses key issues impacting central and eastern Oregon
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KTVZ) – In an interview with KTVZ, U.S. Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-Oregon) discussed a range of critical issues affecting Oregon…
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Crook County update: Rising water prompts short-lived flood alert, but evacuations no longer expected
Authorities warned the public Thursday about a threat of imminent flooding and possible evacuations for a few hours in some areas along Ochoco Creek…
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‘Incredibly disheartening’: COCC hit by loss of $3 million in expected federal funds for Madras Campus expansion
(Update: Adding video) Project still due for completion by next January; school will seek other funds MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — A recent continuing…
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Caught on camera: Madras police receive graffiti-tagger tips after releasing security video
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Madras police release of security video showing at least one alleged graffiti tagger has brought in tips officers are busy…
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Recent Bend Sustainability Fund recipients share plans for their upcoming projects
Six community projects that range from new, lighted pickleball courts to creating new downhill mountain bike trails for riders of all abilities will…
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Bend’s new Costco is bustling – and now, the former location is available to lease
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — KTVZ News learned Thursday that the former site of Bend’s Costco Wholesale store at the Forum Shopping Center is available for…
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After nearly two years, Bend’s Crux Fermentation Project is closing its Portland pub
By Alex Jensen, KGW PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Bend-based Crux Fermentation Project will close its Portland pub this weekend after nearly two years in…
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Averting a ‘failure of communication’: Bend Rep. Emerson Levy’s House-passed bill could make schools safer
Alyssa’s Law (HB 3083), legislation that requires Oregon school districts to consider installing a panic alarm system in their schools, consisting…
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Record numbers of adult Deschutes River steelhead pass upstream of Round Butte Dam
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Record numbers of nearly 1,000 adult steelhead returned to the Pelton Round Butte hydropower project on the Deschutes River…
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Latest windstorm raises fire danger, despite wet weather; Bend Fire has tips
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– It’s no secret, very high winds have been battering Central Oregon this week. In some areas, winds reached up to 40 mph, and…
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Shifting Seasons: The Changing Snowpack
NewThe Oregon Cascades play a huge role in our daily lives. Changes in the snowpack impact everything from water supply to wildfire season. Every…
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Humane Society of Central Oregon Responds to Urgent Dog Surrender
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – In a major coordinated effort with the Klamath County Sheriff’s Department and Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Animal…
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Oregon Health Authority: Termination of $117 million in COVID-area federal grants will have immediate impacts
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Substance…
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Death with Dignity: Oregon’s aid-in-dying deaths fall while prescriptions rise, new state report shows
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Prescriptions for life-ending medications under Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act increased last year, while the number of…
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Judge orders Trump administration to keep Signal records amid Yemen attack chat controversy
By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered key Trump administration agencies to preserve messages sent on Signal between…
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Alleged top MS-13 member arrested in Virginia was ‘leader for the East Coast,’ AG Bondi says
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Federal law enforcement officers captured an alleged “major leader” of the MS-13 gang…
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Oregon Employment Department finds errors in 12,000 jobless benefit 1099-G tax forms, issuing corrected ones
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Employment Department said Thursday it identified errors with some 1099-G tax forms it issued in January regarding…
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White House pulls Stefanik’s UN ambassador nomination amid concern over narrow Republican House majority
By Sarah Ferris, Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The White House on Thursday pulled Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be US…
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Social Security Administration delays and curtails new anti-fraud policy
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Social Security Administration announced Wednesday that it is pushing back the rollout of a controversial…
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Oregon coalition urges Legislature to let voters decide on constitutional right to healthy climate
By the time Joanna Rogers got to give testimony at the Capitol on a bill that could one day help enshrine the right to a healthy and safe climate in…
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