St. Charles CEO: C.O. stats show COVID-19 remains ‘a real and very serious threat’
Over the past seven months, 22 people have died in Central Oregon because of the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Charles President and CEO Joe Sluka said in…
Continue ReadingOver the past seven months, 22 people have died in Central Oregon because of the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Charles President and CEO Joe Sluka said in…
Continue ReadingOregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday that Umatilla County has again been added to the state’s COVID-19 County Watch List, the fourth county…
Continue ReadingLacrosse players took the field in Bend Thursday night for the first time since mid-March. Thanks to the pandemic, their spring and summer seasons…
Continue ReadingAs the election season heats up, NewsChannel 21 spoke this week with the two major-party nominees seeking to succeed retiring Rep. Greg Walden –…
Continue ReadingIf conditions remain favorable, firefighters plan a 28-acre “jackpot” prescribed burn about a mile south of Big Summit Prairie, near Big Springs…
Continue ReadingCrook County Fire and Rescue has opened up a new CPR training space for community classes, which also houses the agency’s new fire…
Continue ReadingBend restaurants taking advantage of outdoor seating to handle social distancing now have to pass inspection by the fire department if they wish to…
Continue ReadingBend police and FBI raids this week at three massage businesses amid complaints of possible sex trafficking have brought renewed attention to an…
Continue ReadingWith an investigation still underway, the Bend Police Department shared four social media videos and issued a statement Thursday defending officers’…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed 11 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 594, along with a record 484 cases, the Oregon Health Authority…
Continue ReadingThe Bend area’s median home sales price soared $17,000 to a record $547,000 last month as high-end sales grew to be a larger part of the region’s hot…
Continue ReadingFire season in the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District remains in effect across private ownership, as well as state and…
Continue ReadingTwo new statewide surveys of Oregonians find a large majority of residents are taking steps to limit their exposure to the COVID-19 virus — but many…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Environmental Quality expanded and extended an air quality advisory Thursday to Central Oregon and other areas due to smoke…
Continue ReadingBend police, assisted by the FBI, have raided three Bend massage businesses, part of a 2-year investigation of community complaints that sex acts…
Continue ReadingA Bend man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday evening on U.S. Highway 97 south of Shaniko in Wasco County, Oregon State Police…
Continue ReadingA three-vehicle crash on state Highway 126 East in Redmond Wednesday evening sent two people to the hospital, one with likely serious injuries,…
Continue ReadingDays after two groups’ gathering by Pilot Butte turned into a disturbing melee, Police Chief Mike Krantz talked with city councilors Wednesday…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon businesses have seen a dramatic loss of business during the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new challenge is right around the corner.…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Health Authority says five employees at Flex Pak Corporation in Bend have tested positive for…
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