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Hayden Homes custom playhouse to be auctioned at Redmond school fundraiser

February 27, 2020 1:54 pm KTVZ News Partners

A custom playhouse crafted and donated by Hayden Homes will be up for auction at Saturday’s crab feed fundraiser for Redmond’s St. Thomas…

Earth Day Oregon to mark event’s 50th anniversary

February 27, 2020 12:48 pm KTVZ News Partners

Earth Day Oregon, a statewide collective that amplifies the impact of Earth Day, announced Thursday that it is celebrating Earth Day’s 50th…

Bend-La Pine sophomores to attend unique career event

February 27, 2020 12:41 pm KTVZ News Partners

Local business owners, performers and speakers will share career insights with all Bend-La Pine Schools sophomores during a creative and interactive…

Knopp bill to freeze some seniors’ property taxes advances, despite walkout

February 27, 2020 12:30 pm KTVZ News Partners

State Sen. Tim Knopp, R-Bend, said Thursday his bill for the 2020 short legislative session, to freeze property taxes for low-income seniors, has…

Hood River surgeon identified as Mount Hood fall victim

February 27, 2020 12:05 am KTVZ News Partners

A well-known doctor and surgeon from Hood River has been identified as the skier who died after a fall on Mount Hood…

Wyden presses FS chief over backlog of fuels reduction, fire prevention work

February 26, 2020 11:52 pm KTVZ News Partners

At a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., pressed the chief of the U.S. Forest Service…

Sisters City Council talks short-term rentals, new DCSO contract

February 26, 2020 11:15 am KTVZ

The Sisters City Council held a workshop Wednesday evening to discuss the year-old short-term rental regulations, and also discussed its new contract…

OSU-Cascades offers Summer Academy for HS students

February 26, 2020 10:01 pm KTVZ News Partners

Oregon State University–Cascades will again host high school students for a Summer Academy that will expose participants to college classes and…

Redmond residents to get new trash pickup option

February 26, 2020 8:45 pm KTVZ

The Redmond City Council unanimously passed a city ordinance this week that will give residents the cost-saving option to have their trash picked up…

President Trump puts VP Pence in charge of coronavirus response

February 26, 2020 6:16 pm CNN Newsource

President Donald Trump on Wednesday placed Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the US government response to the novel coronavirus, amid growing…

Oregon legislative limbo lingers, threatening bills of both parties

February 26, 2020 7:17 pm KTVZ

Pressure continued to rise and the House and Senate chambers remained empty Wednesday at the Oregon Capitol, one day after most House Republicans…

Summit basketball star Jacob Tompkins setting records

February 26, 2020 11:57 am KTVZ

A senior on the Summit High School basketball team has not exactly been shooting for lots of school records, but he’s been knocking them down…

Kasner murder trial begins in shooting death of neighbor

February 26, 2020 1:08 pm KTVZ, Barney Lerten

The grim details of a woman allegedly gunning down her neighbor, shooting a dog and threatening other neighbors with the gun one winter day in a…

$250M homelessness tax measure on Portland-area May ballot

February 26, 2020 11:27 am The Associated Press

Metro, the regional government for the three counties in the Portland metropolitan area, has voted to place a ballot measure before voters this May…

La Pine home’s wood shake roof fire stopped fast — again

February 26, 2020 5:22 pm KTVZ News Partners

La Pine firefighters quickly doused a fire on a wood shake roof on Wednesday, at the same home where they stopped a similar roof fire nearly eight…

Deschutes County to remove about 50 hazard trees near Sunriver

February 26, 2020 4:26 pm KTVZ News Partners

Starting this week and continuing sporadically throughout April, the Deschutes County Road Department will remove approximately 50 hazard trees along…