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Helt asks governor to let ‘essential’ medical procedures resume in C.O.

April 17, 2020 12:51 pm KTVZ News Partners

State Rep. Cheri Helt, R-Bend, sent a letter to Gov. Kate Brown Thursday evening, asking her to work with Central Oregon health professionals,…

Oregonians fall victim to coronavirus-related scams

April 16, 2020 8:20 pm KTVZ

Hundreds of people have reported scams due to the…

Ochoco National Forest seeks comments on wild horse management plan update

April 17, 2020 11:55 am KTVZ News Partners

The Ochoco National Forest on Friday released a draft environmental assessment for the Ochoco Wild Horse Herd Management Plan project.…

Bend outlines 2020 street preservation projects

April 17, 2020 10:29 am KTVZ News Partners

The city of Bend is about to kick off a season of street preservation work all over town. Some paving will start this month, earlier than planned,…

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Bend-La Pine Schools open fall kindergarten registration

April 17, 2020 11:05 am KTVZ News Partners

Bend-La Pine Schools families are invited to register kindergarten students for the coming 2020-21 school year, beginning Friday. Online registration…

ODOT again pushes back studded tire deadline, to May 15

April 17, 2020 10:37 am KTVZ News Partners

Oregon drivers will not be required to remove studded tires until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 15, the Oregon Department of Transportation said Friday.…

Sisters gym lends nearly $100,000 in equipment to clients

April 16, 2020 11:40 pm KTVZ

The coronavirus has caused Central Oregon gyms to look a little different lately. Instead of shutting his doors completely, though, Ryan Hudson,…

Gov. Brown welcomes President Trump’s guidelines for reopening U.S.

April 16, 2020 3:55 pm KTVZ News Partners

Gov. Kate Brown issued generally positive comments Thursday regarding President Trump’s plan to reopen America, saying it’s similar to the cautious…

Survey finds Oregonians strongly support protecting wildlife corridors

April 16, 2020 11:13 pm KTVZ News Partners

Most Oregonians want to protect wildlife migration corridors, according to the latest poll…

Merkley, other lawmakers want national moratorium on utility shut-offs

April 16, 2020 10:28 pm KTVZ News Partners

Senator Jeff Merkley, other lawmakers urge congressional leaders to institute a nationwide moratorium on utility…

Senators urge feds to support Oregon request to aid homeowners

April 16, 2020 10:01 pm KTVZ News Partners

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on Wednesday urged the federal Treasury Department to support a request by Oregon officials that could help…

IRS: SSI recipients to receive automatic Economic Impact Payments

April 16, 2020 9:27 pm KTVZ News Partners

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — The Internal Revenue Service, working in partnership with the Treasury Department and the Social Security Administration,…

C.O farmers could soon see major COVID-19 impacts

April 16, 2020 5:06 pm KTVZ

Farmers plant a certain amount of crops based on seasonal predictions. But when COVID-19 started shutting everything down, those predictions went out…

Deschutes County requires ‘distancing plan’ for event permit requests

April 16, 2020 6:19 pm KTVZ

Deschutes County commissioners issued a new emergency order Wednesday that affects all county-permitted events through May…

C.O. small business owners worried as federal loan funds run out

April 16, 2020 6:10 pm KTVZ

On Thursday, the Small Business Administration stated on its website it is no longer accepting new applications for federal loans and grants due to a…