Crook County schools on two-hour delay after rain freezes on roads overnight
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – Slick road conditions after Wednesday’s rain and overnight freezing temperatures prompted a two-hour delay in classes for…
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Deschutes County Dog Board orders three dogs who fatally mauled homeless man be humanely euthanized
Three dogs who fatally mauled a man living at a Juniper Ridge homeless camp last summer, leading to their owner’s guilty plea to criminally…
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OSU-Cascades professor talks about new grant to boost HS students’ participation in computer science courses
The Oregon Department of Education has awarded a grant to an OSU-Cascades professor. It’s part of a statewide plan to expand and offer computer…
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Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz says city may install red-light cameras to discourage speeding, reduce crashes
Bend city councilors have given Police Chief Mike Krantz the “green light” to continue developing an automated traffic enforcement system, including…
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Central Oregon and US gas prices are at their lowest levels since the summer of 2021, AAA Oregon/Idaho says
Gas prices are in the winter doldrums in most states, including Oregon, this week, with minimal changes in their averages, but AAA Oregon/Idaho says…
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COCC President Dr. Laurie Chesley talks Madras Campus expansion, other efforts in first-ever State of the College address
(Update: adding comments from COCC president, board members) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Local leaders, educators and members of the public gathered at…
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‘Sensing Sasquatch’ exhibition, coming to High Desert Museum, will explore reclusive legend through Indigenous lens
What does Sasquatch — also known as Bigfoot — represent to you? The unknown? Adventure? Mystery? (Probably not a museum exhibit, but think…
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Amazon buys 50 acres in Roanoke, Va., from Bend’s Deschutes Brewery
ROANOKE, Va. (KTVZ) — The e-commerce giant Amazon has bought a 50-acre piece of land in the Roanoke Centre for Industry and Technology from Bend,…
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US Highway 26 reopens between Warm Springs and Mt. Hood after closure to remove crashed car hauler semi-truck
U.S. Highway 26 closed for nearly five hours Wednesday between Mt. Hood and Warm Springs for the recovery of a car hauler semi-truck that crashed…
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OSU-Cascades professor receives $628,000 ODE award to boost K-12 students’ participation in computer science
An Oregon State University-Cascades professor has been assigned a $628,000 award from the Oregon Department of Education to expand universally…
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Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing to conduct night training missions this week, possibly over C.O.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing will conduct routine F-15 Eagle night training missions from Tuesday through…
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Bend Bikes celebrates its 10-year anniversary, looks ahead to more progress
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The goal of Bend Bikes is safety for cyclists through a comprehensive series of routes covering the city. The cause was…
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Citizen reports, year of investigation bring drug raid on SE Bend home, four arrests — two days after fentanyl overdose
A year-long investigation, fueled by citizen reports, led to a drug raid on a southeast Bend home Tuesday morning – two days after a reported…
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Oregon Democrats propose changes to fix Measure 110 but draw criticism from GOP lawmakers, DAs and others
After weeks of hearings in Salem, the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response outlined their proposal for…
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Slick, icy conditions around C.O. bring more slips and falls — and a 5-year high in January ER visits at St. Charles
St. Charles saw a spike in ER visits when the days of very cold, snowy weather led to slick, icy sidewalks and parking lots across the…
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C.O. LGBTQ magazine denied display at Sisters coffee shop, told it’d be ‘kindling’; business says it was misunderstanding
In a social media video posted earlier this month, the owner and publisher of SUS magazine, Ruth Vernotico, shared an experience at Sisters Coffee…
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Central Oregon unemployment rates hold steady at year’s end; state’s benchmark updates will paint clearer 2023 picture
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates held steady once again across Central Oregon in December, the Oregon Employment…
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Bend Police Department offers tail-wagging tally of their K-9s’ accomplishments over the past year
Year-end stats recently released by the Bend Police Department show their K-9 officers were deployed on nearly 250 calls in 2023. …
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Homeless Leadership Coalition begins week-long Point-in-Time Count and Survey effort across Central Oregon
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Hundreds of Homeless Leadership Coalition staff members began the Central Oregon 2024 Homeless Count & Survey on Tuesday, a…
Continue ReadingStill-slick roads prompt Jefferson County 509J schools to call another 2-hour delay after five days of closures
Roads that were still icy in places prompted Jefferson County School District 509J to delay classes by two hours, but reopen schools after five…
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