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Crook County Health Department thanked, given gifts for COVID efforts

April 20, 2021 5:34 pm KTVZ

Crook County Health Department staff and vaccination clinic volunteers were surprised with a special gift Tuesday. The gifts were given to recognize…

Bringing back the ‘memory of the forest’: Bend man turns wildfire charcoal into art

April 20, 2021 11:48 am KTVZ

Troy Stith uses a medium in his artwork that might not be so common:…

Think Wild offers tips on what to do — or not do — if you find baby wildlife

April 20, 2021 4:58 pm KTVZ News Partners

Springtime gives birth to an abundance of baby wildlife here in Central Oregon, which means residents are more likely to have wildlife encounters.…

Biden says verdict in Chauvin trial could be a step toward racial justice in America, urges country to come together

April 20, 2021 4:56 pm CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden said Tuesday the country could take a step toward racial justice after a jury found a former Minneapolis police officer guilty of…

Obamas on Derek Chauvin verdict: ‘We cannot rest’

April 20, 2021 4:38 pm CNN Newsource

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama praised Tuesday’s guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, but emphasized…

A moment of justice, a sigh of relief, a lot more to do

April 20, 2021 4:36 pm CNN Newsource

Derek Chauvin is guilty of killing George Floyd. A jury convicted the White former Minneapolis cop who knelt on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes,…

These are the people at the center of the Derek Chauvin trial

April 20, 2021 4:32 pm CNN Newsource

The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ended Tuesday, almost a year after video showed him kneeling on the neck of George Floyd…

Oregon reports one more COVID-19 related death, 580 new cases; indoor sports can resume

April 20, 2021 4:21 pm KTVZ News Partners

There is one new COVID-19 related death in Oregon, and the state’s death toll remains at 2,460 because of a data correction from a previously…

Deschutes County offers free drive-thru COVID-19 testing Wednesday

April 20, 2021 4:03 pm KTVZ News Partners

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County Health Services is partnering with Oregon Health Authority to offer a free drive-thru COVID-19 testing event…

Tyrannosaurus rex walked surprisingly slowly, new study finds

April 20, 2021 4:01 pm CNN Newsource

Tyrannosaurus rex was a fearsome predator, but it sure wasn’t a particularly fast mover. In fact, most humans could easily keep up with the…

Billionaire turns down Elizabeth Warren’s offer to testify on her wealth tax

April 20, 2021 3:56 pm CNN Newsource

Billionaire Leon Cooperman rejected Senator Elizabeth Warren’s invitation to testify on her proposed wealth tax, saying he has no interest in…

Rep. Breese Iverson accuses Democrat state lawmaker Witt of sexual harassment

April 20, 2021 3:53 pm The Associated Press

State Rep. Vikki Breese Iverson, R-Prineville, says she was subjected to sexual harassment and pressured to take part in a “quid-pro-quo”…

Gov. Brown, lawmakers react to Chauvin guilty verdicts

April 20, 2021 3:22 pm KTVZ News Partners

Gov. Kate Brown and the Oregon House majority leader issued statements Tuesday shortly after the Minneapolis jury guilty verdicts against Derek…

Redmond man arrested in fatal shooting of Prineville man on Lone Pine Road

April 20, 2021 12:26 pm Barney Lerten

A Redmond man was arrested Monday on a charge of criminally negligent homicide in the shooting death of a Prineville man whose body was found Sunday…

Ukrainian President Zelensky invites Russia’s Putin to meet

April 20, 2021 3:23 pm CNN Newsource

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to meet in eastern Ukraine, where long-simmering tensions…

Social media platforms brace for the Chauvin trial verdict

April 20, 2021 3:22 pm CNN Newsource

Social media companies are on high alert for a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd,…