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Oregon to allow self-serve gas for 2 weeks due to COVID-19 outbreak
Oregon, one of only two states with a ban on self-serve at gas stations, is suspending enforcement for two weeks due to COVID-19 and allowing…
Continue ReadingOregon, one of only two states with a ban on self-serve at gas stations, is suspending enforcement for two weeks due to COVID-19 and allowing…
Continue ReadingAmid several community and personal efforts to help fill a shortage of medical masks, St. Charles Health System has posted instructions on how to…
Continue ReadingThe city of Bend issued an executive order this week, discouraging tourists from visiting and any non-essential travel in town. As NewsChannel 21…
Continue ReadingA $50,000 Facebook grant is helping Crook County schools hand out more than 250 Chromebooks for a new online learning program that begins next…
Continue ReadingThe COVID-19 virus has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 12, while 97 new cases — three in Deschutes County –…
Continue ReadingA man fired a pistol at his son-in-law in self-defense during a family dispute at a home south of Sunriver Thursday evening, causing no injuries but…
Continue ReadingWhen Oregon schools closed March 16 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, it wasn’t only the opportunity to learn that students lost. Many students who…
Continue ReadingA Redmond man was indicted Friday on charges that he claimed to have the COVID-19 virus and then spat, coughed and breathed on a Bend police officer…
Continue ReadingNew COVID-19 closures reported Friday included Deschutes-Ochoco Natl. Forest, BLM recreation facilities and Deschutes-John Day river boating access…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Friday urged that people who head outdoors for recreation amid the COVID-19 outbreak not take part in…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes and Willamette national forests announced Friday they are postponing the initial release of the Central Cascades Wilderness permits due…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown on Friday issued further guidance on her stay-home order as it relates to Oregonians experiencing homelessness, as well as…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries outlined Friday some state rules that both workers and employers need to follow as many businesses close…
Continue ReadingThe city of Bend said Friday it’s discouraging tourists from coming on vacation – and says it might bar ‘non-essential travel’ in the city if people…
Continue ReadingA Redmond-based trucking company that works nationwide has had relatively few impacts from COVID-19 so far, though rest stop closures are starting to…
Continue ReadingA statewide plastic bag ban took effect on Jan. 1, requiring most customers use to reusable bags. With the spread of the novel coronavirus, to…
Continue ReadingA neighborhood in southeast Bend is taking part in a global trend that’s bringing smiles to children’s faces. (Adults,…
Continue ReadingSeveral Jefferson County residents reported getting phone calls Thursday afternoon from a scammer claiming to be with the sheriff’s office and…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed another life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 11, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday. But they also…
Continue ReadingA variety of information in Thursday’s COVID-19 update from the Central Oregon Emergency Information Network’s COVID-19 Joint Information…
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