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New Oregon law suspending graduation testing requirement sparks debate

August 13, 2021 4:22 pm The Associated Press

A new Oregon law that suspends a requirement for a basic-skills test in math, reading and writing to graduate high school is being praised by…

Over 160 COVID-19 cases tied to music festival at the Gorge

August 13, 2021 1:37 pm The Associated Press

GEORGE, Wash. (AP) — Health officials say over 160 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed so far in people who attended the Watershed Music Festival…

DEQ places most of Oregon under air quality advisory due to wildfire smoke, smog

August 13, 2021 12:34 pm KTVZ News Partners

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Southwest Clean Air Agency and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued and extended air quality…

Oregon National Guard deploys airmen to help fight wildfires

August 13, 2021 9:46 am KTVZ News Partners

Twenty airmen with the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing have departed Portland en route to support wildland firefighting efforts across the…

Rep. Cliff Bentz plans first Central Oregon town halls in Prineville, Madras, Redmond

August 10, 2021 1:31 pm KTVZ News Partners

Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ore., who succeeded Greg Walden in January, will hold his first Central Oregon town halls on Friday in Prineville and on Saturday…

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Two suspects arrested in Culver-area theft, burglary; homeowner says man pointed gun, fled

August 12, 2021 7:52 pm KTVZ News Partners

A Warm Springs man and a Madras woman were stopped and arrested on several charges Wednesday night after a homeowner northwest of Culver found them…

C.O. high school, OSU-Cascade students making sensors for real-time data for manufacturers

August 10, 2021 11:58 am KTVZ News Partners

A team of Central Oregon high school students led by an Oregon State University–Cascades computer science junior are building sensors that Oregon…

Redmond man arraigned on charges he set off homemade bomb in SW Redmond intersection

August 12, 2021 12:41 pm Barney Lerten

Police heard a large explosion early Thursday morning and arrested a Redmond man who allegedly detonated a homemade bomb in a southwest Redmond…

Redmond’s Mazatlan Mexican Restaurant closes to prep food for hungry firefighters

August 12, 2021 11:27 am KTVZ

Mazatlan Mexican Restaurant in Redmond is receiving praise from the community after deciding to shut down to the public for a few hours to fill two…

COVID-19 cases prompt closure of Sunriver pools, some recreation facilities, restaurant

August 12, 2021 5:34 pm KTVZ News Partners

COVID-19 cases among Sunriver Owners Association staff have prompted a closure for at least a week of some recreational facilities, including the…

River’s Edge homeowners sue Pahlisch Homes over planned homes on part of Bend golf course

August 12, 2021 5:29 pm KTVZ

Homeowners in the River’s Edge community are suing Pahlisch Homes, attempting to stop the company from adding homes to the golf…

Oregon lawmakers begin redistricting under tight timeline as census data released

August 12, 2021 4:31 pm The Associated Press

Oregon lawmakers are starting the once-a-decade process of redrawing electoral maps that will determine how voters pick state representatives, state…

Drug raid at NE Bend home turns up over 2 pounds of meth; California man arrested

August 12, 2021 2:35 pm KTVZ News Partners

A six-month drug investigation has led to the arrest of a San Bernardino, California man and a raid on a northeast Bend home where he was staying…

Deschutes County’s population grew by nearly 26% in the 2010s — but that’s slower than the 2000s

August 12, 2021 1:40 pm Barney Lerten

The U.S. Census Bureau released its first round of data from the April 1, 2020 census on Thursday, kicking off a delayed, compressed effort to redraw…