Walden demands action, answers on continued jobless benefits delays
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., sent a letter Tuesday to Oregon Employment Department Interim Director David Gerstenfeld, urging…
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Fight at NE Bend convenience store leads to fugitive’s arrest
A Bend 7-Eleven store employee asked a couple causing a disturbance to leave Monday night, but the man challenged the worker to a fight, punched and…
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Oregon jobless rate falls in May, but state economists say crisis continues
Like the nation as a whole, Oregon’s unemployment rate declined from record levels in May, according to new numbers released Tuesday. But despite the…
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Indian Head Casino set to reopen Thursday
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs announced Tuesday that Indian Head Casino will reopen at 10 a.m. on Thursday after a nearly three-month…
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Oregon Private College Week to be held virtually in late July
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Private College Week 2020 will be held virtually from Monday, July 27, through Friday, July 31. Over this 5-day span,…
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Portland police say they’ll remove fence from around downtown jail
A chain-link fence that has blocked the downtown Portland jail from nightly protesters will be taken…
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State releases COVID-19 testing plan for long-term care facilities
The Oregon Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority on Monday finalized a comprehensive, statewide COVID-19 testing plan for…
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Texas man jailed after crash of stolen car east of Bend; stolen rifle found
A Texas man who crashed a stolen pickup truck on George Millican Road east of Bend on Saturday morning was found nearby, wearing body armor, and was…
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Seattle council bans police use of crowd control weapons
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council has voted unanimously to bar police from using tear gas, pepper spray and several other crowd control…
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DCSO investigating 2019 use of force; posted photo appears to show deputy’s knee on neck
Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson said Monday his office has launched an investigation of a photo shared on Facebook that appears to show a…
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Oregon has 4 more COVID-19 deaths, 184 new cases; Union County outbreak tied to church
COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 180, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Bend police chief candidates: 3 are within the department, 2 from elsewhere
The city of Bend announced Monday five candidates to be the next police chief and invited community input this week in the process of choosing the…
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NewsChannel 21 talks with participants in recent Prineville protests
Black Lives Matter protests in Prineville have sparked more agitation and unrest than any other city in Central Oregon, but participants still say…
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Juniper Swim & Center fitness pools to reopen, beginning in a week
The Bend Park and Recreation District will reopen the Juniper Swim & Fitness Center pools in two steps, beginning Monday, June 22. Pool use will…
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State OKs 3 new community college-to-university transfer degrees
The Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission announced Monday the approval of three new statewide major-specific transfer degrees designed to…
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DCSO SAR rescues lost hiker near Johnny Lake
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers came to the aid Sunday of a Monmouth man who became separated from others and got lost after…
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Mt. Bachelor announces summer schedule, including debut of fast new zip line
Mt. Bachelor, a year-round POWDR mountain resort located at the heart of Bend culture, on Monday announced its summer 2020 operating schedule,…
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Marines select Mtn. View HS student for prestigious military academy
The United States Marine Corps recently announced that Jacob Ashby of Mountain View High School in Bend has been selected for the 2020 Semper Fidelis…
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OSU’s COVID-19 tracing project expands to Newport, site of recent outbreak
NEWPORT, Ore. (KTVZ) – TRACE-COVID-19, the groundbreaking Oregon State University project to determine community prevalence of the novel…
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Pickup jumps curb, pushes fuel oil tank into La Pine barber shop
A driver’s pickup truck jumped a curb and crashed into the outside wall of a La Pine barber shop Monday morning, also hitting a fuel oil tank and…
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