Watch live: Gov. Kate Brown holds news conference
Gov. Kate Brown is holding a news conference at 11 a.m. to discuss Oregon’s efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19, the ongoing protests in Portland,…
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Bend woman charged with DUII, assault in NE Bend injury crash
A Bend woman was charged with drunken driving and assault Thursday night after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 20 in northeast Bend that sent two men…
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Budget cuts mean fewer OSP Fish, Game troopers hunting for poachers
As the hunting season kicks off in Oregon, many will buy tags and set out in hopes of feeding their families. However, while this is going on, others…
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Redmond art panel announces Homestead Bike Pump Track mural contest
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Redmond Committee for Art in Public Places has announced Homestead Bike Pump Track as the next location for a student art…
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Redmond Senior Center receives $23K grant from St. Charles Health System
The Redmond Senior Center has received a $23,000 grant from St. Charles Health System to help ensure the area’s most vulnerable seniors have basic…
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Think Wild’s Beaver Works Oregon program launches ‘River Neighbors’ initiative
Beaver Works Oregon, a program of Think Wild, invites people who live and play along the Deschutes River to get to know beavers as shapers of…
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Prineville Police join in DUII high-visibility enforcement over Labor Day weekend
The Prineville Police Department will be participating in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s High-Visibility Enforcement national…
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Baker County improves, comes off Oregon’s COVID-19 County Watch List
Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday that Baker County has succeeded in reducing the spread of COVID-19 sufficiently enough to be removed from the…
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Older Crook County students could be back in class Sept. 14, if positive metrics hold
If the COVID-19 numbers remain favorable, Crook County’s older students could be back in school for in-class learning a week after their younger…
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‘Game-changer’: Rapid, daily virus testing coming to Pac-12
The Pac-12 could be playing football and basketball sooner than expected. The conference has announced each of the 12 schools will soon have the…
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Ex-Sunriver police officer acquitted on official misconduct charges
After two days of testimony, a Deschutes County judge late Thursday found a former Sunriver police officer not guilty of official misconduct for…
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Tumalo Road motor home fire spreads, destroys garage, outbuildings
A motor home caught fire and sparked a blaze that spread to one-car detached garage and several small outbuildings along Tumalo Road west of Highway…
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New retail spot ‘Pioneer Marketplace’ gauges interest near downtown Bend
The northeast corner of Wall Street and Olney Avenue continues expansion with what’s being called the ‘Pioneer…
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Deschutes National Forest rangers removing man-made structures
The Deschutes National Forest said in a Facebook post Wednesday that Forest Service field rangers have been busy removing man-made structures across…
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Bend Chamber set to take applications for $1 million in business resiliency grants
The Bend Chamber has announced the opening of the application process for Bend Business Resiliency Grants on Friday. The $1 million in funding for…
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BPRD hiring for school-age child care program
The Bend Park and Recreation District is hiring up to two dozen new Youth Recreation positions for the upcoming school…
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Deschutes National Forest planning to ban campfires, camping in some areas
The Deschutes National Forest has released a draft decision on combined, additional camping, campfire closures around the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway,…
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OSU reports Ecampus cybersecurity breach; info may have been exposed
Oregon State University announced Thursday that personal information of some students and faculty may have been exposed during a recent IT security…
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Police identify woman who drowned in pool at NE Bend motel
Bend police on Thursday identified a 60-year-old Bend woman staying at a northeast Bend motel who drowned Wednesday afternoon while swimming alone in…
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Oregon reports 3 more COVID-19 deaths, 274 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 470, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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