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Air quality alert for Oregon
On Friday at 11:38 a.m. an air quality alert was issued for Deschutes, Grant and Wheeler counties. According to the National Weather Service, "Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory IN EFFECT UNTIL noon MONDAY. Advisory is in effect for Deschutes, Grant, and eastern Wheeler counties. A Smoke Air Quality Advisory has been issued. Wildfires burning in the region combined with forecasted conditions will cause air quality to reach unhealthy levels. Pollutants in smoke can cause burning eyes runny nose aggravate heart and lung diseases and aggravate other serious health problems. Limit outdoor activities and keep children indoors if it is smoky. Please follow medical advice if you have a heart or lung condition."
Public Invited To Discuss Deschutes Co. Recreational Campground
BEND, OR -- Deschutes County Commissioners host a community conversation Tuesday, to discuss the potential for a recreational campground on Fort Thompson Lane, north of Bend. "It's on the west side of Highway 97, approximately 500 acres," says Board Chair Patti Adair. The county-owned property is the most likely option for a tent and RV park out of three identified in a feasibility study.
Mid Oregon Credit Union Surpasses 48,000 Members
Mid Oregon Credit Union, the only financial institution headquartered in Central Oregon, has announced that it has grown to 48,000 members as of June 30, 2024. Mid Oregon has grown membership by 20 percent over a three-year period. “While we measure our success by traditional metrics such as membership and...
Balloons over Bend brings color to the Central Oregon skies
Good Morning Central Oregon's Megan Sinclair takes you for a ride at Balloons over Bend 2024. The balloons will launch again around sunrise Saturday from R. E. Jewell Elementary and Sunday from Tetherow Golf Resort. It's free to just show up and watch. Balloons over Bend is back this weekend....
Oregon State Fire Marshal Leads Efforts To Protect Communities From Wildfires
The wildfires in Oregon have created significant challenges due to hot temperatures and strong winds. The Oregon State Fire Marshal, Mariana Ruiz-Temple, has emphasized the importance of public awareness and preventive measures to avoid sparking new fires. The eastern part of the state is particularly vulnerable, with expectations of abundant lightning, gusty winds up to 60 miles per hour, and high temperatures.
10 most expensive homes sold in central Oregon, July 15-21
A house in Bend that sold for $3.2 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in central Oregon in the past week. In total, 97 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $773,015. The average price per square foot ended up at $384.
Some of the HSJI’s participants may be part of our next generation of journalists
The world will always need journalists. Communities across the globe will always need reporters to hold those in power accountable and to be a voice for the afflicted. Even as the journalism industry continues to evolve, one thing we have known with certainty, is that we will always need journalists.
NewsChannel 21 to host Janelle Bynum-Lori Chavez-DeRemer debate, in one of the hottest House races in the US
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – After weeks of negotiations with the campaigns on a date and format, the two candidates in Oregon’s Fifth Congressional District, Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Democratic challenger Janelle Bynum, have agreed to a debate this fall on NewsChannel 21, the station announced Friday. The hour-long debate is scheduled to take place The post NewsChannel 21 to host Janelle Bynum-Lori Chavez-DeRemer debate, in one of the hottest House races in the US appeared first on KTVZ.
A tanker plane crash has killed a firefighting pilot in Oregon as Western wildfires spread
Communities in the U.S. West and Canada were under siege from raging wildfires on Friday, as a fast-moving blaze sparked by lightning sent people fleeing on fire-ringed roads in rural Idaho and a human-caused inferno forced evacuations in northern California.
Coastal tribes, nonprofit work to bring sea otters back to Oregon: ‘It's a chance to really shift a paradigm’
CANNON BEACH, Ore. — Chanel Hason gets a lot of false reports of sea otters on the Oregon Coast. "I get email several times a month of someone saying they saw a sea otter running along the beach in Oregon somewhere,” said Hason. “It's very, very rare that it's actually a sea otter.”
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