http://www.ktvz.com/-/413314/15237042/-/6w2n06z/-/index.html KTVZ recent articles. en-US © 2012 KTVZ Home Home en-US © 2012 KTVZ http://www.ktvz.com/news/bend-room-tax-wrestling-match-far-from-over/-/413192/20642052/-/9lu7j6/-/index.html After 2 ½ hours more testimony and debate Wednesday night, Bend city councilors still didn’t decide whether to send a proposed 2 percent room tax hike to voters in November. But they called a special July 10 meeting, vowed to decide then – and urged large and small lodging operators to try once more to reach a compromise. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:19:38 GMT 20642052 2013-06-20T08:19:38Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/medford-caseworker-unwitting-getaway-driver/-/413192/20641872/-/akgsnf/-/index.html MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Police in Medford say a mental health caseworker became an unwitting getaway driver when a new client tucked a lunchtime bank robbery into his errands. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:16:41 GMT 20641872 2013-06-20T08:16:41Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/fate-of-bend-ponderosa-decided-by-tree-board/-/413192/20641836/-/rhu2lk/-/index.html The Bend "Tree Board," also known as the Bend City Council voted 5-1 late Wednesday night  to cut down a nearly 100-year old Ponderosa pine tree at a new community garden project near NE 8th Street and Franklin Avenue. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:47:16 GMT 20641836 2013-06-20T07:47:16Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/whychus-creek-habitat-project-spawns-success/-/413192/20639736/-/m2rxf4/-/index.html From the truck, to the bag, to the creek and out into the world. About 200,000 fish were released into Whychus Creek on Wednesday, part of an ongoing effort to restore the habitat to its natural state. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:34:05 GMT 20639736 2013-06-20T06:34:05Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/a-bend-mans-goal-helping-kids-in-africa/-/413192/20637404/-/lyfdefz/-/index.html The ‘One World Futbol Project’ is working to bring the joy of soccer to disadvantaged communities around the world, and one Bend man is helping in a big way.   Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:53:17 GMT 20637404 2013-06-20T04:53:17Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/thousands-of-dead-bumblebees-in-wilsonville/-/413192/20640598/-/5nkd3m/-/index.html WILSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of dead and dying bees have been found in the parking lot of a shopping center in Wilsonville, southwest of Portland. Oregon officials investigating the kill say it appears blooming trees in the lot were recently sprayed with a type of insecticide known to be toxic to bees. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:10:30 GMT 20640598 2013-06-20T03:10:30Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/Senate-panel-to-weigh-revenue-business-taxation/-/413192/20640220/-/gxlnm4z/-/index.html SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon Senate committee is scheduled to discuss Democratic proposals to increase state revenue and a Republican request to cut taxes for some business owners. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:00:47 GMT 20640220 2013-06-20T03:00:47Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/Oregon-panel-OKs-medical-pot-dispensaries/-/413192/20639872/-/ix9m5ez/-/index.html SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A legislative budget committee has signed off on a bill that would legalize medical marijuana dispensaries in Oregon. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:57:06 GMT 20639872 2013-06-20T02:57:06Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/canby-father-and-son-accused-of-sex-crimes/-/413192/20637788/-/wg9ys9z/-/index.html OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office arrested a father and son accused of sexually abusing a child at their home in Canby. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:23:15 GMT 20637788 2013-06-19T23:23:15Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/grants-pass-may-assist-county-justice-system/-/413192/20637052/-/v2hdx9/-/index.html GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — City officials in Grants Pass say they're considering making city funds available to help patch the criminal justice system in Josephine County. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:19:14 GMT 20637052 2013-06-19T23:19:14Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/Truck-falls-from-I-84-overpass-in-Portland/-/413192/20636234/-/2ujkuu/-/index.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials say they'll restripe a Portland freeway interchange where a truck plunged about 50 feet into a parking lot Wednesday, seriously injuring the driver. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:14:45 GMT 20636234 2013-06-19T23:14:45Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/Ore-House-approves-higher-education-budget/-/413192/20635214/-/q15b18/-/index.html SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The state House has approved funding increases for Oregon's universities and community colleges. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:10:42 GMT 20635214 2013-06-19T23:10:42Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/As-fires-rage-feds-cut-funding-on-prevention/-/413192/20634948/-/jwovt4z/-/index.html COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The federal government is spending less and less on preventing wildfires even as the nation endures increasingly destructive blazes. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:55:49 GMT 20634948 2013-06-19T19:55:49Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/EPA-levies-2-5M-penalty-against-US-cement-maker/-/413192/20634894/-/mxodtv/-/index.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency levied a $2.5 million penalty against a cement maker and required the company to invest $30 million in pollution controls at plants in nine states alleged to have violated the federal Clean Air Act. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:53:12 GMT 20634894 2013-06-19T19:53:12Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/Ore-Legislature-approves-vaccine-education-bill/-/413192/20634642/-/ee8d4i/-/index.html SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Legislature has passed a bill that would make it more difficult for parents to send their children to school without vaccines. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:52:14 GMT 20634642 2013-06-19T19:52:14Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/oregon-gets-first-west-nile-finding-of-2013/-/413192/20634276/-/gvw6bbz/-/index.html SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials say West Nile virus has been found in mosquitoes for the first time in 2013. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:50:25 GMT 20634276 2013-06-19T19:50:25Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/Lake-Oswego-homes-evacuated-after-gas-line-break/-/413192/20634124/-/7wq8k5/-/index.html LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) — A few houses in downtown Lake Oswego were temporarily evacuated Wednesday after a city crew accidentally cut through a natural gas line. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:48:40 GMT 20634124 2013-06-19T19:48:40Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/Energy-Secretary-visits-Hanford-site-in-Wash/-/413192/20633598/-/li8dxz/-/index.html RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz says he intends to have a new plan by the end of the summer for resolving technical problems with a waste treatment plant under construction at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:46:46 GMT 20633598 2013-06-19T19:46:46Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/City-Pendleton-rodeo-to-work-on-raising-tax-money/-/413192/20633600/-/xvth9nz/-/index.html PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — Backers of Oregon's biggest rodeo, the Pendleton Round-Up, say they'll work with city officials to find ways to bring in more revenue to pay the property taxes on the rodeo grounds. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:45:16 GMT 20633600 2013-06-19T19:45:16Z http://www.ktvz.com/news/rash-of-counterfeit-bills-hits-prineville/-/413192/20633988/-/tcf6mx/-/index.html Several crudely photocopied, counterfeit $20 and $100 bills have been passed at Prineville gas stations and convenience stores in the past week, prompting police to warn merchants and the public Wednesday to be on the lookout. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:32:34 GMT 20633988 2013-06-19T18:32:34Z