March 2020

Summit seniors host 5k to raise money for their Sparrow

March 7, 2020 6:38 pm Jordan Williams

Fundraising for Tytan Neff, 11, will culminate at the school’s annual ‘Thunder…

Bend Elks Lodge giving back to community

March 7, 2020 6:38 pm Jordan Williams

The group donated $9,000 to nine local…

Platypus Pub closing, likely replaced by Starbucks

March 7, 2020 6:38 pm Jordan Williams

It began as a Church of the Nazarene in the 1950s, later becoming the French restaurant Le Bistro, then the Italian restaurant Ernesto’s, followed by…

Saturday evening snow report

March 7, 2020 4:53 pm Jacob Larsen

One inch of new snow reported in the past 24 hours at Meadows, Timberline, Hoodoo and Bachelor. Two new inches of snow at Willamette Pass in the past…

Cool and cloudy conditions to finish up the weekend

March 7, 2020 4:51 pm Jacob Larsen

Happy Saturday, Central Oregon! Cool and partly cloudy skies overhead today. Temperatures a bit chilly today below average for this time of the year.…

Tinkle, Kelley send Oregon St. past Cal with 74-56 win

March 7, 2020 4:34 pm Barney Lerten

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Seniors Tres Tinkle and Kylor Kelley went out in style in their final home games for Oregon State with a 74-56 win over…

Too much snow will make the Iditarod exceptionally difficult this year

March 7, 2020 4:30 pm CNN

It really is possible to have too much of a good thing — just ask the organizers of this year’s Iditarod about the “epic amount of snow” awaiting…

US novel coronavirus deaths reach 19; cases top 400

March 7, 2020 4:20 pm CNN

(CNN) — The number of novel coronavirus cases in the United States continued to mount on Saturday, bringing the nationwide total to at least 400. At…

Gov. Brown, OHA officials holding COVID-19 news conference

March 7, 2020 10:16 am Barney Lerten

Oregon health officials said Saturday they have identified four new presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 among residents in Jackson, Klamath and…

Bachelor Butte Dog Derby off to fast start

March 7, 2020 12:36 am Tyson Beauchemin

The Bachelor Butte Dog Derby got underway Friday at Wanoga Sno-Park west of Bend as the leading team reportedly smashed a course record in the start…

The Big Playback 3/2: Other scores, top plays

March 7, 2020 12:01 am Max Goldwasser

The first week of the high school basketball playoffs brought plenty of highlights. To vote for your favorite one, head over to KTVZ.com right now to…

The Big Playback 3/2: Bend, Ridgeview, Madras

March 7, 2020 12:00 am Jordan Williams

Three Central Oregon girls schools had playoff games Friday night – Bend, Ridgeview and Madras. NewsChannel 21’s Max Goldwasser and Jordan Williams…

The Big Playback 3/2: Bend, Summit, Mtn. View

March 6, 2020 11:55 pm Max Goldwasser

Several Central Oregon schools have shined in the first round of the high school basketball playoffs this year. NewsChannel 21’s Max Goldwasser and…

Merkley: USDA change will bring back summer food aid for Oregon kids

March 6, 2020 10:45 pm KTVZ news sources

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Friday the U.S. Department of Agriculture will once again administer a critical program…

Baynes has career-high 37 points, Suns top Blazers 127-117

March 6, 2020 10:00 pm The Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — Aron Baynes scored a career-high 37 points on a career-high nine 3-pointers, Dario Saric added 24 points and the Phoenix Suns beat…

Pet Pals: Sally Ann is one fine hound dog

March 6, 2020 8:22 pm KTVZ News Team

Sally Ann is about 5 1/2 months old and part of a big litter up for adoption at the humane Society of Central…

Bend ends test of Reed Mkt.-Bond roundabout signals

March 6, 2020 8:10 pm KTVZ News Team

The city of Bend spent this week testing various configurations of metered signals in a bid to help improve traffic flow at the Reed Market Road/Bond…