According to the Oregon Department of Human Services, here in Central Oregon, there are 173 resource families, otherwise known as foster families, and 300 children in their care.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A crash at the busy intersection of U.S. Highway 20 and 27th Street in northeast Bend has damaged the signal box, knocking out the traffic signal and making it a four-way stop until repairs are complete. The crash was reported around 1:20 p.m. In a traffic alert around 2:45 p.m., ODOT
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Between food and beer, Central Oregonians love to congregate around both. Food cart and taproom pods have offered the perfect place for people to come together and enjoy both pleasures.
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The founder of DAWNS House, a Bend nonprofit that helps women recover from addiction and sobriety issues, was arrested Thursday morning at Bend Police headquarters on an outstanding warrant for 10 counts of first-degree theft, accused of stealing over $300,000 from the organization.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Each year, the City of Bend joins and supports numerous community partners in celebrating Welcoming Week, a series of community-organized events that engage neighbors with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, experiences and cultures in discussions and actions that advance more welcoming spaces. This year, Welcoming Week is from September 13-22. The City of Bend
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Walmart had news Thursday for Bend fishing enthusiasts: They launched their Live Bait Pickup and Delivery Service in Oregon, the first major retailer to provide live fishing bait through online pickup and delivery. Customers can now simply order right from the comfort of their home as early as 6 a.m., and Walmart will
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Students in COCC’s singing program perform each term at various retirement communities and assisted living facilities around the area. On Thursday, they provided Regency Village at Bend residents with a variety of vocal performances.
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Pickleball players can now extend their play a bit longer, thanks to new lighting installed at half of the courts at Bend’s Pine Nursery Park.
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Firefighters spend long hours on the front lines of daily crises, faced with danger and sometimes, with tragedy. The traumatic situations they face at work day in, day out can take a toll on their mental health.
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ)– This week, over $10 million was brought into Central Oregon to build new affordable housing. In Sisters, Habitat for Humanity received over $4 million to help build 24 new units. “It’s a wide swath of people that are stuck in that scenario where they cannot afford to buy a house. We’re going to
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Other charging ports already in place in Redmond, Madras BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A nearly $112,000 grant from the Oregon Clean Fuels Program and Pacific Power has brought new electric vehicle-charging infrastructure to Central Oregon, with four charging ports recently installed by grantee Central Oregon Community College (COCC) at its Bend and Prineville campuses, free and open
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Deschutes County Jail staff took quick, crucial steps Sunday night to save the life of an inmate who suffered a suspected drug overdose while being booked into the facility, deputies said Tuesday.
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A major challenge in attracting people to Bend is finding a place they can afford to live. RootedHomes, which takes on that problem, now has another new workforce housing site in the works in southwest Bend.
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A proposed footbridge over the Deschutes River in southern Bend has created quite a lot of controversy since it was first suggested back in 2012. A group called Connect Bend is now hoping that endorsing candidates for this election might help finally get the bridge built.
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Bend man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison Wednesday for possessing methamphetamine and a firearm. Dana Lee Johnson, 41, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release, federal prosecutors said. According to court documents, on March
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As always, viewers asked about a wide variety of issues as Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler visited Wednesday morning with Bola Gbadebo and Lynsey Harris on NewsChannel 21 at Sunrise. You can submit your questions for next month, anonymously if you wish, at http://www.ktvz.com/ask-the-mayor.
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REDMON, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend and Redmond single-family home markets saw a significant increase in the number of sales in April and the marketing times in both areas declined, Beacon Appraisal said in its monthly report, issued Tuesday. The Bend median sale price declined $46,000 in April, to $707,000 while Redmond’s median sale price
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Last week, NewsChannel 21 reported on Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels’ alarm over the growing public defender shortage and how that is impacting courts and posing a ‘severe public safety’ risk.
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Bend’s parks and trails are already getting plenty busy this spring, so the Bend Park and Recreation District is reminding pet owners about its leash requirements and the safety benefits of keeping dogs on a leash.
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A Deschutes County jury has ruled in a $34 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of Bend teen killed in June 2021 crash at Wickiup Reservoir that she and the teen himself represented nearly half of the negligence leading to his death, resulting in expected damages of less than $20,000 being awarded to his estate.
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