Another major winter storm is poised to sweep into the High Desert over the next couple of days, bringing up to a foot of snow in the Bend area and much more at higher elevations – this time, followed by bone-chilling cold and predicted sub-zero wind chills.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In 2023, Bend Police arrested 602 people for driving under the influence of intoxicants, the agency said Thursday. That’s a decline in arrests from 2022, when police arrested 693, but the numbers and details are still worrisome. Here are a few statistics released Thursday about Bend’s 2023 DUII arrests: Officers made
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With winter weather arriving in force and more heavy snow, colder temperatures and high winds on the way, Shepherd’s House Ministries, operating The Lighthouse Navigation Center in Bend, is working to keep the homeless safe.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The rain, snow and heavy winds hit all at once, leaving spots like Mt. Bachelor dealing with 100 mph winds. Bend Fire & Rescue says they stay ready and prepared. That preparedness means vehicles are equipped with chains to serve areas that get higher snow levels, like Aubrey Butte and Deschutes River Woods. During
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Mike Albright provided us this drone flight over Bend in the blue skies that followed several inches of snow before daybreak Wednesday.
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(Update: Adding video, comments from business owners) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Winter snow can bring challenges for local business at a traditionally slower time. The snow build up kept customers from coming to the Old Mill District. At Wild Child, a children’s shop, the owner says only two sales were made on Tuesday. “January is always a slow
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Heavy snowfall overnight Wednesday resulted in dozens of empty school parking lots and the first snow day of the year for many schools — and kids happy to be out playing in it.
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During an online Zoom interview due to weather concerns, Mayor Melanie Kebler talked about the city’s 2023 accomplishments and 2024 goals, as well as assuring adequate water supplies and efforts to preserve trees during new development. You can submit questions for our Feb. 14 segment, anonymously if you wish, at https://ktvz.com/ask-the-mayor/.
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More crashes happen in snowy weather, as you might expect, so Bend Fire & Rescue is set to respond and has some advice for travelers and homeowners to stay safe. Deputy Fire Marshal Dan Derlacki also issued this reminder checklist for homeowners and others to prepare for the cold snap to follow:
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With the arrival of snow, wind and in some areas a predicted blizzard rolling through Central Oregon Tuesday and Wednesday, the Oregon Department of Transportation is offering advice to travelers before hitting the roads.
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Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler urged driver caution and explained what the city does to prepare and deal with significant snowfall.
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The first surge of a major winter storm that’s expected to bring blizzard conditions in the Cascades and some areas of the High Desert moved in Tuesday morning, making for widespread travel trouble and prompting Central Oregon Community College to close its campuses at midday and OSU-Cascades in the late afternoon.
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If city streets aren’t plowed when significant snow hits, the accumulated snow and ice can pose serious hazards. For drivers, it can mean costly accidents … for pedestrians, slips and falls.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Downtown Bend Business Association Executive Director Shannon Monihan announced Monday that she has filed for the Oregon Senate District 27 seat that GOP Senator Tim Knopp currently holds — and Knopp endorsed her bid, if the legal fight over the Republican walkout last session means he can’t seek re-election. The Oregon
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What was supposed to be a deadline, or at least a goal of a deal before winter break has been pushed back as negotiators are still not close to reaching a contract agreement between Bend-La Pine Schools and the teachers union, the Bend Education Association.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Caleb Cegers, the 20-year-old Bend man accused of fatally shooting Redmond resident Taylor Wyss, 33, on the sidewalk outside a downtown Bend bar last August, pleaded not guilty Monday to second-degree murder and three other charges, and a Jan. 7, 2025 trial date was set in the case. Cegers also pleaded
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes Public Library offers a wide variety of programs, with something new to observe, explore or take part in every month. Books are a big part of it, of course, but learning well beyond them is a big part, too. At the Downtown Bend Library, there are recurring events, as well
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A severe winter storm headed toward the Northwest prompted the National Weather Service in Pendleton on Sunday to issue a rare blizzard warning for Tuesday and Wednesday – not just for the Cascades, but for much of the east slopes, including the La Pine and Sunriver areas.
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Two teens were critically injured early Saturday afternoon when their SUV slid sideways on Century Drive into the oncoming lane near the Bend city limits and struck a Mt. Bachelor shuttle bus carrying 16 people back from the resort, Oregon State Police said.
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It’s winter time, and we have seen little snowfall in Bend this year, compared to prior years. With the snowfall Saturday, we asked the city about its procedures for clearing the snow. Charles Swann, the city of Bend’s Street Operations Division manager, said clearing the snow is a sanding operation as of now. Sanding is crushed rock that is placed
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