Bend Archives

Bend Chamber: Survey shows residents support more, denser housing

October 5, 2021 9:43 pm KTVZ News Partners

With the rising cost of single-family homes in Bend dominating headlines, Bend residents are actually more concerned about rising rents that make…

Bend Design 2021 announces speaker lineup

October 5, 2021 9:17 pm KTVZ News Partners

Bend Design 2021, a program of Scalehouse, will be taking place for the seventh year as a hybrid (online and in-person) creative conference on…

Restorative Justice and Equity Group in Bend holds panel to address C.O. racial issues

October 5, 2021 8:57 pm KTVZ

The shooting death of 22-year-old Barry Washington Jr. in downtown Bend on Sept. 19 has left a lot of anger and heartache among Central Oregon’s…

ODOT notifies homeless campers of ‘no camping’ policy, planned removals

October 5, 2021 11:59 am KTVZ

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) –The Oregon Department of Transportation had a crew out Tuesday morning, serving homeless camp removal notices at two locations…

‘It’s scary’: Bend hunter worried about shared hunting, recreational lands

October 5, 2021 12:00 pm KTVZ

Deer hunting season began on Saturday, and Dee Neff was out all weekend in the Deschutes National Forest, searching for bucks. Neff was born and…

Looking ahead to an already crowded OR gubernatorial race, including a Bend man

October 4, 2021 8:00 pm KTVZ

About five months before the deadline, nearly a dozen candidates already have filed to run for Oregon governor in 2022, including a Bend resident.…

Suspect in thefts, burglaries arrested after NE Bend guns-drawn traffic stop

October 4, 2021 10:15 pm Barney Lerten

A report of a burglary in progress at a northeast Bend home led to a guns-drawn traffic stop Monday morning, the arrest of a fleeing suspect and…

Tesla solar roof available in Central Oregon; Bend resident says extra cost is worth it

October 4, 2021 11:30 am KTVZ

A new way to do solar roofing has arrived in Central Oregon, and it’s backed by Tesla, the high-profile electric car…

Sparks may fly as Bend City Council takes public comment on permanent fireworks ban

October 4, 2021 11:39 am KTVZ

After banning the public use of fireworks this summer due to excessive drought conditions, the Bend City Council appears poised to make that ban…

Two suspects in Bend double-homicide make first court appearance

October 4, 2021 5:36 pm KTVZ

Two men accused of murder in last year’s killing of a Bend couple made their first court appearance by video Monday from the Deschutes County Jail.…

Bend police: Fatal train-pedestrian collision determined to be suicide

October 2, 2021 10:10 pm Barney Lerten

A man was struck and killed on railroad tracks in northeast Bend late Saturday afternoon by a BNSF Railway freight train, in what police said Monday…

Bend women help spread word of the importance of mammograms

October 4, 2021 8:16 am KTVZ

In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, NewsChannel 21 spoke with two women in Bend on two different journeys to…

‘Finally going to get their justice’: Family relieved by arrests in Bend double-homicide

October 1, 2021 11:29 am KTVZ, Barney Lerten

The family of Ray Atkinson Jr. and his fiancé Natasha Newby have been waiting for this day since the couple was killed 14 months ago at their Bend…

Latino Community Association expands Bend location, adds new services

October 1, 2021 7:05 pm KTVZ

The Latino Community Association in Bend has expanded and moved into a new location that provides benefits for the organization and those it…

NWS: Bend saw typical precipitation in September, but Prineville was rainier than usual

October 1, 2021 3:57 pm KTVZ News Partners

While it may have seemed like a rainy September in Bend, monthly precipitation was a bit below normal and the temperatures above normal, the National…

Oregon Ducks fan’s clothing site is ‘touching’ for Bend’s Cam McCormick and his family

September 30, 2021 11:42 am KTVZ

Injury plagued Oregon Football player Cam McCormick is receiving a boost from a fan, and new college…

Bend man, apparent homicide victim, found in Gresham street; witnesses sought

October 1, 2021 12:59 pm KTVZ News Partners

Gresham police detectives said Friday they are looking for any more witnesses in the death of a 34-year-old Bend man that authorities have determined…