Bend Archives

You can soon reserve a sleepover at the world’s last Blockbuster, in Bend

August 11, 2020 9:20 am KTVZ

A visit to the world’s last Blockbuster in Bend can be a blast from the past — if only for a few fleeting moments of finding and renting that new or…

C.O. Drug Enforcement Team arrests alleged Bend meth dealer

August 10, 2020 9:45 pm KTVZ News Partners

A Bend man who police say was hitting the road and returning with large quantities of methamphetamine to sell was arrested in a traffic stop that…

Zoom City: Bend’s median home price hits $529K amid hot C.O. real estate market

August 10, 2020 6:20 pm KTVZ

As more of America’s professionals have shifted to working from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many from different regions are deciding to call…

Bend considers ‘micro-units’ and ‘smaller dwelling units’ to meet 2021 housing goals

August 10, 2020 12:01 pm KTVZ

The city of Bend is working on updating the development code to expand housing types in residential zones, in part due to new requirements enacted by…

Clergy: Policing in Bend must not be ‘business as usual’ under new chief

August 10, 2020 4:07 pm KTVZ News Partners

Several Bend clergy said Monday they have published an open letter expressing concern over the process that led to the hiring of Portland Assistant…

Erika McCalpine to lead new OSU-Cascades Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lab

August 10, 2020 2:40 pm KTVZ News Partners

Oregon State University–Cascades announced Monday it is launching a new laboratory dedicated to advancing social equity and inclusion in Central…

Tip leads Bend police to downtown stabbing suspect; they later also find victim

August 9, 2020 1:11 am Barney Lerten

Thanks to an observant outlet store worker, a 42-year-old Bend man was arrested Sunday on assault and other charges in the stabbing of a fellow M&J…

Driver cited in downtown Bend injury motorcycle crash

August 9, 2020 2:49 pm Barney Lerten

A Portland man was cited for driving into the path of a motorcyclist at a downtown Bend intersection Saturday night, prompting the rider to lay the…

Deschutes County’s 10th COVID-19 death is seventh at Mt. Bachelor Memory Care

August 8, 2020 11:31 am KTVZ News Partners

COVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon, including a seventh resident of Bend’s Mt. Bachelor Memory Care, raising the state’s death toll…

City of Bend road and traffic report: Week of August 10-16

August 8, 2020 3:17 pm KTVZ News Partners

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Bend’s weekly road and traffic report for the week of August 10-16: For the week of August 10 – 16: SE…

Remains of 7 Marines, including Bend man, and sailor recovered off S. Calif. coast

August 8, 2020 1:54 am The Associated Press

Authorities on Friday recovered the bodies of seven Marines — including a Bend resident — and a Navy sailor killed when a Marine landing craft sank…

Knopp expresses concerns as lawmakers return to handle big deficit, police questions

August 7, 2020 9:11 am The Associated Press

The Oregon Legislature will meet for its second special session of 2020 beginning Monday to try to fix a $1.2 billion revenue hole due to the ongoing…