Bend Archives

Avion water line break boil-water notice

Avion Water Co. pipe springs a leak along Knott Road; million-gallon spill brings damage, boil-water notice

February 28, 2025 12:33 pm Barney Lerten

(Update: Added video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A rock broke a buried Avion Water Co. pipeline near Knott Road in southern Bend Thursday afternoon,…

Portland father, teen daughter seriously injured in snowmobile crash into tree off Century Drive SW of Bend

February 28, 2025 10:17 am Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A cellphone’s automated crash notification and a witness report brought rescuers to the scene of a snowmobile crash into a…

Turtle Island Coffee Company closing in downtown Bend

February 27, 2025 9:45 pm Triton Notary

(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Turtle Island Coffee Company is closing down their shop in downtown Bend. With a post on Instagram on…

Small natural gas explosion in pizza oven at Bend Poker Room sends one person to the hospital

February 27, 2025 7:10 pm Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A small natural gas explosion in the kitchen of the Bend Poker Room in northeast Bend, traced to a gas-fired pizza oven, caused…

‘We need your help’: Bend nonprofit HÚE seeks public’s assistance to support at-risk youth program

February 27, 2025 11:34 am KTVZ

The executive director of the Bend nonprofit HÚE says they could soon be forced to shut their doors, after a delay in thousands of dollars in…

Supermarket egg hunt: How is bird flu outbreak limiting egg supplies, raising prices at Bend grocery stores?

February 27, 2025 11:46 am Jillian Fortner

Egg prices are skyrocketing to all-time highs, due in large part to an outbreak of avian flu. This has been afflicting egg-laying hens in the US…

Bend, Salem IRS offices reportedly set to close under DOGE cost-cutting moves, workforce reductions

February 27, 2025 3:46 pm Barney Lerten

Tax season is in full swing and the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service announced he plans to retire Friday. This comes as the Trump…

Bend Cultural Tourism Fund opens grant application period for arts, cultural tourism projects

February 27, 2025 2:33 pm Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Cultural Tourism Commission, a Visit Bend Project overseeing the Bend Cultural Tourism Fund, announced the opening of…

Bend High students and staff etch their names in Lava Bears past, present and future

February 26, 2025 10:18 pm Triton Notary

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As Bend High ushers in a new chapter with their major expansion, some students became a permanent part of the school’s history.…

Rep. Emerson Levy of Bend introduces legislation to lower prescription drug prices, boost price transparency

February 26, 2025 6:13 pm Barney Lerten

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Rep. Emerson Levy, D-Bend, introduced a legislative package on Tuesday before the House Committee on Health and Health Care…

Bethlehem Inn in Bend opens its doors to the community for annual open house

February 26, 2025 5:27 pm KTVZ

Bethlehem Inn invited community members from around Central Oregon to tour the Bend facility Tuesday and learn more about its many programs.…

Bend Police tip leads to Tacoma man’s nearly 14-year federal prison term for coercing, exploiting minor online

February 26, 2025 2:25 pm Barney Lerten

EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ)–A Tacoma, Washington man has been sentenced to nearly 14 years in federal prison for using social media to coerce a minor into…

Central Oregon shoppers react to Joann’s closing, flock to store for supplies

February 25, 2025 10:10 pm Triton Notary

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — KTVZ went to Joann Fabrics in Bend on Tuesday and saw first-hand how the news of the chain’s closure was hitting Central Oregon.…

Smoke alarms sound, save sleeping Tumalo family of 8 and their pets from fire that destroyed their home

February 25, 2025 10:14 am Barney Lerten

A family of eight and their dog and cat escaped a fire that destroyed their Tumalo home late Monday night, thanks to smoke alarms that awakened them,…

Bend man charged with pulling a gun on another man before downtown rally; charged with menacing, DUII

February 24, 2025 7:31 pm Harley Coldiron

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Bend man says he had a gun pulled on him Sunday morning at Peace Corner in downtown Bend, an hour before a rally called to…

More disturbing details of S. Deschutes County child abuse case revealed at woman’s, father’s arraignment

February 24, 2025 7:04 pm KTVZ, Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Sarah Session 33, and her father, Gary Hardenburg, 65, made their first court appearance Monday afternoon for arraignment on…

Crafters react to the closure of 800 Joann fabric stores, including Bend and Redmond

February 24, 2025 2:12 pm KTVZ News Partners

(Update: Adding Reaction Video) By Rob Wile, NBC News NEW YORK (KTVZ) — Fabrics outlet Joann will shutter all of its approximately 800…

St. Charles The Center integration welcome signs

St. Charles Health System, The Center officially integrate; facility’s name changes amid effort to add more doctors

February 24, 2025 10:39 am Barney Lerten

(Update: Adding Video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — St. Charles Health System announced Monday that its integration with The Center Orthopedic &…

Despite rain, hundreds turn out for candlelight vigil remembering Terry & Renee Skjersaa

February 23, 2025 11:28 pm Harley Coldiron

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Central Oregon community came out in the hundreds to share stories, songs, and a beautiful sunset, honoring the lives of…

Legislative Town Hall Bend location move

Big crowds prompt Central Oregon lawmakers to shift location of third town hall Sunday in Bend

February 21, 2025 3:37 pm Barney Lerten

Central Oregon lawmakers are holding the third of three legislative town halls on Sunday afternoon in Bend, but they have moved the event to a…