BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — For this month’s Small Business Spotlight, KTVZ is highlighting Bend-based Beardwood Beard Oil, a company specializing in premium beard care products. “We’re both pretty witty and have a good sense of humor. So we’re like, let’s have fun with this,” said Amy Lovlien, the co-owner of Beardwood, in a recent interview with
Continue ReadingBy John Miller, Taylor Romine, Aaron Cooper and Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — A family’s afternoon sightseeing excursion above the misty shoreline of Manhattan ended in tragedy Thursday after the helicopter carrying them crashed off the New Jersey shoreline, killing them and the pilot. Spectators watched the helicopter as it dropped from the sky and
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — For April’s Ask the Mayor of Bend segment, KTVZ News asked Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler your pressing questions on Thursday KTVZ News at Sunrise, on topics ranging from street sweeping hours to parking policies downtown. Make sure to submit your questions for the mayor here for next month’s segment. You can remain anonymous
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In the wake of two tragic deaths at Mt. Bachelor in the past month — including the recent loss of a 13-year-old skier from Washington — experts are urging families and young skiers to take every possible safety precaution on the mountain. Lauren Ringrose, a ski instructor based at Mt. Hood,
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Bend, Ore. – April 9, 2025 – Economic Development for Central Oregon announced Wednesday the 2025 Central Oregon Largest Employers List, including breakouts of the top employers in each Central Oregon community. The data, collected by EDCO annually for the past 24 years, is the most comprehensive major employer list in Central Oregon. EDCO’s regional
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Public Health officials from Deschutes, Jefferson and Klamath counties, in coordination with the U.S. Forest Service, are encouraging community members to prepare for smoke ahead of prescribed burn season this year. Beginning in mid-April, Forest Service crews will be conducting prescribed burns on public lands around Central Oregon. While prescribed burns
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This spring, more than 2,000 third graders throughout Central Oregon are learning about brain injury prevention and helmet safety through the Train Your Brain program, taught by local athletic trainers who are now part of St. Charles Health System.
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has been the target of a cyberattack, the agency announced Wednesday.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest announced Wednesday that firefighters plan to start spring prescribed burning season as early as mid-April, if conditions become favorable. The forest may conduct up to an estimated 8,860 acres of prescribed burning, including about 7,000 acres on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District, 360 acres on the Crescent
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A 13-year-old boy from Anacortes, Washington, died Wednesday morning after crashing into a tree while snowboarding at Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort, Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp said.
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The Oregon House Committee on Judiciary held the first hearing Monday on legislation introduced by Rep. Emerson Levy, D-Bend, to keep more sex offenders out of schools – a bill prompted by an incident at a Bend school nearly three years ago.
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A known, high-volume Central Oregon drug trafficker was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison Wednesday following a multi-agency investigation led by the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, federal prosecutors said. Ricky Fontaine, 32, of Bend, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity invites the public to tour a one-of-a-kind home at 1475 SE Wilson Avenue, designed specifically for middle-income buyers who have scarce options in Bend’s housing market. The first open house took place Wednesday and another is set for Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. The home, built
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The murder trial of a Bend man accused of fatally assaulting his mother just over a year ago has been delayed for three months, until July, at his attorney’s request. Deschutes County Circuit Judge Alycia Herriott on Wednesday set a July 22 trial date for Joshua Lawrence Smith, 41, on a
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The Latino Community Association announced Monday that it is canceling this fall’s Central Oregon Latino Fest in Madras over safety fears due to recent immigration enforcement actions.
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Oregon’s Department of Transportation is facing funding issues that are so bad, non-interstate routes like U.S. Highways 97, 20, and 26 could see little to no paving after 2027.
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LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Homelessness looks different in and around all of cities across Deschutes County, officials say – especially in La Pine. Outreach groups say they’ve long struggled to reach the homeless in the La Pine area, and as major homeless encampments in the county like along China Hat Road are closed, more
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Five Central Oregon schools have achieved a distinguished milestone in school counseling, earning the coveted Recognized ASCA Model Program certification from the American School Counselor Association . This national recognition underscores their commitment to comprehensive, data-driven counseling programs that support student success. The honored schools include Redmond School Districts’ Sage Elementary
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Hoodoo Ski Area will offer free lift tickets to all guests who donate four or more non-perishable food items on Wednesday, April 9. Donations will be collected at Hoodoo Ski Area. This event is sponsored by Team Kia of Bend.The free lift ticket is valid 9 am – 4 pm on Wednesday,
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The Father’s Group organization in Bend has canceled this year’s Juneteenth Celebration at Drake Park, noting “today’s increasingly political climate, with rising incidents of racial aggression and threats, particularly toward Black and Latino communities.”
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