SWEET HOME, Ore. (KTVZ) — Two off-duty firefighters from Crook County are being hailed as heroes after rescuing a driver on U.S. Highway 20 who crashed down an embankment into the South Santiam River near Sweet Home on Saturday morning. The crash, reported around 11:25 a.m., prompted a multi-agency response that included the Sweet Home
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Spring break kicks off Saturday at the High Desert Museum with special programs, new exhibitions and summer hours, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. The popular indoor flight demonstration Sky Hunters returns to the E. L. Wiegand Pavilion in the Donald M. Kerr Birds of Prey Center. Visitors experience powerful predators close
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Construction is underway at Miller’s Landing for easier access to the Deschutes River. It’s funded in part by Visit Bend’s Sustainability Fund, which grants thousands of dollars each year to local community projects through its share of the transient room tax. But that could soon change, if House Bill 3556 advances in Salem.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A small roadside slide along Mill Creek Road has led to a temporary restriction to one lane in the area, Crook County officials said Friday. The slide occurred on Monday, March 10 near milepost 8, just north of the Steins Pillar parking area, officials said. The Crook County Road Department has
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(Update: Adding video) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTVZ) – An Oregon man was arrested by the FBI Thursday in Portland after a federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment this week charging him with transporting a minor with the intent to have the child engage in criminal sexual activity. According to court documents, in 2019, Steven
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SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — Paul Evenson shared this scene with us of some “traffic congestion” at a golf course in Sunriver around 7 a.m. Friday morning. Evenson said the scene was on a main street near Sunriver Village, and “they were walking between the 13th and 12th hole on The Meadows course.” “As a side
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PORTLAND, Ore.—The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Thursday to protect the Ochoco lomatium under the Endangered Species Act. These rare flowers in the carrot family are limited to only four populations in central Oregon. Ochoco lomatium (pronounced low-MAY-shum) lives on rocky scablands near the North Fork of the Crooked River, where cattle
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A Bend man wanted on a felony warrant stole an SUV whose owner left it warming up at the Riverhouse Lodge hotel, then took it on a wild drive through town, including a golf course. He was arrested after a spike strip flattened the tires and officers pinned in the vehicle on a cul-de-sac.
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(Update: Three organizations add to reward fund) PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Three organizations have pushed the total potential reward past $30,000 for information in the recent illegal killing of a federally listed endangered gray wolf near Sisters. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday it’s offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to end the U.S. Department of Education, saying he was giving power back to the states: “My administration will take all lawful steps to shut down the department. We’re going to shut it down, and shut it down as quickly as possible.”
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) —The much-anticipated Wellness Center, an expansion of La Pine Community Health Center’s campus aimed at enhancing vital health services for the community, is experiencing delays. Initially expected to open early this year, officials said Thursday “the completion timeline has now shifted to early fall due to various financial and logistical hurdles.”
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A drug raid on a La Pine-area couple’s property found a dismantled large marijuana grow in their shop, authorities said Thursday. They were cited on felony drug charges and being felons in possession of a firearm. Around 9 a.m. Wednesday, detectives with the Deschutes County Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement team,
Continue ReadingJillian Fortner reports live at the Sportsmen’s Show REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Central Oregon Sportsmen’s Show is back in Redmond, featuring hundreds of companies showcasing and selling the latest products and services for fishing, hunting and outdoor recreation. The show takes place from Thursday through Sunday at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center,
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The California Highway Patrol on Tuesday released the name of a 74-year-old Bend, Oregon man who died after crashing his white BMW into a motorhome in a Desert Hot Springs mobile home park.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Crook County High School Culinary Team has once again demonstrated their culinary prowess, capturing their second state title in just three years, the school district said Wednesday. This remarkable achievement secures their place in the upcoming national competition in Baltimore, Maryland. The team impressed judges with an exquisite, restaurant-quality menu
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Oregon’s state parks saw record-breaking visitation numbers in 2024. According to the agency, there were nearly 53.85 million estimated visits last year.
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A packed crowd Wednesday passionately voiced both sides of a contentious debate over Deschutes County commissioners’ recent elimination of a diversity, equity, inclusion and access committee, echoing a national debate over the issue.
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A suspicious substance was found in the disciplinary segregation unit at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution east of Madras, prompting the use of Naloxone and a trip to the hospital for one corporal and treatment of another prison officer who suffered an adverse reaction, officials said.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Between his two Central Oregon town halls Tuesday, Senator Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, joined Lynsey Harris live on KTVZ News at Five to respond to questions on many people’s minds. Wyden said the recently approved federal spending bill and others in the works will be “very damaging, particularly when right now you’ve
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)— The Oregon Youth ChalleNGe Program has become the first in the nation to receive an “outstanding” rating under new federal evaluation criteria, program director Frank Tallman announced. The program, Oregon’s only accredited statewide alternative high school, underwent a comprehensive four-day on-site inspection by the National Guard Bureau’s Youth Programs Division as part
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