(update: adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Downtown Bend held its annual Christmas Tree Lighting event right outside The Commons in Brooks Alley. Jillian Fortner was live at Drake Park to catch the holiday festivities.
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(Update: Adding video, comments from county health officials and residents) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Flu season is hitting the High Desert hard; the region now has the highest number of positive influenza cases in the state. According to state data, the region saw 8.2% positive influenza tests at the end of November. Data also shows the
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– What started as a personal project in 2019 has expanded to gifts for 1,300 people in more than 25 facilities across Central Oregon. The Central Oregon Holiday Giving Project brings gifts to people in assisted living and memory care facilities. Everyone at these care centers gets a bag of gifts, including snacks and
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ANTELOPE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The historic town of Antelope, Oregon has been certified as an International Dark Sky Community by DarkSky International, making Antelope the first International Dark Sky Community in Oregon, and the fifth International Dark Sky Place in Oregon. They join Oregon Caves National Monument International Dark Sky Park, Oregon Outback International Dark Sky Sanctuary, Prineville Reservoir
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — During the Christmas and New Year holiday periods, we often see a rise in drunk-driving deaths. Recent data shows December drunk driving deaths are the highest in almost 15 years. As a result, the Prineville Police Department will be participating in NHTSA High Visibility Enforcement national event Drive Sober or Get
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Update: adding name, charge; video from broadcast) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Three months after a trespassing dispute led to two gunshots in the Romaine Village area of southwest Bend, police and the Central Oregon Emergency Response Team arrested a 29-year-old suspect at his apartment, sizing several guns and ammunition. Officers and CERT members served a
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The handgun a Klamath Falls man allegedly used in last week’s attempted armed carjacking of a Bend woman has been recovered by police near a southwest Bend home that they say he allegedly tried to break into, leading to additional charges.
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(Update: adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 27-year-old Bend man was killed Wednesday evening in the fiery collision of two pickup trucks at the intersection of Dean Swift and Bear Creek roads in NE Bend amid freezing fog and icy road conditions, police said. Officers responded around 7:22 p.m. to the reported crash and
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The City Club of Central Oregon took up another timely topic with plenty of issues and questions on Thursday morning, focusing on the future of Mt. Bachelor.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Wood stove ashes placed in a plastic trash can hours earlier sparked a fire that caused about $25,000 damage to a southwest Bend home Wednesday night, officials said. The fire at a home in the 60000 block of River Bend Drive was called in by a neighbor shortly before 8:30 p.m.,
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Harcourts The Garner Group invited the community to join in the holiday cheer Thursday evening for the annual tree-lighting ceremony in NorthWest Crossing.
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Law enforcement and children were getting in the Christmas spirit together on Wednesday for the second day of the 24th Annual Shop with a Cop event, which spans over three days.
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Teegan Wright, a fifth-grade student at Rosland Elementary School in La Pine, will serve in the cabinet for the 2025 Oregon Kid Governor. He and other cabinet members and the new Oregon Kid Governor, Rosie from Riverdale Grade School in Portland, will be sworn in at the state Capitol in January.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The city of Bend’s controversial transportation fee is picking up speed, and the city says Phase 1 is already showing success. It’s expected to meet its $5 million revenue goal by July of next year. Councilors will decide in coming weeks on Phase 2’s fee schedule that begins next July increasing
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SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has a holiday plea for those who love to do up their yards with festive displays: Deck the halls this holiday season, not the deer. Deer entanglement is a growing concern in Oregon, and local ODFW offices are urging residents to take action by cleaning up their
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — While the holiday season is often a time for celebrating with friends and family, it is also a time when the Deschutes County Department of Solid Waste sees a significant increase in the amount of trash going into the landfill. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average American family
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The city of Bend invited residents Wednesday to take part in an open house, in person or online, to help shape the direction of the new Reed Market Road railroad crossing project. In person: Monday, Dec. 9, 5:30–7:30 p.m., at the Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Road Online: Dec.
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Leaders of the Greater Idaho movement said Wednesday they are asking President Trump and his incoming administration to get involved in supporting border talks between Idaho and Oregon. In a letter released Wednesday (see below), Citizens for Greater Idaho praised the former and future President as a “practical problem-solver”
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — KIDS Center, Bend’s child advocacy organization, spent Giving Tuesday giving back to the community and spreading holiday cheer, one cup of coffee and dance move at a time. Even with the freezing weather, volunteers and staff were waving signs, dancing and even giving out free coffee. In return, they asked for
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On Tuesday, residents had a chance to stop by Deep Roots Coffee in Prineville during a two-hour coffee to informally meet Jeff Profio, the new police chief.
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