(Update: East Bend Library users, library director speak on decision to close location next year) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Nearly 15 years after it opened as what officials call a “temporary solution,” the East Bend Library on Dean Swift Road will close by the end of next year, as the Deschutes Public Library Board decided
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With temperatures soaring above 100 degrees in the coming days and expected to stay in the mid-90s through the weekend in Central Oregon, many men, women, and children living on the streets face severe dehydration and other dangerous health risks.
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A 27-year-old Madras woman entered a negotiated guilty plea Monday afternoon to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter in the December 2022 fatal shooting of her ex-husband and faces a likely sentence of nearly 18 years in prison.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State University–Cascades will offer a new bachelor’s degree this fall to address the growing need for mechanical engineers in Central Oregon and across the state, the school said Monday. Job opportunities for mechanical engineers are projected to grow 8.9% in Central Oregon and 7.3% across Oregon over the next four
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – After a half-dozen postponements over several months, Dahnte Cegers pleaded not guilty Monday to hindering younger brother Caleb’s prosecution when the pair fled to Tennessee after last summer’s fatal shooting of Taylor Wyss outside a downtown Bend bar. Cegers, 26, stood beside defense attorney Sara Gross, who entered the plea on
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An 88-year-old Madras man was killed Saturday morning in a crash on U.S. Highway 26 north of Madras when he turned his SUV into the path of a pickup truck at an intersection, Oregon State Police reported Monday.
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It’s somehow somewhat fitting that the close-knit community of Prineville, like much of the High Desert, was under a Red Flag Warning on Saturday, meaning a combination of extreme heat, winds and low humidity brought what forecasters call “critical fire weather conditions.”
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A reported dispute involving gunfire brought Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies to a La Pine home late Saturday night – and when they heard more gunshots, the SWAT Team was activated. A 33-year-old La Pine man was arrested, with the help of a K-9 bite, and no one else was injured.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – An irrigation canal breach on Central Oregon Irrigation District property along the Deschutes River led to some flooding overnight that closed sections of the Central Oregon Historic Canal Trail near the Deschutes River Trail on Saturday, officials said. The Bend Park and Recreation District advised trail users to take extra precautions
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The heat in Central Oregon was sizzling, but that didn’t stop people from heading to the second annual Sunriver Saturday Market. Dozens of people were perusing the booths and creative spaces, ready to purchase baked goods and paintings.
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The pilot of a nearly 70-year-old small plane was uninjured when the plane tipped over and crashed on its nose during a wind-challenged landing at Sunriver Airport Saturday afternoon.
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Some small businesses on the north end of Bend say they are feeling the negative effects of the construction of the new Highway 97 route.
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Disposal of used, legal fireworks in an area with combustibles sparked a fire early Friday morning that caused “significant” damage to two homes in northwest Redmond, a fire official said.
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Redmond firefighters’ busy Fourth of July continued early Thursday evening, when a Ring doorbell camera caught a motorist pulling over and firing an illegal firework mortar, sparking a one-acre grass fire below a Bonneville Power Administration transmission line and a police hunt for the culprit.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Central Oregon Civic Action Project and Central Oregon Youth Action Board have mailed 12,500 letters to randomly selected households in Deschutes County to participate in a Civic Assembly focused on solutions for youth homelessness. Here’s their announcement, in full: The Civic Assembly is a democratic innovation in which communities involve
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The Bend Heroes Foundation and a group of volunteers installed 275 flags at Bend Heroes Memorial (Brooks Park), along Veterans Memorial Bridge (Newport Avenue) and in downtown Bend Thursday morning to mark the Fourth of July, Independence Day.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Each month, Think Wild, a Bend nonprofit whose mission is to rescue and rehabilitate injured, orphaned wildlife, hosts a monthly event where they highlight published research on beavers. Maureen Thompson of Think Wild said Wednesday evening, “It’s important to talk about beavers because they are a recently maligned species in recent
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A multi-agency investigation over the past several months led to the arrest early Wednesday morning of a Redmond woman on fentanyl possession charges during a traffic stop by Redmond Police Street Crimes Unit detectives. The arrest of the woman, who police did not identify, resulted from an investigation that included a
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Triple-digit temperatures are expected over the next several days, which means animals need extra attention in beating the heat. In order to keep pets safe, owners need to take precautions. “Do not leave your pets in your cars,” Victoria Arbona, the Veterinary Referral Center of Central Oregon’s veterinary emergency doctor, said Wednesday. “It’s really not
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With much of Oregon facing triple-digit temperatures in coming days, Central Oregon and state agencies are offering tips and taking other steps to help residents avoid the potentially negative impacts of the extensive heat.
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