After being stolen earlier this month, sparking dismay far and wide, the world’s last Blockbuster now has its long-time lawn sign back.
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The Bend nonprofit rescue group Street Dog Hero said Wednesday it has taken in the 50 dogs remaining at the Jefferson County animal shelter before the contract with current service provider Rockn EZ Rescue Ranch expires at the end of June, and is looking to fellow rescue groups and others for assistance.
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A wide-ranging group of federal, state and local agencies, organizations and those directly affected by the homeless camps along China Hat Road south of Bend – the homeless and the homeowners – came together Thursday for a first of its kind roundtable to better coordinate and advance what can be done to address the issues and dangers.
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A fire early Thursday morning that destroyed El Sancho’s Taco Shop East on NE Dekalb Avenue, leaving behind more than $250,000 in damage and losses, was caused by improperly disposed ashes from outdoor cooking operations, Bend Fire & Rescue said.
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Two 14-year-old Sisters residents were killed Wednesday evening when their dirt bike crashed on a Forest Service road about nine miles northwest of Sisters, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Thursday.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A three-story northwest Bend home undergoing extensive remodeling sustained at least $1.5 million in damage from a challenging fire early Wednesday morning that was traced to an all-too-familiar cause: Oily rags used in staining work that were not put in a bucket of water and spontaneously combusted. A firefighter was injured
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Beaver Works Oregon, a program of Think Wild dedicated to supporting beaver in Oregon’s High Desert, recently planted and fenced off 5,180 willow, cottonwood and assorted riparian plants at both public and private riparian project sites throughout Central Oregon this spring. The goal is for the plants to establish and provide
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A black bear cub that scampered through Madras streets and backyards on Wednesday, drawing plenty of attention, eventually climbed a backyard tree, where it hung out for several hours until officials tranquilized the animal. Once the entangled bear was freed from branches, it fell into a net, to be relocated to a safer location.
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A “letter of concern” by 135 health care professionals was presented to the Bend-La Pine School Board Tuesday night, raising concerns about the use, overuse or misuse of potentially addictive technology in schools, especially in the classroom.
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Unionized workers at The Bulletin have spent this week at the negotiating table with Eastern Oregon Media to discuss plans for the company’s upcoming layoffs.
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Fire season is starting to ramp up in Central Oregon, as two larger blazes in recent days prove. And as usual, the vast majority are human-caused, officials said Wednesday.
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PRINEVILLE Ore. (KTVZ) – A Prineville man was killed early Monday morning when his pickup truck drifted across the oncoming lane of U.S. Highway 26 east of Prineville, left the road and hit a rock and tree before flipping onto its side, Oregon State Police said Wednesday. A medical event is the suspected cause. OSP
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Technology moves fast, in general, and government bodies don’t, also in general. But the concerns voiced by 135 health care professionals in a letter presented to the Bend-La Pine School Board Tuesday evening about over-use of ‘addictive tech” in the classroom, especially in younger grades, came as the district already was considering significant changes this fall.
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BLACK BUTTE RANCH, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Friday night traffic stop on Highway 20 near Black Butte Ranch led to the arrest of a Redmond couple charged with trafficking fentanyl and, with the help of a drug-sniffing K-9, the seizure of fentanyl pills, powder and other drugs, officials said Tuesday. The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement
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Rep. Lori Chavez-Deremer, R-Ore., was in Bend on Tuesday, talking with veterans about the issues they face and what they want and need from the federal government.
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(Update: Adding video, comments from kids) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Hundreds of young Central Oregon students kick-started the beginning of their summer with a party on Tuesday. The group Life in Bend hosted its second annual School’s Out for Summer Party, held at Compass Park. The kids were running around the park, having a blast with their friends, all
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Bend-La Pine Schools recently announced that all schools in the district will provide one free breakfast and one free lunch for all students every day, starting next school year. Parents don’t have to complete any forms or requirements for students to access the meal.
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A Keizer father, his 14-year-old daughter and their dog planned to wrap up their fun five-day hiking trip in the Cascades on Sunday, Father’s Day. But it turned into quite a different experience when she dislocated her knee and couldn’t go on, prompting an “incredibly challenging” air rescue in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew out of Astoria.
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A stubborn, smoldering fire traced to cigarettes disposed of in a combustible container on the front deck destroyed a 104-year-old home in northwest Bend early Tuesday morning, but one resident awakened to the smell of smoke and all eight got out safely, officials said,
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A popular northeast Bend dining spot, The Phoenix Restaurant, announced “with the most heartfelt sadness” late Monday that it will be closing soon, after nearly 15 years in business. “There were many factors in this decision,” the restaurant said in its Facebook page post: “rising costs, lease negotiations, new ventures, but
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