City of Bend opens larger, advanced water quality laboratory at new Public Works Campus
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) As part of the City of Bend Public Works Department’s recent move into the new Public Works Campus, the city’s water lab…
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U.S. House votes to delist gray wolves: Bentz in support, Bynum, fellow Oregon Democrats opposed
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — The U.S. House voted mostly along party lines Thursday to approve a bill that would remove Endangered Species Act protections…
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Deschutes National Forest advances plans for a 10-foot-wide paved path between Bend and Lava Lands Visitor Center
(Update: Video Added) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest said Thursday that it has chosen a preferred alternative for ia nearly…
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Storm brings rain, wind to High Desert; trees, lines down; Sisters warns of Whychus Creek flood threat, offers sandbags
(Update: Trees, lines knocked down; I-84 closure update) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The latest in a string of atmospheric rivers to sweep into the…
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Deschutes County Sheriff’s Lt. Nathan Garibay honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by Sheriffs’ Association
 BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday that Lt. Nathan Garibay was formally recognized with a Lifetime…
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Three rural GOP lawmakers urge ODOT to seek emergency funding for safe winter roads in wake of voter referral
Three Central and Eastern Oregon lawmakers on Wednesday urged the Oregon Department of Transportation to seek emergency funding from lawmakers to…
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From showroom to support: Subaru of Bend helps fuel Central Oregon stroke awareness nonprofit
Subaru of Bend is helping support a local nonprofit this holiday season in a way that could save lives.
As part of Subaru’s national Share the…
UPDATE: Sisters restaurant shooting suspect charged with attempted murder, assault; bail set at $500K
A Deschutes County judge set bail at $500,000 Wednesday for a Redmond man facing attempted murder, assault and other charges, accused of using a…
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Update: Driver cited after crash that closed U.S. Highway 20 near Suttle Lake
A driver received minor injuries and was cited after a single-vehicle crash that closed U.S. Highway 20 near Suttle Lake late Tuesday night, Oregon…
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Windstorm topples trees, downs power lines and blocks major highways between Central and Western Oregon
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) —A powerful windstorm swept through Central Oregon Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, with winds whipping up to 60 miles per…
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COCC’s Madras campus expansion opens soon; Tykeson Family Foundation gives $100K ‘capping grant’
(Update: Video Added) Major fundraising for Central Oregon Community College’s Madras campus expansion, set to open for winter term’s first day…
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Bend Park and Rec is set to celebrate The Pavilion’s 10th anniversary at winter solstice event
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend Park and Recreation District opened The Pavilion as Central Oregon’s first and only NHL-size ice sheet nearly a decade…
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Missing Bend kayaker, 74, rescued from Lake Billy Chinook
CULVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, working with Jefferson County Fire and EMS, rescued a missing kayaker from Bend late…
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Chiloquin man killed in head-on collision of two pickups on Highway 97
CHILQQUIN, Ore. (KTVZ) — A 26-year-old Chiloquin man was killed in the head-on collision of two pickup trucks Tuesday evening on Highway 97 south of…
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UPDATE: OSP identifies Bend driver, 79, killed in Highway 97 crash south of Redmond
Oregon State Police on Wednesday released the names and details of Tuesday evening’s fatal crash in which a minivan driver from Bend crossed into the…
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Mt. Bachelor gets its first snowfall in weeks, with more on the way, raising hopes season can start soon
MT. BACHELOR, Ore. (KTVZ) — The storm that blew into Oregon overnight, toppling trees and power lines, also brought the first measurable snow to Mt.…
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Shepherd’s House Ministries seeks donations for free community Christmas dinners
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As the season of giving arrives, Shepherd’s House Ministries is preparing to share the warmth of Christmas with Central Oregon…
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Judge cuts bail in half for Crooked River Ranch man accused of robbing downtown Redmond restaurant at gunpoint
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A shift in some charges to Jefferson County prompted a Deschutes County judge to cut the bail in half Tuesday for a Crooked…
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Mountain View Community Development receives $3 million grant for 75-unit Redmond supportive housing village
(Update: Video Added) REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Mountain View Community Development said Tuesday it’s learned it will receive a $3…
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Central Oregon unemployment rates inched upward in September; data release was delayed by federal shutdown
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon seasonally adjusted unemployment rates continued to move upward in September, with rates increasing in all three…
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