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Facebook announces yet another big Prineville Data Center expansion

March 18, 2021 5:00 am KTVZ News Partners

Facebook, that behemoth of the social media world, announced Thursday that it’s growing its Prineville Data Center yet again, this time with two new…

Deschutes County new vaccine pre-registration system set

March 18, 2021 12:07 pm KTVZ

Signing up for a vaccine in Deschutes County may have gotten a little…

Four arrests in pair of traffic stops targeting Crook County meth distribution ring

March 18, 2021 12:36 am Barney Lerten

Central Oregon drug agents have arrested three Prineville residents and a Troutdale man in a pair of recent traffic stops targeting a drug ring…

Bend driver without headlights jumps from moving car, arrested; drugs found

March 17, 2021 11:53 pm Barney Lerten

When police tried to pull him over, a driver without headlights bailed out of his moving car and into the brush on Bend’s north end Tuesday night,…

Mosaic Medical expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility

March 17, 2021 10:15 pm KTVZ News Partners

As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Mosaic Medical has been invited by the Oregon Health Authority to participate in a pilot program to expand…

Miniature donkey injured in NE Bend attack; owner believes it was off-leash dog

March 17, 2021 9:18 pm KTVZ

A donkey was taken to the vet after it was attacked on Tuesday in northeast Bend. His owner believes a dog at the adjacent off-leash dog park is…

Wirkkala murder retrial begins at Deschutes County Fairgrounds

March 17, 2021 7:33 pm KTVZ

Several potential jurors were dismissed on Wednesday, but opening arguments are set for Thursday morning. Luke Wirkkala was convicted of murder in…

Sisters, ODOT working on plans for new Hwy. 20-Locust Street roundabout

March 17, 2021 6:20 pm KTVZ

It’s been about 12 years since the City of Sisters and the Oregon Department of Transportation first eyed improvements to ease traffic issues at the…

OSAA says pandemic has led to shortage of officials for high school sports

March 17, 2021 3:29 pm KTVZ

High school sports have kicked off, but officials with the Oregon School Activities Association said they now face a new challenge — a shortage of…

Prescribed burn planned along Century Drive west of Bend has been canceled

March 17, 2021 10:30 am Barney Lerten

Deschutes National Forest fuels specialists have canceled plans to conduct a small, 20-acre prescribed fire Wednesday afternoon two miles west of the…

Bend Park & Rec Board waives development fees for Veterans Village project

March 16, 2021 10:57 pm KTVZ

The Bend Park & Recreation board unanimously approved waiving system development charges (SDCs) Tuesday night, for the Veterans Village project…

Bend Park and Rec’s Larkspur Community Center set to open on April 5

March 16, 2021 3:54 pm KTVZ

The Bend Park and Recreation District announ The Bend Park and Recreation District announced Tuesday that the Larkspur Community Center: Home of the…

Prineville-area man fatally electrocuted while burning designs into wood

March 16, 2021 6:37 pm Barney Lerten

A 26-year-old man was fatally electrocuted Tuesday afternoon while burning decorative designs into wood outside his camp trailer at an RV park east…

C. Oregon’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations will look different this year

March 16, 2021 1:36 pm KTVZ

A lot has changed in the two years since bars were allowed to operate on St. Patrick’s Day in Central…

On shutdown anniversary, C.O. businesses say some changes will be permanent

March 16, 2021 2:52 pm KTVZ

It’s now been one year since the COVID-19 pandemic shook up the world as we knew it, here on the High Desert and around the globe.…

‘I wasn’t in my right mind’: Redmond man gets life in woman’s stabbing death

March 16, 2021 4:46 pm KTVZ

A 62-year-old Redmond man was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with at least 25 years before he can seek parole in the stabbing death last July of…