Central Oregon Archives

Bend’s downtown ‘parklet’ program stays in place past pandemic, gets mixed reviews from businesses

May 15, 2023 12:01 PM Bola Gbadebo

The program in downtown Bend allowing restaurants to occupy parking spaces is getting mixed reviews. During the Covid pandemic, when state health…

SE Bend developer donates lot to Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity for affordable workforce housing

May 3, 2023 10:44 AM KTVZ News Team

Evergreen Housing Development Group has donated a parcel of land to Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity that will be the site of up to three affordable…

Visit Central Oregon gives $840,000 to a dozen tourism projects designed to benefit both tourists and residents

April 13, 2023 11:00 AM Blake Mayfield

Visit Central Oregon announced Wednesday the 12 organizations being awarded a total of $840,000 in grants as part of the Central Oregon Future Fund,…

Bend PD releases 2022 Annual Report: Crime rates considered low by officials

March 23, 2023 11:57 AM Kelsey McGee

Bend Police have released an annual report showing what happened with crime in the city during the past…

OSU-Cascades looks to add more degree programs, presses lawmakers to fund new Bend campus building

February 7, 2023 11:44 AM Kelsey McGee

At Bend’s OSU-Cascades Campus, there are plans to further expand academic programs into more fields of endeavors. But the school is also urging…

Second Bend restaurant falls victim to overnight phone scammers — to the tune of over $3,000

January 4, 2023 12:58 PM Barney Lerten

One week after a worker at one popular Bend restaurant fell victim to a sophisticated phone scam, to the tune of $2,000, an employee at another sent…

St. Nick touches down on the High Desert — by helicopter, not sleigh — to spread holiday cheer

November 25, 2022 11:56 AM Kelsey McGee

Santa is making a trip around the globe a bit early this year, and on Friday stopped in at Bend’s Old Mill District, making a high-flying entrance –…

As world reaches 8 billion inhabitants, Oregon and C.O. counties, cities still growing, some faster than others

November 16, 2022 12:27 AM Barney Lerten

Redmond grew about twice as fast as Bend over past year BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – On the very day the world’s 8 billionth baby was born, in the…

Arnold Irrigation District ends season early after 2 breaches open up on banks of main canal

October 7, 2022 1:47 PM KTVZ news sources

The Arnold Irrigation District’s irrigation season ended about a week earlier than planned Friday due to two seephole breaches that opened up…

4.4-magnitude earthquake in Linn County felt by residents over wide area

October 7, 2022 8:20 AM KTVZ news sources

A magnitude-4.4 earthquake in Linn County rattled northwest Oregon early Friday…

OSU-Cascades, NewsChannel 21, City Club of C.O. hosting gubernatorial debate tonight; watch livestream here

September 15, 2022 2:42 PM KTVZ news sources

Oregon State University-Cascades, NewsChannel 21 and the City Club of Central Oregon will host a live, televised and livestreamed debate on Tuesday,…

Airshow of the Cascades at Madras Airport wraps up with second day of fun on the ground, aerobatics in the sky

August 27, 2022 11:00 AM Kelsey McGee

The Airshow of the Cascades just celebrated its 22nd anniversary in fine fashion. The show wrapped up on Saturday afternoon and also put on quite the…

Temporary weekday closures planned for Rimrock Paved Path, Ticket to Ride Trail west of Bend

July 6, 2022 10:49 AM KTVZ news sources

Beginning next week, Rimrock Paved Path and Ticket to Ride Trail, both west of Bend, will be closed for public and operator safety while contractors…

Washington state woman seriously injured when SUV crashes into fence, power pole on Cline Falls Highway

June 28, 2022 7:56 PM KTVZ news sources

A Washington state woman was seriously injured late Tuesday afternoon when her SUV left the Cline Falls Highway, struck a fence and power pole and…

Sunriver Brewing, 3 other craft beverage makers partner to help restore Oregon forests

June 28, 2022 10:57 AM Barney Lerten

Once again, four leading Oregon craft beverage producers are teaming up with Oregon Parks Forever to raise funds to replant 25,000 trees in…

Two women, one from Bend, killed in Highway 97 head-on crash north of Klamath Falls

June 24, 2022 2:11 PM KTVZ news sources

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Two women, from Bend and Northern California, were killed and three people were injured in a head-on collision of a…

City of Bend draws big crowd at open house for Midtown Pedestrian and Bicycle Crossings feasibility study

June 16, 2022 1:31 PM Kelsey McGee

A city of Bend open house on the Midtown Pedestrian and Bicycle Crossings Feasibility Study drew a big crowd Wednesday night, as the Open Space Event…