(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — It wasn’t your typical split as Deschutes County commissioners voted 2-1 Wednesday to lease a small parcel at the county’s Public Safety Campus to Mountain View Community Development for up to six micro-shelters to house the homeless, part of its Safe Parking program. Commissioners Phil Chang and Patti
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Starting next week, airline passengers traveling through Redmond Municipal Airport (RDM) will notice a change in how they access gates and aircraft as a major, multi-year terminal expansion project begins. Here’s Friday’s announcement from airport officials: A temporary underground tunnel is required to support baggage operations during the construction, so the
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — A new fire reported late Friday morning burned in grass, brush and juniper about six miles northeast of Madras. It covered about 126 acres by mid-afternoon, prompting a Level 1 GET READY evacuation notice in the area for a time. Around 1 p.m., the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office issued the Level
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon will be part of a national wave of “No Kings” Trump administration protests planned around the nation on Saturday, while supporters of the president plan events of their own on the High Desert KTVZ News received this media advisory this week about a Bend ‘No Kings” Community Action Fair,
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TUMALO, Ore. (KTVZ) — For this month’s Small Business Spotlight, KTVZ is highlighting Tumalo Coffeehouse as it celebrates 10 years in business the entire month of June. Located right in the heart of Tumalo, the coffee shop has made quite the name for itself–combining good coffee and community. “(My favorite part about working in Tumalo
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Low registration numbers have prompted organizers of the Oregon High Desert Classics to cancel next month’s two-week hunter jumper horse competition. An announcement posted Friday on the event’s web page stated: OHDC 2025 Has Been Cancelled “Thank you to all our 2025 Oregon High Desert Classics sponsors, vendors, contractors, exhibitors, and
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Summit Health allergist, Dr. Adam Williams, tells KTVZ News there are actually two allergy seasons in Central Oregon – one for pine, another for grass, which is sending all that pollen our way. Right now we’re in a grass season, and every gust of wind is blowing pollen into your
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Nearly 2,000 Pacific Power customers on Bend’s north end lost power Thursday afternoon, an outage caused by the utility’s “enhanced safety settings that officials said could last into the evening.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — After a long, snowy winter, Oregon Department of Transportation crews have cleared McKenzie Pass, and the gates will open for all travelers next Monday morning. The scenic, twisting highway, also known as OR 242, closed for the winter season on Nov. 1 last year. As travel resumes, drivers are reminded to share
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — June is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, and each week we’re sharing stories and resources to support those impacted by memory loss. In our second interview with Bend neurologist Dr. Gregory Ferenz, we focus on what comes next after diagnosis — and why there’s hope for families navigating Alzheimer’s disease. Ferenz says early
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Commute Options, in partnership with the City of Bend and funded by the Pacific Power Foundation, said Wednesday it’s proud to announce the launch of the E-Bike Rebate Program, beginning next Monday.
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A new fire broke out late Wednesday afternoon on the east side of La Pine and prompted a quick Level 2 BE SET evacuation alert for a neighborhood, later reduced to Level 1 BE READY as crews contained the blaze.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — From the latest efforts to create affordable housing development, to gasoline taxation, traffic updates and wildfire risks, KTVZ speaks with Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler and asks your pressing questions. Viewers can submit questions for Mayor Kebler at any time as part of our exclusive monthly segment, and have your question featured
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Bend’s Northeast Second Street between Franklin and Greenwood avenues reopened to two-way traffic on Wednesday.
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Update: SIE provided this statement to KTVZ News regarding the reduction in workforce at Sony’s Bend Studio.”Earlier this year, Bend Studio wrapped development on a live service concept. After careful consideration, we chose not to move forward with it. As the team shifts focus to its next project, we’ve made strategic changes to better position
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County sheriff’s investigators and the Federal Aviation Administration are working to find the owner of a drone that was illegally flown over last week’s Euston Fire northwest of Redmond and crashed. Sheriff Kent van der Kamp told KTVZ News on Wednesday that deputies were told by citizens a drone had
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Initial attack crews and a helicopter responded to a new lightning-sparked brushfire Wednesday afternoon in southern Crook County. Incident 252, named the Sage Hollow Fire, was reported shortly after 2 p.m. and had burned about three acres of grass and brush, Central Oregon fire officials said. It was burning on BLM
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Update: Adding video, comments from incident commander) LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A small community south of La Pine is getting some help this wildfire season. “We call it hardening the community. If we can do things before a fire that make the community more resilient to it, that’s what we’re in the name to
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A day-old precautionary boil water notice was lifted Wednesday for hundreds of Avion Water Co. customers in the Long Butte and upper Whispering Pines area north of Bend. But the heat-related water limits mean the area will be under even-odd watering restrictions through the summer.
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(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Forestry announced Tuesday that additional fire restrictions would go into effect for the Central Oregon District, starting on Monday, June 16th. Just hours later, an update: The Central Oregon District is now in HIGH fire danger risk. We spoke with an ODF representative to
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