Local News Archives

USPS mail delivery truck catches fire in Redmond

June 2, 2021 12:01 pm Max Goldwasser

A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier had a scare on Tuesday, when his delivery truck was engulfed in…

St. Charles nurses honored with DAISY Award for outstanding, compassionate care

June 2, 2021 1:12 pm KTVZ news sources

Four St. Charles Health System nurses have been honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses®, recognizing the outstanding, compassionate…

New COCC degree in geospatial studies plots path to OSU program

June 2, 2021 12:26 pm KTVZ news sources

Charting new territory in its geographical information systems (GIS) program, Central Oregon Community College will this fall begin offering a new…

Bend long-distance runner sets sights on Tokyo Olympics

June 1, 2021 6:48 pm Alec Nolan

The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo were postponed a year, due to the pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped Bend’s Mel Lawrence from training hard, in hopes of…

Bend homeless issue addressed with new year-round shelter, city campsite policy

June 1, 2021 11:45 am Leslie Cano

Homeless camps have become a more common sight throughout Bend, as related issues gain greater…

Small brush fire stopped along railroad tracks near Bend Parkway, Empire Avenue

June 1, 2021 6:20 pm Barney Lerten

A small brush fire broke out along railroad tracks near the Bend Parkway and Empire Avenue Tuesday afternoon, prompting closure of the northbound…

Daytime coyote sighting in SW Bend neighborhood prompts report; ODFW has tips to protect pets

June 1, 2021 12:01 pm Carly Keenan

Living in Central Oregon comes with being neighbors to a variety wildlife. Southwest Bend resident Joe Hull posted on a Facebook page Saturday a…

Interior Department OKs building a new Warm Springs jail; current jail closed for past year

June 1, 2021 4:42 pm Barney Lerten

A year after the Warm Springs Tribal Police Department’s roughly half-century-old jail was closed, amid COVID and other issues, the U.S. Interior…

Bend had a pretty average May, weather-wise; Prineville was a bit warmer than usual

June 1, 2021 8:56 am Barney Lerten

After several months of warmer and drier than average weather, Bend had a pretty average May, the National Weather Service reported…

Memorial Day 2021: Central Oregonians remember the fallen

May 31, 2021 5:57 pm KTVZ News Team

Things were still a bit different, due to COVID-19. but several traditional gatherings still took place across the High Desert on Monday to mark…

Memorial Day weekend air travel ramps back up at Redmond Airport

May 31, 2021 5:54 pm Leslie Cano

The Memorial Day holiday weekend brought lots of air travelers back to the Redmond Airport — the heaviest traffic since the pandemic began — and…

Bend man’s alleged two-county crime spree ends in stolen pickup crash, arrest

May 31, 2021 1:49 am Barney Lerten

A Bend man was arrested on numerous charges Saturday after a crime spree that allegedly began in Bend, continued to Redmond and ended in Crook…

New food cart pod ‘The Office’ opens at Bend’s Silver Moon Brewing

May 31, 2021 12:40 am Leslie Cano

“The Office” is a new five-food cart pod by Silver Moon Brewing on Greenwood Avenue in Bend, featuring food from Sicilian pizza to…

La Pine man killed in pickup crash into Little Deschutes River

May 30, 2021 1:45 pm KTVZ news sources

A La Pine man died Saturday night after his pickup truck left the end of Bridge Drive, hit a fence and landed on its side in the Little Deschutes…

St. Charles requests county, state help for 24 ICU nurses, but drop in patient counts offers hope

May 28, 2021 2:20 pm KTVZ news sources

St. Charles Health System filed a request with Deschutes County and state officials for 24 help finding ICU nurses as it struggles to help a surge of…

Bend man killed in Hwy. 97 rollover crash south of La Pine

May 30, 2021 11:56 am KTVZ news sources

A Bend man was killed Saturday night in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 97 south of La Pine, Oregon State Police…

Redmond man arrested in NE Bend DUII crash into 5 parked cars

May 29, 2021 9:46 pm KTVZ news sources

A 24-year-old Redmond man faces drunken and reckless driving and hit-and-run charges after he allegedly crashed into five cars parked along Northeast…