WATCH: China Hat closure news conference
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the recording of the KTVZ News live stream of Thursday morning’s news conference held by several homeless advocacy…
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Crook County commissioners move forward with supporting Pacific Power proposed transmission line Route D
(update: adding video) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The debate surrounding PacifiCorp’s Blueprint South Transmission Line Project, continues.  Crook…
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50 years later, local Vietnam veterans remember the fall of Saigon, end of war
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Â Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. Half a century ago, on April 30,…
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SE Bend police standoff ends as two people surrender, one a fugitive arrested on a statewide warrant
Several armed Bend Police officers and two armored vehicles surrounded a southeast Bend apartment in a standoff for about an hour Wednesday…
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64-acre prescribed burn conducted south of Sisters
Firefighters with the Sisters Ranger District ignited 64 acres in a prescribed fire Wednesday on Sisters Area Fuels Reduction Unit 4 four miles south…
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False alarms: 9-1-1 tech ‘glitches’ led to a pair of untrue warnings of a fire at Bend’s new Costco
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon users of a popular website and smartphone app to track the latest fires, crashes and other emergencies were…
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Advocates worry of dangerous enforcement during Forest Service sweep of China Hat Road encampments
On the eve of the Deschutes National Forest’s closure of nearly 36,000 acres south of Bend for fuels reduction work – and the deadline for over 100…
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Caldera High teacher Bekki Tucker receives Oregon Financial Empowerment Award
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — State Treasurer Elizabeth Steiner announced Wednesday the 2025 Oregon Financial Empowerment Award recipients, recognizing…
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Bend-La Pine Schools superintendent, others join in video deploring ‘real harm’ caused by federal cutbacks
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook joined six other Oregon superintendents in a video released Wednesday…
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Mid Oregon Credit Union celebrates brand new headquarters in Bend’s Old Mill
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Â A ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday introduced Bend to Mid Oregon Credit Union’s latest branch. The new three-story building is…
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‘Health Care For All Oregon’ hopes to bring the idea of universal health care to all Oregonians
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon residents gathered in a pub Tuesday night to talk about something that seems impossible for the average American:…
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Packing up: Vehicles towed as homeless rush to move from China Hat Road under Forest Service order
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– After nearly five years, J. Smith is leaving China Hat Road. His van was towed away on Tuesday, in hopes of being repaired, as…
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Federal judge rejects plea to cancel or delay Forest Service project; China Hat homeless must move
A federal judge in Eugene on Tuesday rejected a plea by homeless people living in the woods south of Bend to delay Thursday’s deadline to move out…
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In Darlene 3’s wake, campfires banned on BLM lands in the La Pine area to curb danger of human-caused wildfires
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — “To enhance public safety and reduce the risk of wildfires,” the Bureau of Land Management said Tuesday it’s…
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Allergy season hitting High Desert sufferers especially hard this year
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — It’s a rough spring for Central Oregon allergy sufferers, and Dr. Ripdeep Mangat of Allergy and Asthma Care Center tells us he’s…
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Long-term impacts of next Cascadia subduction zone earthquake could be even worse than feared
When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami…
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Bend resident’s bid to scare off rock chucks with a smoke bomb under the house sparked a fire instead
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Bend homeowner’s attempt to use a smoke bomb to drive rock chucks out from under his house didn’t go too well Wednesday…
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Redmond fugitive charged in 2016 child abuse case caught, arrested in Oklahoma
A Redmond fugitive recently charged with attempted rape and sexual abuse of a young girl nearly a decade ago has been arrested in Oklahoma,…
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Problem Solvers: Oregon family farm seeks changes to federal protections after lone wolf kills several calves
Despite the presence of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife at the Flynn family farm for nearly a month, Oregon Wolf 158 continued to wreak…
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Hayden Homes celebrates fifth anniversary of Bend amphitheater’s naming with concert package giveaways
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Hayden Homes is thrilled to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Hayden Homes Amphitheater’s naming rights partnership with a…
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