BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Redmond Mayor Ed Fitch has won reelection following a close race against challenger Jay Patrick. Following the election, Fitch said he would continue his commitment to serving the city of Redmond. Fitch stated that his key priorities for the city during his next term will continue to be water rights issues
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A federal grand jury in Portland has indicted a 25-year-old man on five felony assault charges stemming from the alleged abuse of two young children and an intimate partner on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. The indictment charges Cedrick Bruce Davis, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, with two counts
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The U.S. Postal Service’s Operation Santa adoption registration is officially open! Groups and individuals interested in adopting letters for this year’s program should visit USPSOperationSanta.com, click on the registration link and follow the prompts. For security reasons, all prospective adopters must be vetted through a short registration and ID verification process
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Football fans can catch a full weekend of college and professional matchups on KTVZ and its network affiliates, beginning Friday night and continuing through Sunday’s NFL doubleheader. Friday’s college football coverage starts at 6 p.m. on FOX/KFXO, with Nebraska visiting Illinois. Saturday brings games across NBC/KTVZ, FOX/KFXO and CW/NTVZ. NBC/KTVZ begins
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — All Oregon Department of Forestry districts have terminated fire restrictions, marking the end of the record-breaking 2026 fire season, the agency said Wednesday. “As we mark the end of the 2026 wildfire season, I want to thank our first responders, landowners, contractors, local governments, Tribal Nations, the Oregon National Guard, other
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued a statement today outlining the Democratic committee agenda for the upcoming Congress. The policy platform focuses on affordability for American families and increased congressional oversight of corporations and special interests. In the statement released Wednesday, Wyden criticized recent
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Redmond, Ore. (KTVZ) — Some of the Northwest’s top rodeo competitors are heading to Redmond as the Columbia River Circuit Finals Rodeo returns to the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center November 5–7.The three-night event brings together the top 12 qualifying cowboys and cowgirls in their respective events from Oregon, Washington and northern Idaho, competing
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Tula-Tu, an elephant calf born at the Oregon Zoo in 2025, is holding steady after a week and a half of emergency care for elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus. Veterinary staff are treating the young elephant for the EEHV-1B strain using antiviral medications, fluids and a series of plasma transfusions. Tula spent some
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — St. Charles Madras will host a Native Market and free community meal on Wednesday, Nov. 11, in recognition of Native American, American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month. The public event will take place on the St. Charles Madras hospital campus and is open to community members from across Central Oregon.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools has posted links where the public can view Wednesday evening’s engagement session with Silver Rail Elementary School families and Thursday evening’s session for the broader community. Wednesday’s session is at this YouTube link, while Thursday’s meeting will be at this YouTube link. Here’s the full message posted Tuesday
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Bend, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon Community College is celebrating Native American Heritage Month with a series of events highlighting Indigenous history, culture and traditions. The lineup includes history and art presentations, a documentary featuring a historic journey down the Klamath River, a Native American dinner and a frybread-making class. The events are designed to
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All 3 Central Oregon counties top state’s ballot returns 10:20 p.m. (Nov. 3) – More than 1.8 million Oregon voters – just over 58% – returned ballots in Tuesday’s general election, the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office reported just after 8 p.m. All three Central Oregon counties outpaced the state’s voter turnout figure. Deschutes County
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The second fire in five months at a Prineville hemp processing plant had a similar cause as one that broke out this summer, but began outside the building, a fire official said. This time, the fire suppression system worked – it didn’t last time, prompting a closure order – but this
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– The tremendous public outpouring of love and support for the recovering 7-year-old survivor of the Silver Rail shooting has been so strong – well beyond dollars – that her thankful mother is asking that people pause sending any more gifts and cards. “As of right now, it’s going to take us forever to read and
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ_ Members of 100+ Women Who Care Central Oregon have collectively donated $20,500 to the BEAM Program, helping neurodivergent learners build confidence, develop self-regulation skills and rediscover the joy of learning. BEAM will also receive an additional $500 anonymous donation through the Oregon Community Foundation, bringing the total contribution to $21,000. “BEAM allows children
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BEND, Ore. — Deschutes County 911 released Tuesday the terrifying audio of the call Silver Rail Elementary parent Kaylub Giamanco made while pursuing a 16-year-old gunman into the school on Oct. 15 before he was able to fatally shoot him and stop the attack that left three children and a teacher dead and another child
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SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest is conducting 150 acres of pile burning operations Tuesday, seven miles northwest of Sunriver near Kiwa Butte. Firefighters implement pile burning to reduce leftover vegetation generated from active forest management such as timber sales and pre-commercial thinning treatments. The piles are concentrations of leftover materials associated with
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CENTRAL OREGON (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Forestry Central Oregon District will officially end fire season for all protected forestlands effective 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. The Central Oregon District protects more than 2.1 million acres of private, state, county, municipal and tribal lands. The service area spans Hood River, Wasco, Deschutes, Jefferson, Crook, Lake, Gilliam,
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Bend, Ore. (KTVZ) — Democracy is a word often heard during election season, but what does it actually mean to the people who live and work in Central Oregon?As elections bring conversations about leadership, representation and the future of communities into focus, KTVZ is taking a closer look at what democracy means beyond the ballot
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Shop with a Cop program in Jefferson County is preparing for its fourth year of supporting low-income families during the holiday season. Children participating in the initiative are selected with the assistance of the Family Access Network. Over its past three years, the program has assisted 42 local families. Selected
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