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Bend’s climate-conscious sewer line assessment tool will bring music to your ears

December 28, 2023 4:51 am KTVZ

Have you been hearing music in your pipes? It’s not your imagination, or a noisy neighbor. It’s the city of Bend’s new climate-conscious effort to…

First ‘Destination of the Year’ honor awarded to Visit Bend by national Leave No Trace organization

December 22, 2023 11:39 am Matthew Draxton

Visit Bend announced recently that it has won the 2023 Leave No Trace Destination of the Year Award, which recognizes a tourism entity that embodies…

‘It’s a great place to be’: As Gen Xers hit middle age, they’re moving to surprising locales – and Bend is in the Top 5

December 18, 2023 7:44 pm Jillian Fortner

As Gen X prepares to send kids to college and inches closer to retirement, this age group has had time to see compound interest grow their…

Little snow, no party: Hoodoo cancels annual New Year’s Eve celebration, awaits fresh powder to open

December 28, 2023 2:49 pm KTVZ News Partners

SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Hoodoo Ski Area announced Thursday it has canceled its annual New Year’s Eve Celebration due to lack of an adequate snow…

Judge hears from tearful family member, keeps $2 million bail for driver in Hwy. 97 DUII crash that killed family of 4

December 26, 2023 8:44 pm Barney Lerten

After a family member’s tearful plea, a judge rejected a defense lawyer’s request Wednesday and kept bail at $2 million for a Montana man facing…

A dozen more Bend-La Pine schools to offer free breakfast and lunch in the new year, for total of 22

December 28, 2023 2:24 pm KTVZ News Partners

Thanks to a change in federal guidelines, 12 additional schools throughout Bend-La Pine Schools will serve free breakfast and lunch to all enrolled…

Walmart recalls magnetic balls after CPSC warns of choking and injury hazards

December 28, 2023 2:02 pm CNN Newsource

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Regulators have issued a recall for high-powered magnetic balls after the US Consumer Product Safety…

Crook County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue comes to the aid of two men whose car broke down deep in the Ochocos

December 28, 2023 12:56 pm Barney Lerten

Crook County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue was called out Wednesday to help two Salem-area men whose car became disabled on Tuesday, stranding them…

Missing Bend man, subject of extensive search, found 2 days later, rescued from 6-foot-deep dry well

December 26, 2023 10:22 pm KTVZ News Partners

A 34-year-old Bend man who left home to get coffee on Christmas Day and never returned, prompting an extensive search by worried friends and family…

As tree species face decline, ‘assisted migration’ gains popularity in Pacific Northwest

December 28, 2023 8:02 am The Associated Press

By NATHAN GILLES, Columbia Insight PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest…

There are several ways to recycle or dispose of your Christmas trees, other holiday items in Central Oregon

December 17, 2023 7:17 pm KTVZ News Partners

With the holidays coming to an end soon, you may be thinking about what to do with your fresh-cut Christmas tree. Fortunately, there are a few…

Idaho house where 4 students were killed was razed. Here’s what happened to other homes linked to notorious killings

December 28, 2023 8:38 am CNN Newsource

CNN, KXLY By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The University of Idaho on Thursday demolished the off-campus home where four students were fatally…

Teenager Najiah Knight wants to be the first woman at bull riding’s top level. It’s an uphill dream

December 27, 2023 3:00 am The Associated Press

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Najiah Knight drops her 100-pound frame onto a snorting 1,300-pound bull and adjusts her…

Bend man arraigned on murder charge in fatal stabbing of mother at their home; also accused of assaulting brother

December 26, 2023 12:00 pm Dylan Anderman, Barney Lerten

A Bend man was arraigned on second-degree murder and fourth-degree assault charges Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of his 60-year-old mother during a…

‘We should’ve been doing more earlier:’ Deschutes leaders talk of M. 110; Chang says it didn’t cause fentanyl crisis

December 27, 2023 11:59 am KTVZ

In a conversation with NewsChannel 21, Deschutes County commissioners Phil Chang and Patti Adair shared their current thoughts on one of Oregon’s…

Viruses are starting to circulate, and more Oregonians have received or are preparing to get their vaccines

December 27, 2023 4:47 pm KTVZ

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — It’s that time of year once again — to roll up your sleeves for vaccine shots. Respiratory…

Warm Springs man pleads not guilty to assault; manslaughter charge not filed in man’s death at Madras homeless camp

December 27, 2023 3:54 pm Barney Lerten

A Warm Springs man arrested Wednesday on manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges in the death of another man at a Madras homeless camp…