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Bend neighborhood assn. displeased with transportation measure

January 22, 2020 6:54 pm KTVZ

As the city of Bend finalizes its $180 million transportation bond measure for the May ballot, the Old Farm District Neighborhood Association has…

Arrest made in string of thefts from unlocked COCC gym lockers

January 22, 2020 2:53 pm Barney Lerten

A 24-year-old Bend transient has been arrested on theft and ID theft charges, accused of stealing from several unlocked lockers in the Mazama Gym…

Trucker arrested in S. Calif. in Madras fatal hit-and-run

January 21, 2020 8:50 pm Barney Lerten

A 47-year-old truck driver was arrested in Southern California Wednesday on second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and other…

Oregon’s jobless rate sets yet another record low

January 22, 2020 10:50 am KTVZ News Partners

If it sounds like a broken record, that’s because it is — yet again — as Oregon ended 2019 at the lowest unemployment rate on record, as it has…

CET launching Saturday Community Connector service

January 22, 2020 5:58 pm KTVZ News Partners

Shopping, running errands, visiting friends and reaching appointments will be easier with new Saturday service on Cascade East Transit’s Community…

Sisters man arrested on child pornography charges

January 22, 2020 5:01 pm KTVZ News Partners

A tip and a six-month investigation has led to the arrest of a 44-year-old Sisters man on nearly two-dozen counts related to possessing and…

BPRD board OKs new park, talks Mirror Pond, swears in new member

January 21, 2020 11:38 pm KTVZ

Tuesday night the Bend parks and rec board moved forward with the creation of the Northpointe…

Former DCSO sergeant loses second lawsuit against agency

January 21, 2020 9:57 pm Barney Lerten

A former Deschutes County sheriff’s sergeant has lost the second of two lawsuits against the agency, claiming unfair treatment and violation of his…

Deschutes health official: No need to worry about new coronavirus, yet

January 21, 2020 6:25 pm KTVZ

A new Chinese virus that has been linked to six deaths in that country has made its way to the United States. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control…

More foster families needed in Central Oregon

January 21, 2020 8:02 pm KTVZ

The number of children across the country in need of foster and forever homes has always been a concern. The nationwide epidemic is hitting home in…

Madras man struck, critically injured on Hwy. 97

January 21, 2020 3:53 pm KTVZ News Partners

One of three Madras-area men walking to a warming shelter Monday evening was critically injured when he tried to cross Highway 97 and was struck by a…

BLM plans pile burning in La Pine area

January 21, 2020 6:48 pm KTVZ News Partners

Fuels specialists with the Prineville BLM plan to burn about 20 acres of machine landing piles near La Pine. Burning is expected to begin Wednesday…

Transient caught, jailed in SE Bend parking-lot shooting

January 21, 2020 2:50 pm Barney Lerten

A 43-year-old Bend transient who allegedly walked up to a car in a southeast Bend parking lot and shot the driver Monday night was found hiding in…

Surge in riders prompts continued free Ride Bend van service

January 21, 2020 1:59 pm KTVZ News Partners

Partners have decided to continue a revamped, free on-demand Ride Bend van service that attracted more than double the users this fall over a year…

ODOT crews clear, reopen Oregon Hwy. 230

January 21, 2020 3:06 pm KTVZ News Partners

Oregon Highway 230 is again open after being closed since Jan. 12, when a winter storm brought heavy snow and downed trees to the High Cascades area,…

DCSO investigates string of trailhead car break-ins

January 21, 2020 7:40 pm KTVZ

After a string of car break-ins at Bend-Redmond-area trailheads, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies are urging trail users to lock their cars and to…