Businesses have seen an influx of sales due to the recent snowfall at Mt. Bachelor
(Update: Adding video, comments from Powder House owner, Tactics staff, customer) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Mt. Bachelor opened two weeks ahead of…
Continue ReadingTop Stories
How the Forest Service hiring hold could impact Central Oregon
(update: adding video, comments from tourism groups, Discover Your Forest) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The U.S. Forest Service is pausing seasonal hiring due…
Continue Reading
Crook County School Board to Discuss Superintendent’s Employment Amid Complaints
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Crook County School Board will hold a special meeting on Monday, January 6th, to discuss the employment status of…
Continue Reading
Terrebonne business owner says he’s witnessed fatal crashes for 27 years, even his own fiancé
(Update: Adding video, comments from sheriff, business owner) TERREBONNE, Ore. (KTVZ)– For 27 years Ross Hall has lived off Highway 97 in Terrebonne…
Continue Reading
Janelle Bynum sworn-in as Representative for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KTVZ) – Democrat Janelle Bynum was sworn-in Friday with her colleagues in the 119th U.S. Congress. Representative Bynum was elected…
Continue Reading
Congressional Black Caucus marks historic firsts as its membership hits record
Written by: William J. FordPublished by: Oregon Capital ChronicleWASHINGTON, D.C. – With a record 62 elected Black officials, including historic…
Continue Reading
Biden awards Medal of Honor to 7 US Army soldiers in White House ceremony
By Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky and Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor – the nation’s highest…
Continue Reading
Representative Cliff Bentz sworn-in with 119th Congress, representing Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KTVZ) – Republican Cliff Bentz was sworn-in Friday along with his colleagues in the 119th U.S. Congress.Representative Bentz’s…
Continue Reading
EXCLUSIVE: Nitrogen leak caught on camera at local pharmaceutical company is quickly repaired; internal investigation underway
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Today an internal investigation is underway at a Bend pharmaceutical company, after a nitrogen leak was caught on camera by a…
Continue Reading
What you need to know about the House speaker election
By Clare Foran, Ethan Cohen and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — The 119th Congress will begin on Friday, ushering in a new era of Republican control…
Continue Reading
Klamath community comes together for families of 4 residents killed in Highway 97 car crash near Chiloquin
(Update: adding video from 5PM broadcast) KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. (KOBI-5) – Community efforts are underway to help the families of four Klamath…
Continue Reading
‘Life has to go on’: Grieving husband remembers wife after tragic fatal car crash in Terrebonne
(UPDATE: Adding video, comments from husband) TERREBONNE, Ore. (KTVZ)– Daniel Perrine is remembering the legacy of his wife Becka, who tragically…
Continue Reading
Southern Oregon man on the run since 2019 arrested in Cambodia, accused of a felony sex crime in Josephine County
(Update: adding video from 5PM broadcast) JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. (KTVZ) — Today, a 41-year-old southern Oregon man is sitting in a Cambodian jail…
Continue Reading
The White House Approves Federal Disaster Assistance for Oregon Following Wildfires
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – In response to the devastating wildfires that swept through Oregon this summer, President Joe Biden has authorized federal…
Continue Reading
A visual timeline of the New Year’s attack that left at least 14 dead in New Orleans
By Caroll Alvarado, Elizabeth Wolfe and Avery Schmitz, CNN New Orleans’ famed Bourbon Street devolved into a grisly crime scene just hours into the…
Continue Reading
Will Howard finds redemption as Ohio State trounces No. 1 Oregon to book Cotton Bowl showdown with Texas
By Homero De La Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The No. 8 seed Ohio State Buckeyes delivered a statement win at the Rose Bowl, dismantling No. 1 seed…
Continue Reading
Pet Pics Sweepstakes: This pet’s New Years resolution – more ice cream!
In this week’s New Years edition of Pet Pics, we show you the most festive pets around Central Oregon, including one who seems to be paws-itively…
Continue Reading
Jefferson County police investigating after structure fire in Madras
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — A structure fire this morning in Madras was extinguished by Jefferson County fire, before it could spread to a home on the…
Continue Reading
Ducks fan pack the house at local bars, despite devastating loss
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Though the outcome was not what Big E’s and its patrons were hoping for, many people came out to watch the game with locals, and…
Continue Reading
New Year’s day sparks resolutions for Central Oregonians
(Update: Adding video, comments from Bend residents) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — 2025 is here and it could mean some big changes for some…
Continue Reading