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BPRD responds to critics, vows to save every Drake Park tree it can

February 23, 2020 4:16 pm KTVZ News Partners

The Bend Park and Recreation District acknowledged Monday it removed green ribbons and tags wrapped around about a dozen of the three dozen trees in…

Bend police cite 2 DCSO deputies for ‘excessive speed’ in injury crashes

February 25, 2020 12:14 pm Barney Lerten

Bend police said Tuesday they have cited two Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies after determining that “excessive speed” — hitting 90 mph on…

Your photos: Even Mondays can end with a special sunset

February 24, 2020 10:23 pm KTVZ News Partners

A year to the day after record snowfall began across the High Desert, residents instead were treated to another wonderful sunset show Monday evening.…

Bend Senior HS to resume classes Tuesday after transformer, ceiling fires

February 23, 2020 9:04 pm Barney Lerten

Bend Senior High School officials announced late Monday that classes will resume Tuesday after a transformer box fire nearby cut power on Sunday and…

Crooked River Ranch fire destroys large horse trailer

February 24, 2020 9:49 pm Barney Lerten

An unoccupied, large horse trailer with a built-in living unit was destroyed by a fire on Crooked River Ranch early Monday morning, but strong winds…

Family, friends mourn Redmond man killed in land kiteboarding crash

February 24, 2020 9:33 am Barney Lerten

Family and friends are mourning the loss of a Redmond man fatally injured Sunday morning when he fell nearly 30 feet while practicing land…

COCC’s Campus Village set to break ground on first home

February 24, 2020 4:55 pm KTVZ News Partners

The first home of Central Oregon Community College’s Campus Village is set to break ground at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, kicking off the…

Bend teen skateboarder being towed in parking garage seriously injured in fall

February 24, 2020 1:24 pm KTVZ News Partners

A 17-year-old Bend skateboarder was seriously injured Monday when she lost her grip on a car’s side mirror and fell while being towed to the top of…

Knopp explains his balk at GOP boycott: ‘I can’t work … from out of state’

February 24, 2020 11:17 am The Associated Press

All but one Republican state senator — Bend’s Tim Knopp — on Monday boycotted the Oregon Legislature, denying Democrats a quorum in an attempt to…

C.O. winds topple trees, lines, cut power to thousands in Bend

February 23, 2020 12:23 pm Barney Lerten

Winds gusting to about 50 mph blew across much of the High Desert on Sunday, toppling trees onto power lines, homes, cars and parking lots and…

Flames pushed by winds destroy new home in Post

February 23, 2020 10:12 pm Barney Lerten

A wind-whipped fire Sunday afternoon destroyed a home nearing completion in the Crook County town of Post, sheriff’s deputies said.…

Wind-fanned fire destroys Culver home

February 23, 2020 3:00 pm Barney Lerten

A fierce wind-fanned fire destroyed a home in Culver Sunday afternoon but caused no injuries, authorities…

Bend RV arson suspect caught after crash, search, pursuit

February 23, 2020 10:59 am Barney Lerten

A Bend man sought by police since allegedly setting fire to a motor home he shared with his estranged wife two weeks ago ran from a rollover crash…

Jeremy Christian guilty on all counts in Portland light-rail stabbings

February 21, 2020 4:12 pm The Associated Press

A Portland jury on Friday found Jeremy Christian guilty of murder in a 2017 on a Portland light-rail train that left two people dead and another…

Hwy. 22 reopens, five days after tanker crash, fuel spill

February 21, 2020 3:49 pm KTVZ News Partners

Cleanup crews finished excavating petroleum contaminated soil Thursday at the site of a fuel spill along the banks of the North Santiam River near…

Bend police officer files to unseat Deschutes Sheriff Nelson

February 21, 2020 5:42 pm Barney Lerten

A Bend police officer who shot and killed a suspected drunken driver in downtown Bend more than three years ago filed to run Friday against Deschutes…