Central Oregon libraries celebrate Banned Books Week with events about censorship
This week, Sept. 18-24 is known as Banned Books Week across the nation. If you’re an avid reader or not, the week has gained more attention in recent…
Continue ReadingBend
Bend Science Station student wins national honors
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science & the Public announced Wednesday the selection of Bend Science Station student…
Continue Reading
BendFilm names Indigenous Filmmaking Honorees for 19th annual BendFilm Festival
BendFilm announced Tatanka Means and Gary Farmer as Indigenous Filmmaking Honorees for the 2022 BendFilm Festival. Means and Farmer will receive…
Continue Reading
Bend woman struck, killed on Bend Parkway
A Bend woman was struck and killed while apparently standing in the northbound lanes of the Bend Parkway early Wednesday morning, police…
Continue Reading
New baby otter debuts Wednesday at High Desert Museum’s Autzen Otter Exhibit
High Desert Museum visitors will have their first official opportunity to see the new, baby North American river otter on Wednesday, when he joins…
Continue Reading
30-year Bend Santa hoping for ‘miracle’: suffering from COVID pneumonia, unable to work
While it’s not yet the season, a long-time Central Oregon Santa, William Walther, is looking for a Christmas…
Continue Reading
Downtown Bend gathering marks year since fatal shooting of Barry Washington Jr.
A year after the fatal shooting of Barry Washington Jr. outside a club in downtown Bend, a group gathered at a street corner memorial Monday evening…
Continue Reading
Knopp condemns chants of bigotry at UO game, urges ‘appropriate discipline’ for students involved
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — During Saturday’s football game hosted by the University of Oregon, video evidence surfaced of profane chants made by…
Continue Reading
Community invited to apply for vacant Bend-La Pine School Board seat
The Bend-La Pine Schools Board of Directors is seeking applicants to fill a vacant seat, Zone 7 at large, recently vacated by the resignation of…
Continue Reading
Missing NE Bend boy, 7, prompts police search, public alerts before he returns home
A 7-year-old northeast Bend boy failed to show up for school Monday morning, prompting a police search and public alert before he returned home…
Continue Reading
Honor Flight of Central Oregon set to fly another group of veterans to D.C. to visit nation’s memorials
Honor Flight of Central Oregon is ready to take off on its latest journey of veterans to the nation’s capital in Washington, D. C. on…
Continue Reading
Sprinkler system stops NE Bend apartment cooking fire but water, smoke displace neighbors for the night
A sprinkler system stopped a kitchen fire in its tracks at a northeast Bend apartment Saturday evening, but the resulting water and smoke damage…
Continue Reading
Fire destroys Tumalo home; renter without insurance gets Red Cross assistance
A fire destroyed a Tumalo-area manufactured home late Saturday afternoon, and the American Red Cross was called in to assist the renter, who did not…
Continue Reading
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies say missing Bend-area man who prompted alert has been found, is safe
A 64-year-old Bend-area man who Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies asked for the public’s help in finding two days ago has been located and is…
Continue Reading
All aboard for the 25th annual Eastern Cascades Model Railroad Club’s Open House
Families were lining up Saturday morning eager to get a chance to see some trains. It’s for the Eastern Cascades Model Railroad Club’s 25th annual…
Continue Reading
City of Bend road and traffic report: Week of Sept. 19-25
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of Sept. 19-25. Intersection of Brookswood Boulevard and Rock…
Continue Reading
DA: Bend music teacher arrested for explicit images of kids also traded nude photos with 13-year-old girl
A Bend music teacher made his first court appearance from jail Friday on six felony charges he possessed explicit images of children and uploaded a…
Continue Reading
St. Vincent’s Place, new homeless village in Bend, weeks away from opening; on-site manager moving in
A new homeless village in southeast Bend is weeks away from opening. The on-site manager for St. Vincent’s Place is moving in Saturday and the goal…
Continue Reading
DRW canal neighbors hold yard sale to fund continued fight against Arnold Irrigation District piping plans
After years of planning, the Arnold Irrigation District has won federal government approval of plans for its canal-piping Infrastructure…
Continue Reading
‘The guy who never quits’: Oregon Duck Cam McCormick honors fallen teammate with seventh-year TD
After five years, Summit grad Cam McCormick is back in the end zone and doing so, wearing fellow tight end and friend Spencer Webb’s number 18…
Continue Reading