Central Oregon Archives

‘This year has been challenging’: Central Oregon farmers discuss how their summer crops are faring

August 12, 2024 11:59 am Kelsey McGee

(Update: Adding video, comments from farmers, KTVZ.COM Poll) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Farmers in Central Oregon are doing their best to raise their…

Pacific Crest Bus Lines adds Redmond Airport, Transit Hub stops on routes from Bend to Eugene, Portland

August 12, 2024 3:41 pm KTVZ news sources

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Redmond-based Pacific Crest Bus Lines has announced the expansion of two major routes from Central Oregon to the Willamette…

Deschutes County still part of latest Oregon DEQ air quality advisory due to wildfire smoke

August 12, 2024 2:59 pm KTVZ news sources

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued a new air quality advisory…

Northern lights dazzle in the skies over the High Desert: Here are your special photos and time-lapse video

August 12, 2024 9:56 am KTVZ news sources

Thank you for sharing your dramatic views of the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, over the High Desert this weekend. Feel free to…

‘I’ve been absolutely loving it!’: Bend visitors express appreciation for the Olympics as the Games come to a close

August 11, 2024 4:25 pm Kelsey McGee

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — It’s been 19 days of pure strength, competitiveness and camaraderie at the 2024 Paris Olympics, watched by people around the…

Salem-area motorcyclist pulled over, arrested east of Sisters; large amount of methamphetamine seized

August 11, 2024 2:16 pm Barney Lerten

SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Salem-area man on parole for a previous methamphetamine delivery conviction was pulled over on a motorcycle and arrested…

‘It’s been great!’: Sisters Farmers Market brings more than 50 vendors together each Sunday for the community

August 11, 2024 10:09 am Kelsey McGee

In Sisters, each Sunday all summer, there’s local food, music and fun at the Sisters Farmers Market, put on by Seed to…

HistoriCorps wraps up historic restoration project on Crooked River National Grassland

August 11, 2024 12:14 am KTVZ news sources

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — In a significant effort to preserve a piece of Oregon’s natural and cultural heritage, HistoriCorps, Inc., in partnership…

Sprinkler system helps limit fire damage at SE Redmond animal-bedding business

August 10, 2024 10:10 pm Barney Lerten

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fire sprinkler system helped limit damage when a fire broke out late Friday night in the conveyor belt area of a southeast…

‘It’s super-exhilarating and fun’: The Cascade Cycling Classic Criterium returns to downtown Bend after seven years

August 10, 2024 5:10 pm Kelsey McGee

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A long-time Bend tradition has returned – the Cascade Cycling Classic Criterium. After seven long years, the criterium was back…

Four-legged athletes test their skills in inaugural Doggolympics in Bend’s Old Mill

August 10, 2024 10:02 am Kelsey McGee

(Update: Adding video, comments from organizers) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Olympics are almost wrapping up in Paris, with the closing ceremony taking…

Federal funding bills advance out of committee, include $3 million for COCC’s Madras Campus expansion

August 10, 2024 12:11 am KTVZ news sources

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senator Jeff Merkley, as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced he secured critical investments for Oregon…

Oregon Health Authority rejects fast-track process for St. Charles Health System acquisition of The Center

August 9, 2024 2:38 pm Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Health Authority has rejected a request by St. Charles Health System to fast-track its planned acquisition of The…

Oregon DEQ extends air quality advisory for Deschutes County, other areas of state due to continuing wildfire smoke

August 9, 2024 12:57 pm KTVZ news sources

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued an air quality advisory on…

Sisters man arrested, accused of firing several shots into the ground while riding his bike home drunk from a bar

August 9, 2024 12:16 pm Barney Lerten

SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Reports just after midnight Friday of gunshots fired in Sisters led to the discovery and arrest of a 23-year-old Sisters…

Crook County commissioners ask Oregon lawmakers to talk with Idaho counterparts about moving state border

August 8, 2024 10:31 pm KTVZ news sources

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – On Wednesday, Crook County commissioners became the latest to formally request “continued discussions” between Oregon and…

Five dogs perish in Madras mobile home fire, firefighters rescue 2 others; resident to hospital with smoke inhalation

August 8, 2024 9:40 pm Barney Lerten

MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A resident was taken to the hospital with possible smoke inhalation and five dogs perished in a Madras mobile home fire…

Growing, harmful algal bloom prompts OHA to issue recreational advisory for Lake Billy Chinook, Lake Simtustus

August 8, 2024 8:09 pm KTVZ news sources

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Health Authority issued a preemptive recreational use health advisory Thursday for Lake Billy Chinook and Lake…

Driver cited after crash topples utility pole, closing Baker Road in Deschutes River Woods

August 8, 2024 2:59 pm KTVZ news sources

A Bend man was cited for careless driving Thursday after a crash caused a utility pole to fall onto and close Baker Road in Deschutes River Woods,…

Redmond City Councilor Cat Zwicker announces run for mayor, seeking to unseat incumbent Ed Fitch

August 8, 2024 2:06 pm KTVZ news sources

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Redmond City Councilor Cat Zwicker announced Thursday that she is running to be Redmond’s mayor, seeking to unseat…