Senator Merkley holds town hall at COCC to engage with the community on important topics
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Senator Jeff Merkley held two town halls, in Bend and Madras Sunday to hear from the communities on a variety of issues.…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon
‘Armed and dangerous’ fugitive pinned in to prevent escape, arrested at Bend’s Cascade Village Shopping Center
An “armed and dangerous” fugitive from the Salem area, wanted on a nationwide warrant for robbery, was tracked Friday to the Bend area and found…
Continue Reading
This year’s Bend ‘Guns to Gardens’ firearm safe surrender event brings in 45 guns, which are made into garden tools
Central Oregonians turned in dozens of unwanted guns on Saturday, to be turned into garden tools. The second annual Guns to Gardens firearm safe…
Continue Reading
Central Oregon Wildfire School returns, teaching crucial skills for firefighters ahead of another busy fire season
SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — For the next several days, Central Oregon Fire Management Service is once again partnering with structural firefighting…
Continue Reading
Special Report: Child Care Desert: How COCC and NeighborImpact are working together to create more needed slots
Finding child care is a struggle for many parents across Central Oregon. NeighborImpact is trying to alleviate the crisis by creating over 1,000 new…
Continue Reading
Anonymous donor gives 26 tons of hay to DCSO’s Rescue Ranch to help rehabilitate 15 seized horses
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office announced someone has anonymously donated 26 tons of hay to help rehabilitate 15 horses seized from a Bend-area…
Continue Reading
Hoodoo ends the ski season early after well pump breaks, leaving mountain with no running water
The Hoodoo Ski Area announced on Facebook that they have closed operations for the season after a broken well pump left them with no running water.…
Continue Reading
‘Growing something is really profound’: Deschutes County creates Peace Garden for juvenile detention center
Deschutes County and the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council Skills Lab are sharing the wonder and life lessons that gardening brings with…
Continue Reading
Deschutes County commissioners OK new homeless camp eviction policy, on hold pending managed campsite
Deschutes County commissioners voted unanimously this week to approve a new homeless camp eviction policy and procedure for county-owned lands,…
Continue Reading
St. Charles Health System, still largest Central Oregon employer by far, sees workforce grow nearly 9% in past year
Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO) on Thursday released its 2024 Central Oregon Largest Employers List, complete with breakouts of the…
Continue Reading
USFS says CEC to conduct power line vegetation management, fell about 140 trees along North Pine Street in Sisters
Vegetation management will begin next Wednesday, May 1 on about 3.5 miles of existing power line along Forest Service Road 2058, also known as North…
Continue Reading
Update: ODOT again shifts sixth Bend Highway 97 blasting operation – likely the last – to next Tuesday night
The blast scheduled for this weekend along U.S. Highway 97 for the Bend North Corridor project — originally moved back a week, to May 4 — has again…
Continue Reading
HAVE YOU SEEN IT? Small Redmond business has cargo trailer with $13K worth of tools stolen from work site
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Redmond Police are asking the public for any information on the whereabouts of a cargo trailer stolen with $13,000 worth of…
Continue Reading
‘Normalize reaching out for help’: Oregon DOJ, Bend-La Pine Schools address rise in reported bias incidents
Oregon’s Department of Justice just launched a “You Belong.” Campaign after becoming the first state in the nation to provide a hotline for those…
Continue Reading
Combat prep: Rainy weather pauses Army nighttime helicopter training at Biak Training Center until Monday
The Oregon National Guard’s Biak Training Center in Powell Butte is hosting active-duty Army rotary wing (helicopter) night training missions…
Continue Reading
Tip from S. Oregon Child Exploitation Team leads to La Pine man’s arrest; several digital devices seized in raid on home
(Update: La Pine man formally charged, appears in court) La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – An investigation sparked by a tip early this year from the Southern…
Continue Reading
Fire destroys several sheds, outbuildings on NE Prineville street; Crook County Fire crews protect nearby triplex
A fire destroyed several sheds and outbuildings in Prineville Wednesday afternoon, but Crook County Fire and Rescue crews were able to control the…
Continue Reading
‘I did what needed to be done’: Crook County man talks about finding, helping driver badly injured in rollover crash
A Crook County resident who heard the sounds of a very bad late-night crash last weekend stepped out of his parents’ house and stepped up to find the…
Continue Reading
‘Where do we put them?’: C.O. homeless advocate, DA weigh in on pending Grants Pass homeless ruling
US Supreme Court justices heard over two hours of arguments Monday on “City of Grants Pass V. Johnson,” a class-action suit that challenges the…
Continue Reading
‘It’s impressive’: Emergency managers from across state share info at Oregon Prepared Conference in Sunriver
For many, Sunriver is a place to relax, unwind and have fun – a break from the workday world. But this week, hundreds of Oregonians whose daily…
Continue Reading