‘The kids are loving it:’ Students with visual impairment experience the joy of skiing at Mt. Bachelor
Mountain View High School student Evie Moffitt is legally blind, but that didn’t stop her from snowboarding at Mt.…
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‘We are trying to seek justice’: Friends and family of Taylor Wyss react to 2-month delay in Dahnte Cegers’ plea
Dahnte Cegers, the older brother of Bend murder suspect Caleb Cegers, received another two-month delay Friday before entering his plea to a felony…
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‘It’s all about hooking kids early’: Wyden wants stores, wholesalers to pull unauthorized vaping products from shelves
NewsChannel 21 spoke Friday with Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, about how he and four fellow senators recently wrote…
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Prineville to launch nationwide search for new police chief, as fired manager’s lawsuit against city takes odd twist
The city of Prineville has chosen a third-party firm to help conduct a nationwide search for a new police chief in the wake of Larry Seymour’s…
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Man standing in Hwy. 20/27th St. intersection, threatening to stab drivers arrested at gunpoint; no knife found
A Bend man who called Deschutes County 911 Friday afternoon to say he was standing on the middle of the NE 27th Street and Highway 20 intersection…
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Sheriff identifies Idaho husband and wife killed in crash of small plane that hit wire atop BPA power line SE of Madras
After several days spent notifying family members, Jefferson County Sheriff Jason Pollock late Thursday released the names of an Idaho couple killed…
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Sunriver assault suspect who fled into home, talked of guns, dead people arrested by SWAT after 7-hour standoff
A Salem man allegedly punched someone in the face in an unprovoked assault on a Sunriver street Thursday afternoon, threatening to kill the victim,…
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‘There’s a lot in that bill that matters to us’: Merkley speaks on funding, including $24 million for C. Oregon projects
Eight Central Oregon projects are receiving about $24 million in federal funds, and many more projects across the state are also included in spending…
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‘They got really competitive’: Realms HS students compete in Shark Tank-style fashion with their video game designs
Students at Realms High School have been working on creating their own video game concepts in their math and English classes. On Thursday, they faced…
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Two drivers injured, one critically, in three-vehicle head-on crash on Powell Butte Highway
Two drivers were injured, one critically, in a three-vehicle head-on crash Thursday morning on the Powell Butte Highway west of Powell Butte that…
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Knopp vows to protect kicker refunds from effort by ‘left-wing socialist-adjacent’ group to keep it for government use
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Reports from KATU News indicate the left-wing, socialist-adjacent Oregon Center for Public Policy is leading yet another…
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FS seeks public input on West Bend Trails project: Miles of trails to be added or rerouted, unauthorized ones removed
The Deschutes National Forest announced Thursday it’s seeking public input for the next 30 days on its draft environmental assessment for the West…
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Deschutes County again paces Oregon growth, while state drops a bit — and now, all of C.O. lives in the ‘Bend Metro Area’
Deschutes County, which paced the state as one of the fastest-growing counties in the U.S. for quite a stretch 20 or 30 years ago, is back atop the…
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Bentz, Chavez-DeRemer vote for potential TikTok ban; C.O. users who profit from videos concerned about app’s future
(Update: adding video comments from local TikTokkers) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Reps. Cliff Bentz and Lori Chavez-DeRemer voted with the strong…
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City of La Pine will plan for improvements to sidewalks, streetscapes with $375,000 in ARPA funding
(Update: Adding video, comments from the city manager) La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The city of La Pine has received more than $300,000 to plan a big…
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Donna Servignat chosen as new principal for Summit High School
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook announced Wednesday the selection of Donna Servignat as the next principal of…
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Redmond woman injured when SUV leaves Negus Way, shears off CEC pole; 200 lose power
A Redmond woman was taken to the hospital with apparent non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday after her SUV left Negus Way east of Redmond and…
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Three dogs perish in fire that destroyed motor home in ‘Dirt World’ homeless area, found to be accidental
Several U.S. Highway 97 motorists north of Bend called to report a fire Tuesday evening that destroyed a motor home in the homeless camp area known…
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DCSO identifies Sisters man killed in pickup rollover crash on Wilt Road
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday released the name of a 65-year-old Sisters man who was killed Tuesday night in the rollover crash of…
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Deschutes National Forest names Kevin Stock new Bend-Fort Rock District ranger
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Deschutes National Forest announced on Wednesday the selection of Kevin Stock as the permanent Bend-Fort Rock District…
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