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Your photos of a dramatic, special High Desert sunrise

October 9, 2023 1:59 pm KTVZ News Partners

Thank you for all of you who shared your photos with us of Monday morning’s wonderful Central Oregon sunrise. Feel free to send us more from the…

Bend, Redmond home prices, other stats hold fairly stable in September, monthly report shows

October 10, 2023 12:20 am Barney Lerten

Despite interest rates topping 7% and close to the highest levels in a quarter-century, among other economic winds buffeting the nation’s real…

Fix it, don’t toss it: Rethink Waste Project celebrates 10th anniversary of Repair Cafés in Central Oregon

October 5, 2023 2:19 pm KTVZ

The Rethink Waste Project, a program of The Environmental Center, is celebrating a big milestone this year: the 10th anniversary of hosting Repair…

Challenge of high housing costs the leading topic at Wyden roundtable with C.O. food, drink producers

October 9, 2023 8:43 pm Dylan Anderman

‘Fruit is literally not going to get harvested, because there is no one cutting the fruit.’ BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — When two-dozen Central Oregon food…

City of Bend OKs $500K in grants for pilot project to help provide badly needed middle-class housing

October 9, 2023 11:43 am KTVZ

Bend city councilors have approved $500,000 worth of grants in a pilot program to support creation of more housing for middle-income residents. Three…

Community invited to grand opening of Desert Streams Village, SE Bend transitional housing project

October 9, 2023 4:58 pm KTVZ News Partners

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) —The community is invited to the grand opening of Desert Streams Village, a transitional housing project in southeast Bend, next…

Bend’s Buckingham Elementary School receives gold-level award for STEM education efforts

October 9, 2023 3:58 pm KTVZ News Partners

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend’s Buckingham Elementary School has been awarded the GOLD level for their efforts to transform STEM education and elevate…

Fall rain, cooldown bring an end to fire season across Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District

October 9, 2023 3:41 pm KTVZ News Partners

Thanks to cooler temperatures and significant rainfall, fire season ended Monday for the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District.…

Smith Rock fans rejoice: The new, delayed pedestrian footbridge is open

October 7, 2023 12:01 am KTVZ News Partners

Smith Rock climbers, hikers and sightseers rejoice: The new, wider footbridge, in the works for nearly two months, is ready to welcome you, with the…

Update: Missing La Pine man found, taken to hospital for evaluation

October 8, 2023 7:43 pm Barney Lerten

A La Pine man reported missing on Sunday, prompting a search and request for the public’s assistance, was found Monday morning and taken by ambulance…

OSP seeks public help to find whoever left buck deer to waste in Jefferson County’s Three Rivers Area

October 9, 2023 10:32 am KTVZ News Partners

Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife troopers asked the public for help Monday to find whoever shot a buck deer three times with a bow and left it to…

Valuable connections: Sisters Harvest Faire brings together hundreds of vendors, people in the fall mindset

October 8, 2023 11:58 am KTVZ

In Sisters, people were getting into the fall mindset, even on a pretty warm weekend. In downtown Sisters. hundreds of people enjoyed Sunday’s…

Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory showcases thousands of mushrooms and fungi

October 7, 2023 11:18 am KTVZ

(Update: Adding video, comments from Sunriver Nature Center and Observatory) SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — There were thousands of mushrooms and…

Crews complete nearly 1,000-acre prescribed burn on Deschutes National Forest 11 miles SE of Bend

October 3, 2023 3:17 pm KTVZ News Partners

Firefighters completed a three-day, 984-acre prescribed burn Saturday about 11 miles southeast of Bend, U.S. Forest Service officials…

Three money measures are on some Deschutes County voters’ Nov. 7 special election ballot

October 6, 2023 7:28 pm KTVZ

Isabella Warren spoke with Deschutes County Clerk Steve Dennison on the three money measures some residents will decide on in the Nov. 7 special…

A happy surprise: Billionaire philanthropist’s $1.6 million gift helps propel La Pine Community Health Center’s expansion

October 5, 2023 11:35 am KTVZ News Partners

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $1.6 million to a major expansion of the La Pine Community Health Center, which provides…

New Bend Bioscience facility turns drug innovations into reality, for use in clinical trials

October 6, 2023 12:19 pm KTVZ

A Bend high-tech firm focused on developing enhanced pharmaceutical drug delivery technologies, opened its R&D lab earlier this year and now has…

Bend man accused of shoplifting dozens of bottles of alcohol now also charged with stealing 125 tools

September 13, 2023 11:28 am Barney Lerten

A Bend man recently charged with stealing five-dozen bottles of alcohol from area stores after he was caught on security camera putting three bottles…