Grieving family, friends struggle with loss of two children who perished in Juniper Acres house fire
“You can’t process this … you can’t process this,” Bob Johnson said…
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NE Bend resident encounters early-morning intruder, fires warning shot
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A northeast Bend resident encountered a stranger in his backyard early Monday morning who refused to leave and instead went…
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Redmond woman, Texas man killed in Highway 26 head-on crash on Warm Springs Reservation
Two drivers were killed, a Texas man and a Redmond woman, in a head-on crash Saturday afternoon on U.S. Highway 26 on the Warm Springs Indian…
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Redmond Airport to hold multi-agency disaster drill Wednesday, says flights won’t be affected
Redmond Municipal Airport and Redmond Fire and Rescue will conduct a full-scale emergency response disaster training drill Wednesday, starting at 9…
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Cooldown will help crews on nearly 126,000-acre Cedar Creek Fire, now 45% contained
Cooler temperatures and higher humidity will help the nearly 700 firefighters still battling the 2 1/2-month-old Cedar Creek Fire, which has grown to…
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Bend, Sisters mayors among 25 pitching $123.5 million-a-year plan to tackle homelessness
An Oregon Mayors Association task force of 25 mayors, including the mayors of Bend and Sisters, submitted a letter Friday to Oregon’s three…
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Temperatures still warm, creeping toward average
Happy Sunday evening, Central Oregon! Sunday night through Tuesday night, we see dry and calm conditions that persist into the middle of the week as…
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Deschutes DA confirms Bend real estate investor, developer was shot, killed in driveway of his home
Nearly a week after a 70-year-old real estate investor and developer was shot and killed in the driveway of his home just east of Bend, Deschutes…
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Deschutes County commissioners DeBone, Adair spar on issues with challengers Tatom, Schmidt during KTVZ debate
Less than a week before ballots start arriving in the mail, Deschutes County commissioners Tony DeBone and Patti Adair, both Republicans, defended…
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Meta bolsters C.O. workforce development with four grants totaling $250,000
Four Central Oregon entities — East Cascades Works, the Crook County School District, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Youth…
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Bend Park and Rec expands winter program registration times, makes other changes to avoid problems
The Bend Park and Recreation District has expanded the timeframe and made several changes to its online registration for winter programs after…
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$380,000 Murdock Trust grant to help fund new Redmond ReStore, expected to open next year
A $380,000 grant to Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity, announced Thursday by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, provides the final funding needed to…
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C. Oregon HS officiating shortage changing schedules, issue could continue for winter, spring seasons
Thursday night and Saturday matinée games for high school football are now common on the High…
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Laird Superfood to outsource manufacturing operation, close Sisters plant, lay off 46 by end of year
Sisters-based Laird Superfood, Inc. announced Wednesday it has entered into a co-packer agreement to outsource the manufacturing of its powdered…
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‘Deschutes County 2040′ project charts rural lands’ future; open houses, online survey planned
Deschutes County’s population has grown over 25% since 2010, and county planning staff are inviting residents to a series of “Deschutes County…
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Meta announces $50,000 grant for Ochoco Preserve, Crooked River restoration projects
Meta, the social-network company formerly known as Facebook, announced Wednesday it has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Deschutes Land Trust and the…
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Deschutes Library Board OKs $10.25 million purchase of Stevens Ranch land in SE Bend for new library
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As the Deschutes Public Library comes to the close of its 90-day due diligence period on property in southeast Bend, the…
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Fire destroys La Pine home, threatens neighbors, prompting evacuations; cause under investigation
A fire that destroyed a manufactured home in La Pine Tuesday afternoon was spreading toward nearby homes and the forest when the first crews…
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New north Bend retail/housing area, to include relocated Costco, gets split Planning Commission thumbs-up
The master plan for a new 52-acre commercial retail and development on the north end of Bend, including a 188,000-square-foot relocated Costco, won…
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Searchers look for lost hiker overnight in Tumalo Falls area; turns up OK, had sheltered overnight
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers searched for a missing hiker on trails near Tumalo Falls overnight and Tuesday morning…
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