Fire burns RV in Sisters; resident suffers burns trying to put out blaze
SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A travel trailer burned in a fire Wednesday near a Sisters hotel and the occupant was able to escape but suffered burns…
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‘Failing the community’: Bend’s 120-year-old Bulletin newspaper seeing second round of layoffs in six months
Two months into new ownership, The Bulletin faces another round of layoffs. Two months ago, Carpenter Media acquired several rural newspapers in…
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‘To see it in a store is so cool!’: SnoPlanks, OSU-Cascades’ new student-led snowboard company, releases first products
A snowboard company donated a year ago to Oregon State University–Cascades by its founders has brought its first boards to market under its new…
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Oregon National Guard’s Youth Challenge Program graduates record class of 165 cadets in Redmond
(Update: Adding video,comments from staff, cadets) REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A historic moment in Redmond Wednesday. A quarter-century after the…
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Bend-La Pine Schools, Habitat partner for 2nd time on affordable housing for workers, this time near Summit HS
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools and Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity said Wednesday they are partnering on a second affordable home…
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Central Oregon Boy Scouts are again offering Christmas tree pickup, recycling this year; here’s when and where
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon Scouts BSA will be collecting and recycling Christmas trees in your community on the weekends of December 28th…
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Paulina Elementary School students enjoy a special visit as this year’s Firebusters grand prize winners
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Central Oregon Fire Prevention Cooperative recently held the 38th Annual Firebusters Fire & Life Safety program, in…
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NeighborImpact celebrates major milestone: 40 years of helping to strength C.O. communities
NeighborImpact is celebrating its 40th anniversary in the community. The organization was founded on December 5, 1984, and has since grown…
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Morning Star Christian School gets a visit from KTVZ meteorologists
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — NewsChannel 21’s team of meteorologists got out into the community Tuesday for a weather presentation. Shannon Brady and John…
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Mt. Bachelor’s Summit lift now open – the earliest start in over a decade
Weeks after Mt. Bachelor’s earliest opening in over a quarter-century came the resort’s Tuesday announcement of the Summit chairlift opening –…
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Oregon Planned Parenthood seeing soaring trends following November election and partially upheld Idaho law
Last week, Idaho’s abortion trafficking law was partially upheld by a federal appeals court, allowing the state to punish those who harbor or…
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A holiday gift at the pump: Oregon, U.S. drivers seeing lowest gas prices since 2021, AAA reports
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Drivers are getting an early holiday gift as gas prices fall to their cheapest prices since 2021. The national average is at…
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Wyden, Rosenblum hail judge’s ruling to block Kroger-Albertsons merger as ‘great news for grocery shoppers’
Senator Ron Wyden issued the following statement in response to Tuesday’s news of a federal judge halting the proposed Kroger-Albertsons…
Continue Reading Federal judge blocks largest supermarket merger in history
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal judge in Oregon blocked Kroger’s proposed $25 billion tie-up with Albertsons, ruling…
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Mission accomplished: Congress passes Bend veterans activist’s coast-to-coast Medal of Honor Highway
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Mike Crapo on Tuesday applauded the U.S. House passage of their bipartisan legislation designating U.S.…
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ODOT holds Open House for Madras community to learn about safety & transportation improvements to US 97
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — ODOT is working to make US Highway 97 safer for all travelers, and has been studying the cause of crashes. The Highway 97…
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‘I think it’s critically important’: Forest Service mowing to curb wildfire risk west of Highway 97 near DRW
The Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District is starting to clear bush from hundreds of acres near the Deschutes River Woods community south of…
Continue ReadingEarthquake concern: Central Oregon will be vital location if ‘Big One’ hits
(Update: Adding video, comments by earthquake experts) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– The recent 7.0 earthquake that struck off the Northern California coast is…
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Bend’s median home sales price drops $100K in a month, to $700K; fewer $1 million-plus sales seen as factor
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A decline in the proportion of home sales for over $1 million led to a significant $100,000 drop in Bend’s median home…
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Small plane makes Redmond Airport ‘belly landing’ due to landing gear problem; pilot reported unhurt
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A pilot who reported landing-gear issues was uninjured in an emergency “belly landing” of a small plane at the Redmond…
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