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BEND, Ore. –(KTVZ)– Four artists get their creative works displayed at the new city of Bend’s public works campus, including two artists from Bend. Ben Hull and Eli Logan both made artwork paying homage to Central Oregon’s rugged landscape. The art will be seen on a bike shelter and trash enclosure. To see the other winning artists go to the City of Bend’s website.
Phillip Willis
BLACKFOOT, Idaho (KIFI) — Ten teenagers, all members of the 4-H club, chose a yearling mustang to train over the next couple months.
Wednesday was pick up day, and the group will have until August 29th to train the wild horses, at which point they will participate in a compete in an In-Hand Trail Challenge at the Eastern Idaho State Fair. The horses will then be put up for adoption on August 30th.
Among other things, the horses must be able to stay calm when touched by strangers, led around a corral, and haltered.
The trainers chose their preferred mustang based on how they responded to the stress of the new environment. They looked for which ones took a moment to think about a situation and which ones were more prone to act quickly. They also chose based on physical characteristics such as the color of the coats, the look in their eyes and even the size of their hoofs.
“They’re going to take one of these young wild horses home this summer and train it, and bring it back to the state fair and show it in an in-hand trail class, and then we will offer it for adoption on the first Saturday of the fair,” says Juley Smith, a representative for the Bureau of Land Management.
The University of Idaho extension of the 4-H Youth Development Club and Bureau of Land Management Idaho Wild Horse and Burro Program have partnered on the project since 2009, and more that 400 wild horses have been placed into private care. The Bureau of Land Management says the program has saved $6 million in caring costs for unadopted wild horses.
Triton Notary
BEND, Ore. –(KTVZ)– They’re the first to greet students in the morning and the last to see them home safely. Now some of the Bend-La Pine School’s bus drivers are being recognized for their excellence behind the wheel in this year’s state school bus safety exercises.
Bend-Lapine School’s transportation department brought home 10 awards. That’s up from 7 awards last year. You can see the team holding up their trophies with some big smiles on their faces. Drivers showed off their skills by expertly navigating a tough course and going head to head with other districts bus drivers. We appreciate all you do for our students and big congrats.
Luis Avila
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – As the Palm Springs community continues to pick up the pieces, investigators continue to piece together what exactly happened. An arrest now made in connection to the bombing that targeted a fertility clinic.
A sense of relief for David Rios, owner of the Velvet Rope Hotel.
“We feel relieved. We feel that there’s going to be a sense of justice. There was frustration, sadness but now there will be some type of clarity of some kind of justice finally to all of us and questions that need to be answered.”
David Rios, Velvet Rope Hotel owner
Some business owners say they’re not surprised to hear about the news given the magnitude of the explosion.
“It’s shocking but not shocking when I found out that the bomb was 300 pounds. There’s no way that guy, 25 years old, could be able to lift that so I knew that was a planned bombing that he had to have assistance.”
David Rios, Velvet Rope Hotel
American Reproductive Centers not commenting on the arrest, but saying they are focused on moving forward and have complete confidence in the investigation.
While that continues, Rios says there is still a long road ahead for those impacted by the blast.
“It’s been a blessing. I think that’s the only saving grace. This community. This family. Doing as much as they can especially with all the fundraising that’s been going on.”
David Rios, Velvet Rope Hotel owner
Stay with News Channel 3 for more.
Lindsey Selzer
SALINAS, Calif. (KION)
Clara Adams, a sophomore student sprinter at North Salinas High School was stripped of her 400 meter state championship title due to a celebration after the race.
Adam’s sprayed her shoes with a fire extinguisher, her title taken moments after. Along with the chance to compete in her next race that day, the 200 meter.
KION’S Lindsey Selzer sat down with Clara Adams and talked about what happened, and what’s next for Clara.
Paige Reynolds
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado is taking a major step forward in how it handles sexual assault investigations.
Governor Jared Polis has signed a new law aimed at addressing the state’s years-long rape kit backlog; something survivors say is long overdue.
For many victims, delays in processing sexual assault kits have meant delays in justice. For some, justice never came at all.
Right now, Colorado has one of the worst rape kit backlogs in the country. As of early 2025, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation reported an average turnaround time of more than 500 days to process sexual assault kits, with over 1,300 cases still pending.
Now, the newly signed Miranda Gordon Justice for Survivors Act aims to change that.
The law creates a new forensic medical review board and sets strict timelines for how quickly evidence must be processed. Under the new rules, rape kits must be tested within 60 days.
Governor Polis signed the bill Tuesday, stating: “Justice delayed is justice denied.”
That’s something sexual abuse survivor Jules Woodson understands firsthand.
“I reported it the next day, but I was told that it was my fault,” Woodson recalled.
For 20 years, she stayed silent — until she went public with her story in 2018. She says her abuser later received a standing ovation from his Tennessee megachurch after a public admission she describes as a “pseudo apology.”
“There was no accountability in my case,” Woodson said. “So seeing the state take responsibility for processing these rape kits is something that I think is a really good step.”
She says knowing the state is taking survivors seriously makes a difference.
“It’s confidence-boosting for the survivor to know that the state of Colorado is taking this seriously.”
In addition to faster testing, the new law also gives survivors a voice in how cases are handled, including victim advocates on the oversight board.
For Woodson, it’s not just about the kits; it’s about dignity.
“Sexual abuse is not a victimless crime. Even though there might not always be a gory crime scene, there are emotional wounds,” she said. “My hat’s off to other survivors. Know you’re not alone. And I pray that this new law will allow justice to be more swift.”
The new oversight board is expected to meet by August 1. Survivors will now have a seat at the table, and many advocates are calling this law a model for other states to follow.
Rob Namnoum
The Fountain Fort Carson football team is getting ready. They can’t hit the field yet but they can hit the weight room. When they do take the field, several players will be wearing sleek new helmets, “It almost looks futuristic. Like a spaceship on your head,” says Myren Johnson.
The helmets are part of the Broncos “All in, All Covered” program. The Broncos are donating more than fifteen thousand helmets to every high school in the state over the next four years. The first round of donations, covering about twenty-five precent of each teams’ players, begin this year and they are top of the line Ridell helmets. The ones the pros wear and Riddell is visiting each school to custom fit the helmets, “They have this app and they like take pictures of your head with this, with this like ski mask over your head and then they send it. in. So this this helmet with all the padding and everything inside of it, it’s fit to only my head. Next year, say, one of our sophomores that already got their head scanned, they would put them in this helmet to make it fit them. Everything feels balanced in the helmet, doesn’t feel heavy in the back, doesn’t feel heavy on top, it almost feels like a a perfect helmet,” says Johnson,
The helmets also include “in sight” technology that helps track head and neck injuries. Each school will get a free four year subscription, “These helmets, it’s a lot less concussion protocol with the the different gadgets and different things they use and different padding that they have for this helmet,” says Johnson.
There are still some things to be ironed out long term. If reconditioned properly, helmets can last up to ten years but the cost and efficiency of reconditioning of the helmets for each school will vary. Something Fountain Fort Carson head coach Jake Novotny would like to see addressed to maximize the program’s impact, “What’s the future after the four years? How do we make it sustainable, affordable? Maybe there is a buy-in program where we get them at half off or whatever, if they can’t flip the bill down the road. And I don’t think we should expect them to. Now we have an expectation with our communities that it’s gonna be a different way. That’s the one thing for me. I think we’ve got to sit down and figure out what that looks like,” says Novonty.
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Someone called in a fake threat on Wednesday, prompting law enforcement to respond to a neighborhood east of Highway 63, according to a Boone County Sheriff’s Office spokesman.
Deputies responded to a call in the 57000 block of East Trikalla Drive after a caller alleged that several people were shot at a residence, according to an email from Capt. Brian Leer of the Boone County Sheriff’s Office.
Leer said the fake call was likely made from someone not living in the state.
“Our deputies responded and made contact with the residents. It was determined this was a ‘swatting’ type call and it is believed the caller actually made the call from out of state. We will continue to investigate,” Leer wrote.
“Swatting” occurs when someone makes a prank call or message to draw a surprise emergency response to an address. A similar call was made to the residence of former Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft last year.
Katie Boer
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. — After months of anticipation and worldwide attention, one of the two baby bald eagles nesting in Big Bear has officially taken flight.
Sunny, the older of two eaglets hatched earlier this year on the Friends of Big Bear Valley’s live nest cam, recently spread her wings and soared for the first time—marking a major milestone in the livestream saga that has captured hearts around the globe.
Her younger sibling, Gizmo, is not far behind.
The pair of eaglets have been under near-constant watch from fans around the world since their hatching earlier this spring. Perched high in a Jeffrey pine tree above the north shore of Big Bear Lake, the nest has become a symbol of wildlife recovery and a testament to the power of conservation livestreaming.
One of those keeping a close eye on their progress is Dr. James Daniel-Burg, a conservationist with The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert.
“Everybody watches those cameras!” Dr. Daniel-Burg laughed when asked if he’s been following the livestream.
Sunny’s leap was met with cheers and even tears by some viewers. Gizmo, seen looking curious and slightly bewildered by her sister’s newfound freedom, is expected to take her own first flight any day now.
“Very often what we do find is that there’ll be one individual that is the dominant in the nest and they get the majority of the feeding,” explained Dr. Daniel-Burg. “And so as a consequence, they grow fast as they get biggest and can be more successful with their flying sooner than their nest mates, almost always.”
The livestream has served more than just entertainment. Conservationists point to it as a valuable educational tool—one that gives people a deeply personal look at an iconic species once on the brink of extinction.
“The great thing about cameras are that they provide a window into the life of the animals,” said Dr. Daniel-Burg. “So you see the animals not as a species, not as bald eagles–we see them as individuals. We see them caring for their babies. We see them covered with snow, knocking the snow off the eggs so that they can continue to incubate them. So we get that personal connection.”
Viewers have watched the eagle parents, Jackie and Shadow, protect their eggs through snowstorms, daily feedings with fresh fish from Big Bear Lake, and now, prepare them to fly on their own.
Sunny and Gizmo will keep growing–eventually becoming some of the largest birds in North America.
“They are huge… they’ll probably be six to eight feet wide from tip to tip when they’re fully adult,” Dr. Daniel-Burg said. “They’re quite large. They’re the largest raptor that we have in North America.”
After his initial flight Monday, Sunny returned to the nest Tuesday, sharing a meal with mom and dad and little sister Gizmo.
While Sunny and Gizmo could eventually migrate, experts say they may not go far from the forests of the San Bernadino Mountains.
“If there’s not a lot of competition around Big Bear she’d probably stay there,” Dr. Daniel-Burg explained. “You know why move a long ways when you can stay close to home?”
Bald eagles typically don’t develop their iconic white head feathers until they’re about three to four years old. They usually begin nesting and raising families of their own around the age of four or five. But Dr. Daniel-Burg says don’t expect the kids to take over mom and dad’s nest. Jackie and Shadow will continue to return to the nest; and when Sunny and Gizmo gradually reach reproduction age, they’ll find a mate and build their own new nest. Perhaps nearby?
For those hoping to catch a glimpse of these official national birds in the wild, there’s always a chance. The San Bernardino Mountains sit along one of the world’s largest migratory flyways, and many eagles call the area home year-round.
In the meantime, fans are waiting patiently for Gizmo, who was born four days after Sunny, to take her first flight.
While the Big Bear nest livestream shines a spotlight on bald eagles, there are a number of local conservation efforts here in the Coachella Valley, too.
At The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, dozens of wildlife rehabilitation and habitat restoration programs are underway—including caring for “Captain Nemo,” a bald eagle rescued from Alaska after a serious wing injury.
Unfortunately, Captain Nemo won’t fly again, but he’ll live a nice, long life at the zoo’s “Eagle Canyon” exhibit, where visitors can see him and other injured birds up close.
Bald eagles in the wild typically live 20 to 30 years, but if they do get injured, facilities like The Living Desert play an important role in helping animals recover.
You can watch the nest live camera on YouTube.
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The National Weather Service confirmed a pair of tornadoes hit eastern Kansas City through Independence on Tuesday.
The first tornado’s EF rating is unknown, but the second has been rated as an EF-1. The first tornado lasted two minutes and traveled a quarter-mile, while the EF-1 lasted nine minutes, went 3.75 miles with peak winds at 100 miles per hour with a width of 50 yards, according to a social media post from the NWS.
More than 2,600 Independence Power and Light customers experienced an outage, most of which have been restored, according to a social media post from the City of Independence. Crews faced broken poles, downed lines and lots of fallen trees, the post reads.
