City of Bend road and traffic report, week of Oct. 5-11
Here is the city of Bend’s weekly road and traffic report for the week of Oct. 5-11.
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2 Sisters HS students, 3rd teen killed in crash on Forest Service road west of Sisters
Three teens — two of them Sisters High School students — were killed Thursday night when their SUV left a Forest Service road west of Sisters and struck a tree, throwing two of the three occupants, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reported Friday.
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FBI offers $10,000 reward, seeks tips to solve 2019 Warm Springs homicide
The FBI said Friday it is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of whoever shot and killed a man on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation last year.
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Deschutes County road construction update: Week of Oct. 4-10
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is Deschutes County’s weekly road construction update for the week of October 4-10. Old Bend Redmond Highway/Tumalo Road Intersection Improvement (Tumalo Area) – Stage 3 of the road construction project will start on Wednesday, October 7 to reconstruct the southbound lanes on Old Bend-Redmond Highway in order to tie the existing
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2 OSU-Cascades alumni named to Advocacy, Advisory Board
Oregon State University–Cascades Vice President Becky Johnson has appointed two alumni to serve on the campus’s Advocacy and Advisory Board.
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Oregon steps up to help people with disabilities vote during pandemic
Advocates for people living with disabilities say Oregon has taken some major steps to ensure that everyone has the help they need navigating the voting process – even during a pandemic.
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Furry Friends: BrightSide takes in cats rescued from fires
BrightSide Animal Center is caring for about 20 cats rescued from Oregon’s wildfire-hit areas, including Croft, who had some injuries but is on the mend.
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More hazy skies across the High Desert
Happy Friday Central Oregon! It’ll be another day of hazy skies across the High Desert. Light to moderate smoke will blanket all of Central Oregon today and tomorrow. Our air quality however, will mostly be on the good side. Jefferson County will see moderate air quality up until noon on Friday. The rest of Central
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EDCO announces Growth, Impact competition finalists for Bend Venture Conference
Economic Development for Central Oregon has announced the finalists in the Growth and Impact Competitions advancing to the 17th Annual Bend Venture Conference on Thursday, October 15 – Friday, October 16.
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Think Wild throws raccoons a pumpkin party
Think Wild, a Bend nonprofit wildlife rescue and rehabilitation organization, gave some orphaned baby raccoons a special pumpkin party, filled with ice and frozen quail and fish, before their release back into the wild this week.
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DCSO holds ‘Verbal Judo’ de-escalation workshop
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies gathered Thursday at the Redmond fairgrounds to learn ‘Verbal Judo,’ a set of techniques to avoid the use of force and de-escalate situations.
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ODOT seeks input on Transportation Safety Action Plan update
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Transportation is seeking public input to update its Transportation Safety Action Plan, which provides long-term goals, policies, and strategies, as well as near-term actions to eliminate transportation system deaths and life-changing injuries. Help ODOT update the plan to meet your transportation safety needs by participating in an online survey available
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Oregon Workplace Fairness Act provisions take effect
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The final provisions of the Oregon Workplace Fairness Act went into effect Thursday. The law, passed by the Legislature in 2019, increases protections for Oregon workers against discrimination and harassment at work and includes new requirements for employers. “Everyone deserves a work environment that’s free from harassment and discrimination — and Oregon
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Salvation Army, Red Cross and Little Caesars feed wildfire evacuees
Wildfire evacuees in Bend and Redmond received about 130 pizzas Thursday, thanks to a collaborative effort among The Salvation Army, the American Red Cross and Little Caesars.
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Bend teen set to become one of the first female Eagle Scouts in history
Bend 17-year-old Martha Schwarz is the last in her family to attain the Eagle Scout badge — but she’s one of the first female Eagle Scouts in scouting history.
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Pay It Forward, and One Class at a Time
We double up for the Boys and Girls Club of Bend.
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Out & About: Beautiful pictures again this week
A last look at Central Oregon Summer of 2020.
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Big Ol Fish: Really big ol fish
A couple of whoppers in there this week.
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2020 ‘mock election’ prompts concern among some Bend elementary school parents
Amid another presidential election, Ryan Gilbert of Bend is concerned about the nature of his young stepson’s exposure to politics through an online learning program.
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Bend-La Pine parents plan rally to call for return to in-person learning
Some parents in Bend-La Pine Schools want their children back in the classroom, and they’re planning to rally to make their case.
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