
Lawmaker explains his bill to split OSU-Cascades from OSU
State Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth has sponsored a bill that would make OSU-Cascades an independent public school called ‘Central Oregon University –…
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State Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth has sponsored a bill that would make OSU-Cascades an independent public school called ‘Central Oregon University –…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Veterans Motorcycle Association on Thursday donated $10,000 to the Bend Heroes Foundation. The money will fund one of 15 tiny homes that…
Continue ReadingA new roundabout is planned by Deschutes County for the intersection of Deschutes Market Road and Hamehook Road near Bend. Construction will start…
Continue ReadingStudents at Black Butte School are honoring the late Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy Dave Blann by writing letters to him, describing a time they…
Continue ReadingODOT is working to widen a portion of Highway 97 from two lanes to four. The two added lanes will extend from the Sunriver exit, three miles south to…
Continue Reading‘The Original Bend Transmission Company’ was burglarized early Friday morning. Around $8,000 worth of transmissions were stolen from a storage…
Continue ReadingDevelopment of a regional EMS and law enforcement training center in Redmond was proposed to Deschutes County commissioners Wednesday. The proposal…
Continue ReadingThe Portland-based Center for Biological Diversity is suing Interior Secretary David Bernhardt for delaying protection of 11 at-risk species. The…
Continue ReadingEffective Friday, Oregon Measure 108 increases the tax on cigarettes and imposes a sizable new tax on e-cigarette vaping products. We talked with a…
Continue ReadingA southeast Bend man told NewsChanel-21 he witnessed people stealing donations attached to curbside Christmas trees early Friday morning. The trees…
Continue ReadingA bight yellow bike that helps identify Bend women’s boutique ‘541Trends’ was stolen from the store on Saturday. Thankfully, the bike was recovered…
Continue ReadingSt. Charles Health System is calling off more elective surgeries and moving some patients from St. Charles Bend to its other hospitals in the region…
Continue ReadingSeveral irrigation modernization projects in Oregon are breaking ground, including three in Central Oregon. Senator Jeff Merkley was a key player in…
Continue ReadingThe Tower Theatre has a goal of raising $20,000 on ‘Giving Tuesday’ 2020. Donations can be made on their website. The nonprofit has lost around…
Continue ReadingKTVZ’s very own Katie Zuniga walks you through some features of the new KTVZ.COM…
Continue ReadingA roundabout planned for the Highway 20 Ward-Hamby road intersection will be shifted slightly to the northwest of the intersection in order to avoid…
Continue ReadingFirst Presbyterian Church in Bend hosted a temporary warming shelter for the homeless for the past week, before the city’s new shelter opens Monday.…
Continue ReadingThe Shepherd’s House in Bend is putting Thanksgiving food boxes together for those in need. The nonprofit is in need of small turkeys, boxed…
Continue ReadingWednesday marked the first day of the two-week statewide ‘freeze.’ NewsChannel 21 caught up some members of the public to get their thoughts on how…
Continue ReadingThere are four new emergency housing units for the homeless at DAWNS House in Bend. Families in need can stay in the units for up to 90 days while…
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