BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Earlier this year, POWDR announced its intent to sell Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort. Now, a local duo is leading an effort for the community to own and manage the resort. Hundreds of people turned out at Drake Park on Saturday to hear from Mt. Bachelor Community Inc., a values-based organization looking to purchase and operate
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SALEM, Ore (KTVZ) – The week of October 14-18 is National School Lunch Week. The Oregon Department of Education and the Oregon School Boards Association are teaming up to raise awareness of the importance of Child Nutrition Programs in schools. Around the state, school board members will eat with students during the week to learn about
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In preparation for the November 5th General Election, the Deschutes County Clerk’s Office will test the county’s vote counting system on Monday at 2 p.m. Deschutes County Elections ensures the security and integrity of the vote-by-mail process by conducting a thorough logic and accuracy test before and after every election. The public
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Monica and Michelle are former employees at Saving Grace, the only nonprofit in Central Oregon providing resources for victims of domestic violence. During their year of employment, both were dealing with their own cases. Michelle says she left her job as a bilingual advocate when she was denied domestic violence services. “I would
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Here are NewsChannel 21’s Sunrise Birthdays for Friday, October 11th. Happy Birthday! You can see more recent entries and submit an upcoming birthday to air at: https://ktvz.com/share/sunrise-birthdays/. It’s under the Contests tab on KTVZ.COM.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The League of Oregon Cities is expecting nearly 1,000 attendees for its 99th Annual Conference and Business Meeting, the largest annual gathering of municipal officials in Oregon. The event will be held Thursday-Saturday, October 17-19 at the Riverhouse Conference Center in Bend. Attendees will include city officials and municipal decision makers
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregonians have become all too familiar with the need for emergency preparedness due to various hazards, including wildfires, drought, floods, and ice storms. However, earthquakes – while less common – remain a top concern, especially given the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the Pacific Coast, which has the potential to generate a
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to staffing, the Prineville DMV office will be closed Thursday, agency officials announced. Much user business can be accomplished online at https://dmv2u.oregon.gov/eServices/_/
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — In recent months, High Desert Christian Academy staff and community partners have been blazing the trail and garnering community support to revitalize and transform the old Pioneer Memorial Hospital (AKA Hospital Hill) into an educational and community campus. The non-denominational school changed its name to High Desert Christian Academy (HDCA) in
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Many employees are initially excited when they first step into management or leadership roles, but this can quickly turn to despondency and anxiety when they struggle to meet the demands of their new positions. Often, employees are promoted due to excelling in their current role, but this is not necessarily conducive
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Medicare Open Enrollment is just one week away, and the Council on Aging of Central Oregon’s free Medicare counseling services are ready to assist. The Open Enrollment period, running from October 15 to December 7 this year, is the critical time each year when Medicare beneficiaries can review and make changes
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Moose Fraternity, a service organization with over a million members across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, has locations here in Central Oregon. Moose International Board Chairman, Robert Funkey made a stop Tuesday at the Bend Moose Lodge, where they’re celebrating their accomplishments and the work that they do,
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This month, our One Class at a Time $1,000 award from Mid Oregon Credit Union goes to the Sisters High School greenhouse program, which goes well beyond basic gardening skills, including weekly visits to the Seed to Table Community Farm. See previous segments and details on how to suggest future recipients on the One Class
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Food Project, a renowned nonprofit organization focused on food insecurity, is proud to announce a strategic integration with The Giving Plate, a local leader in feeding the hungry. This integration aims to combine the strengths of both organizations under one management. “We started the Bend Food Project nine years
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Police Department on Monday mailed invitations to 20,000 households in the city, asking them to fill out our biannual online community survey. The survey, available in both English and Spanish, seeks to gauge our community’s feeling of safety in the City of Bend, learn more about community members’ trust
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Environmental Center’s Garden for Every School program is pleased to announce that annual garden grants are open and accepting applications for school garden projects. Educators are encouraged to fill out an application online before November 15th for projects occurring in the 2024-2025 school year. Applications should be filled out using
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is selling Christmas Tree permits through Recreation.gov, which makes it more convenient for visitors to find and purchase permits to cut holiday trees from their favorite national forest. Permits will be available beginning on Thursday, October 10, and sale dates may vary by national forest. “National
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We told you last week that Bend resident Schuyler Morgan was collecting donations to bring back home to Hurricane Helene victims in his home state of North Carolina. NewsChannel 21 viewers responded with overwhelming generosity.
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In advance of the Central Oregon Walk to End Alzheimer’s next Sunday, Central Oregon Community College is “planting” a temporary Promise Garden of the flower-like pinwheels that walkers carry to signify their connection to the brain disease.
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SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) – Sunriver Resort, the Pacific Northwest’s treasured resort destination located 15 miles from Bend, OR, and managed by CoralTree Hospitality, has been voted the #1 Resort in the Pacific Northwest in the 2024 Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards. Sunriver Resort moved up four spots from last year to top the list.
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