(Update: Adding video, comments from CEO) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — People around the country are marking Breast Cancer Awareness Month. One Bend company wants to shine a special light on survivors. Christmas Lights Factory is putting on its second year of the “Pink Lights for Hope” campaign. It’s an initiative bringing light and hope to 50 breast
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ Just days away, the final touches are being completed on Central Oregon’s new Costco, and members are excited to check it all out. The new store off Cooley Road is much larger than the former location at the Forum Shopping Center. The new Costco opens Saturday at 8 a.m., just 15 hours after the old northeast
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Deschutes County judge on Monday rejected a defense request to throw out the indictment of a Bend man accused of attempted murder in an August baseball-bat attack on his roommate due to a leg restraint he was wearing under his clothes and two armed deputies in the room when he
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Two Caldera High School musicians recently were accepted to join the Central Oregon Symphony, a rare and exciting opportunity.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The latest round of smoke from the continued, lingering wildfires has again affected air quality levels for more than a week. It also has been affecting businesses in downtown Bend. According to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, there’s an air quality advisory for Deschutes County through at least Tuesday due to the
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– A warm smile and lots of positivity: That’s what’s helping Kristi Testerman through her breast cancer journey. “What I bring to the table as a mom and wife and a business owner and stuff like that,” Testerman said. “So when most of that gets taken away, it’s really hard to figure out where
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(Update: Adding video, comments from walk manager, participant) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — According to the Alzheimer’s Association, nearly 7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, and it kills more than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. Hundreds of people participated in the Central Oregon Walk to End Alzheimer’s Sunday afternoon at Riverbend Park. It’s the largest fundraiser for
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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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Three COCC students and three visiting college students from Bend’s sister city of Belluno, Italy have been involved in a special mural project here after a similar painting in Belluno.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon Senator Ron Wyden gave a keynote address Friday at the Pacific Hemp Beverage Industry Summit at Worthy Brewing, talking about the need to regulate – not ban – hemp-derived products at the federal level. “Gen Z. the Millennials, Gen X — they are changing their drinking preference,” Wyden told about
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For more than a decade, the city of Bend has banned open burning of yard debris, also known as backyard burning, within the city limits. But officials are proposing an exception to the rules, to remove vegetation that could fuel wildfires in some hard-to-reach locations.
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(update: adding video, comments from director and cinematographer) Bend, ORE. (KTVZ) — The Bend Film Festival is back for its 21st edition, showcasing over 100 films across venues from the Tower Theatre to Madras. The four-day in-person event, running from Thursday through Sunday, welcomes 125 filmmakers from around the country. According to their website, “BendFilm
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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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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County commissioners will hold a public hearing next Wednesday and consider alternative draft resolutions to assist with land management and a planned “Temporary Safe Stay Area” on city- and county-owned land at Juniper Ridge on the north end of Bend. City councilors also will take up the matter that evening.
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(Update: adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Transportation Commission met in Bend on Thursday and got updates on a variety of issues, from lawmakers’ recent statewide transportation tour to the many steps taken to resolve the Motor Voter registration of thousands of possible non-citizens – and to keep it from happening again. The
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Several people were injured Wednesday afternoon when a “dust devil” hit a tent as dignitaries gathered for the ribbon-cutting of ODOT’s Highway 97/20 Bend North Corridor Project. Officials had just begun the ceremony to officially open the $195 million project and ODOT Director Kris Strickler was speaking at the time. The
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The Board of Directors for Bend-La Pine Schools will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, November 12 to interview finalists for the vacant Zone 6 seat on the board. The board selected three finalists from seven applicants at its regular meeting on Tuesday. The finalists are invited to be interviewed together in open session at
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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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Oregon State University–Cascades’ preliminary enrollment report shows a total of 1,370 students served at the Bend campus this fall, the Bend school announced Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBend Mayor Melanie Kebler joins Kelsey Merison and Matthew Draxton on our Sunrise show Wednesday to answer your questions on issues ranging from signal use in roundabouts to campers on Watt Way, the Hawthorne Bridge design and bike lanes in the winter. You can submit questions for next month, anonymously if you wish, at https://ktvz.com/ask-the-mayor/.
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