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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Big Sky Park & Luke Damon Sports Complex, located next to Buckingham Elementary on Bend’s Eastside, is a sports lover’s dream. With fields for baseball, softball, lacrosse, soccer, and Bend’s own BMX track, it’s a top spot for outdoor fun. Jillian Fortner takes us there in this week’s Park Picks.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Following a third round of voting, only two products now remain in OBI’s second annual Coolest Thing Made in Oregon competition. The winner will be either Leatherman’s multitool or Epic Aircraft’s E1000 GX. Voting in the contest’s final round began Tuesday at 7 a.m. and will conclude at noon on Friday,
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) – As we inch closer to Election Day, candidates running for a Bend City Council seat invited the public out to the Deschutes County Administration Building, to meet them and hear the platforms they are running on. The League of Women Voter of Deschutes County, as well as the City Club of Central
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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.
Continue Reading(Update: adding video, comment from family members) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Family members of residents have reached out to NewsChannel 21 after multiple Special Report’s on Bend’s Aspen Ridge Memory Care. After the death of a resident who was left in the sun, the facility is under state investigation and licensing conditions have been imposed.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Sunday, the final day of this year’s Bend Fall Festival, featured a real crowd favorite: The second annual Great Bark Bash. The event at Troy Field featured three tail-wagging dog races and a few other fun events for all breeds and the people who love them. The “Running of the
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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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A former motel turned into 76 units of new transitional housing for the homeless was unveiled Monday to Deschutes County and City of Bend officials who were among those who got a tour of the renovated apartments.
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According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. one in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.
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ore than two weeks after more than 240 workers at Eugene-based Bigfoot Beverages went on strike in a dispute over pension benefits, two Teamsters union locals said they are seeking to escalate pressure on the company by extending picket lines to its distribution facility in Bend, starting Monday.
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Bend police are looking to the public for any tips that could help them find who abandoned a cardboard box full of eight very young puppies on Sunday at Hollinshead Park in northeast Bend.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Transportation Commission will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 9 a.m. The meeting will originate from the Bend Riverhouse Lodge, 3075 North Highway 97. Items on the agenda include: DMV Voter Registration Issue: An update on DMV’s work with registering customers to vote under the Oregon Motor
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools has hired Karen Rush as one of the District’s two Executive Directors of Elementary Programs. She will begin on Nov. 4 and work alongside Executive Director Tammy Doty in overseeing the district’s 19 elementary schools. Rush is in her first year as the Program Director for Medical, Mental Health,
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(Adding video) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (KTVZ) – As he has for four years now, Bend retiree and Red Cross volunteer Dennis Smith has brought the tech knowledge gained from 18 years working in IT at St. Charles to one of the most devastated places in the country, this time assessing the Hurricane Helene-ravaged neighborhoods around Tallahassee,
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Discovery West, a neighborhood on the west side of Bend, showed off its new gathering place, called Discovery Corner this weekend. “The Launch” was a chance to celebrate, and many people came out for the fun-filled two-day event. There was live music, food vendors, and a roundabout book sale. Discovery West named 19 of its streets after women in history —
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Fall has come to life in downtown Bend for the Bend Fall Festival this weekend. Big crowds enjoyed Day 2 of the three-day event on Saturday, turning out to support local artists, enjoy live music and a wide variety of food and activities. “I’m so appreciative of everyone that comes out to
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — At Discovery West’s new Discovery Corner in northwest Bend, “The Launch,” a space-themed grand opening of the gathering spot began with a drone show Friday night and continued Saturday with live music, food trucks, open house tours and a chance to meet former NASA astronaut Dr. Ellen Ochoa. Attendees also were
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend resident Schuyler Morgan and his family moved to Bend in April, but after witnessing the devastation of Hurricane Helene, he’s decided to return home to North Carolina, to help recovery efforts in the aftermath. “I feel a call of duty, and I want to serve my community,” Morgan said Friday
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