Healing Reins hosts Sensory Day Friday
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Families can visit Healing Reins Friday from 9 AM to 11 AM to meet farm animals in a calm setting.
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Businesses along Bend’s Galveston Avenue express traffic safety concerns; city plans major upgrades next year
After a drunk driver crashed into Bonta and was arrested on a DUII charge earlier this month, viewers brought up safety concerns related to Galveston Avenue. The City of Bend already is planning to revamp the corridor in 2025 to create safer conditions for drivers, cyclists and businesses along the street.
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Bend city councilors discuss clearer rules to limit vehicle camping on city streets, similar to tent camping code
Bend city councilors dove into the controversial issue of the homeless whose vehicles are parked on many streets Wednesday evening as staff outlined efforts to flesh out and more closely align vehicle camping rules with those enacted earlier to limit tent camping along city rights of way.
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Envision Bend brings together community organizations and residents to discuss access to child care
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Community leaders and organizations met up at the Deschutes Public Library Tuesday night to discuss having access to affordable year-round child care. Representatives of Envision Bend, NeighborImpact and the Boys & Girls Club of Bend got together to discuss the status of child care in our region. Envision Bend Executive Director Matt
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CODE agents arrest Bend man after spotting parking lot drug deal; raid of minivan, storage unit turns up meth
(Update: Charges filed, adding name of suspect) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Central Oregon drug agents spotted a suspicious minivan in a NE Third Street parking lot Tuesday afternoon, with a familiar driver doing apparent drug deals. They followed the vehicle to a nearby storage unit, arrested the Bend man and raided the vehicle and storage
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OSU-Cascades instructor serving as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago
NewsChannel 21 spoke to Amy Sabbadini, an instructor at OSU-Cascades who is representing Democrats in Oregon’s Fifth US House District at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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‘I just feel like we’re getting pushed around’: Renters of 30 duplexes in NE Bend given 90 days to move out
A neighborhood of 30 rental duplexes off Dean Swift Road and Nate’s Place in northeast Bend are being sold by developers. The current renters received notices two weeks ago, giving them 90 days to move out — or agree to buy them.
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Here comes next round of Bend North Corridor changes, as Third Street connects to N. Business 97 at Cascade Village
That happens Thursday evening – and then, a weekend of closures and detours BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Ready or not, here comes the next round of Highway 97 and Third Street changes on Bend’s north end, as ODOT crews continue a project due for completion by year’s end. On Thursday evening, crews are opening the U.S. 97 Business Route connector
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City of Bend seeks public input on Franklin Avenue Safety Project with in-person, online open houses
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The city of Bend invites the community to learn more about the Franklin Avenue Safety Project at an open house on Thursday, Aug. 22, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Newberry Hotel, Mt. Bachelor Event Room, 300 NW Franklin Avenue in Bend. The online open house is available at bendoregon.gov/midtowncrossings from Thursday, Aug.
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Back-to-school time means more driver caution in school zones; speed limits to begin again in coming weeks
With summer break coming to a close in the next few weeks for schools in Bend and across the High Desert, the city is reminding folks of the reimplementation of school zone speed limits.
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SW Bend resident awakens to crackle and glow, flees with dog from $100,000 house fire caused by discarded cigarette
A southwest Bend resident awakened to the sound of crackling, saw an orange glow outside and escaped with her dog from a house fire early Monday that caused $100,000 damage and officials traced to improper disposal of a cigarette on the back patio the previous night.
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Four C. Oregon Subway locations suddenly close amid franchisee woes, among 23 in Oregon, SW Washington
(Update: Sisters, Sunriver location also closed) Workers waiting for last paycheck; owner says bank account was hacked GLADSTONE Ore. (KPTV/KTVZ) – They were working, until suddenly, they weren’t. Over 200 employees across 23 different Subway locations from Vancouver to Sisters, Sunriver and Bend were left without jobs last week when they learned their restaurants were
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Bend’s big changes to Greenwood Avenue draw initial mixed reaction
NewsChannel 21 talked with several businesses and others along Greenwood Avenue about the big changes the city’s ‘quick build’ project has brought.
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‘We’re all people that are trying to make the best place’: Community, city leaders, staff gather for 2nd Bend CityFest
Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler spoke at the second annual CityFest Thursday evening, giving a State of the City address to highlight the successes of the city and what the community can look forward to in the future.
Continue ReadingBend 19-year-old arrested in domestic violence assault, threat with gun; gas station workers, citizen hold him for officers
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend 19-year-old assaulted a woman in a vehicle in a grocery store parking lot Thursday, threatened an acquaintance with a gun and ran from police, then attacked gas station workers who along with a community member detained him until officers arrived, police said. Officers responded around 1:10 p.m. to a
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Gov. Kotek names Bend poet, writer Ellen Waterston Oregon’s new poet laureate
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Gov. Tina Kotek has named Ellen Waterston of Bend, a celebrated poet/writer, teacher and speaker who founded the Writing Ranch and the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, to a two-year appointment as Oregon Poet Laureate. Waterston will be Oregon’s 11th Poet Laureate and succeeds Anis Mojgani, who has held the post since
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With a bridge design approved, the city of Bend moves forward with the Hawthorne pedestrian & bicycle overcrossing
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – In an effort to improve connectivity for Bend’s pedestrians and bikers, the city has approved the Midtown Crossing Project. The Hawthorne Overcrossing will be a bridge that’s going to connect the west side of Bend to the east side. City Engineer Ryan Oster said Wednesday: “This is going to be a
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Driver arrested on DUII after early-AM crash into NW Bend building, forcing two new businesses to close for repairs
BEND, Ore, (KTVZ) – Two newly opened businesses in northwest Bend are having to close down for now and pick up the pieces after a suspected drunk driver rammed into their building early Wednesday morning. The driver was arrested on suspicion of DUII after the 3:30 a.m. crash into the structure at the corner of
Continue ReadingLL Flooring files for bankruptcy and will close 94 stores; Bend’s store not on closure list
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — LL Flooring, formerly known as Lumber Liquidators, has filed for bankruptcy and will close 94 of its stores across the United States. But the retailer is not liquidating itself immediately, as the company recently announced that it had entered Chapter 11, which allows for a re-organization rather
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Forgotten candle causes NE Bend basement fire, but homeowner and her 2 dogs escape, thanks to sounding smoke alarms
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A candle left burning caused a fire that heavily damaged the basement of a northeast Bend home early Wednesday morning – but working smoke alarms awakened the homeowner, who escaped with her two dogs, and fire crews were able to save the rest of the house. Bend Fire & Rescue crews
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