The Bend Senior High School auditorium will be demolished as soon as possible, Bend-La Pine Schools announced Monday. Officials said the decision follows a determination that the 69-year-old structure is substantially compromised and unsafe to occupy.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – After hearing in Bend from veterans concerned about long wait times to access health care at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) is questioning Secretary Denis McDonough regarding the department’s position on allowing veterans to pursue community care. Chavez-DeRemer’s letter sent Thursday relays concerns raised during her recent Veterans Policy Forum in
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Satellite images east of Redmond show hundreds of acres of garbage left by those living on federal land, a growing problem that has local officials speaking out about the potential dangers, especially during wildfire season. “The risk is intense. The risk is real. There is a very serious public safety threat,” Deschutes
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Redmond Airport and St. Charles Health System say they have seen some impacts, but apparently were spared the worst of Friday’s global computer outage affecting airports, hospitals and other businesses around the world. Thousands of US flights were grounded Friday as a technical disaster hit businesses and government agencies worldwide, with
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – “Really, Bend built its culture from a mill town years ago and transitioned from that lumber into something very, very different that it is today,” Bend Chamber CEO Katy Brooks says. You can find a multitude of new businesses, specifically here in Central Oregon, as the state tops the USA for the highest
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Bend business owner and advocate John Heylin has been working around the clock in recent months on his effort to collect citizen petition signatures for a November vote on expanding the number of Deschutes County commissioners from three to five.
Continue ReadingThe City of Bend is seeking applicants to fill one partial-term position on the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC). This committee provides policy, code, and funding recommendations to City Council in alignment with the goals outlined in the City’s Consolidated Plan. For this particular position, the City of Bend will consider individuals who are a member of
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The Bend City Council approved Wednesday night the Midtown Multimodal Connections & Streetscaping Progressive Design build contract with K&E Excavating, which includes improvements to Greenwood Avenue – adding bike lanes, eliminating parking on the north side of Greenwood, and eliminating traffic lanes, which all falls under what the city is calling a “quick build.”
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A new sculpture was added to Bend’s public art collection earlier this week at the Colorado Avenue and Columbia Street roundabout. The sculpture titled Crossroads is made of Corten and stainless steel by artist Karen Yank from Albuquerque, New Mexico. “Crossroads serves as a monument to the innovative individuals that transformed Bend from a
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The community showed up in full force for Tuesday night’s Bend Park & Rec Board meeting to weigh in on a proposed Deschutes River footbridge that’s been discussed and debated since the mid-’90s. It was standing room only as community members came out to either express their support or rejection over the
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The Supreme Court ruled in favor last month of the city of Grants Pass, in a landmark decision that gives cities and other local governments across the U.S. the ability to enforce citations in public areas for sleeping, providing more clarity and possible latitude in their handling of the growing homelessness crisis.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A nonprofit housing developer is now accepting applications for a community in Bend. With the area still facing a serious housing shortage, RootedHomes provides affordable homeownership opportunities for area residents. “Homeownership provides not only stable housing and stable monthly payments, but also affordability,” RootedHomes Homeownership Program Manager Tess Spellacy said Tuesday. One of
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A sick bat found in southwest Bend last week has tested positive for rabies, Deschutes County Public Health said Tuesday as it encouraged residents to take necessary precautions to protect their families and pets from the viral disease. Rabies is spread to humans and pets through a bite or scratch from
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RootedHomes has announced the launch of its Rooted at Simpson housing lottery, offering a unique opportunity for qualified homebuyers to secure a home on Bend’s northwest side. The lottery opened Monday and will remain open until midnight on August 28th.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Knott Landfill and Recycling Center will be closed for road maintenance on Sunday, July 28, Deschutes County officials said Monday While Knott Landfill is typically open to the public seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., it will be closed Sunday, July 28 while crews chip seal roads within the facility.
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The summer months bring tourists all across Bend and the High Desert, with small businesses seeing an influx of customers, restaurants with full reservations — and the St. Charles Bend emergency room also hitting capacities.
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A leak in a fire sprinkler system for the Bend High School auditorium led to discovery of a damaged exterior wall, prompting restricted access to the area in order to evaluate the structural integrity of that part of the building, Bend-La Pine School officials said this week.
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A Bend man was arrested this week in the west Bend Safeway parking lot, accused of harassing and stalking several women in Central Oregon and elsewhere this year, as well as a call threatening to commit a shooting at an area grocery store, police said Friday.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The City of Bend said Friday it wants to inform the community that it has a three-stage water curtailment plan that water customers may need to participate in if there’s ever a water shortage. But they also stressed: This is NOT an alert and the city is NOT currently in any stage of
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The Oregon Department of Forestry has billed property owner James Verheyden almost $69,000 for the costs of fighting the March 2021 Bull Springs Fire that burned 211 acres northwest of Bend, near Tumalo.
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