In this month’s Ask the Mayor segment, Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler answers viewer questions about kids on e-bikes, loud vehicles, helping small businesses, crime issues on Second Street and how residents can give back to their community. You can submit questions for next month, anonymously if you wish, at http://www.ktvz.com/ask-the-mayor.
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With several days of record-breaking heat hitting Central Oregon, food cart operators and their workers are among those being impacted by even higher temperatures in their close cooking quarters.
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The Bend Municipal Airport, along with eight others in Oregon, are getting federal money for safety upgrades. Bend’s general aviation airport has received nearly $183,000 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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With record-breaking heat beating down on Central Oregonians, its tough to keep cool, – especially if you work outside. NewsChannel 21 looked Tuesday into how roadside workers stay safe in triple-digit temperatures.
Continue ReadingREDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – On the agenda at the Redmond City Council meeting Tuesday night: magic mushrooms. Here’s a bit of background: On Nov. 8, 2022, Redmond voters approved a ballot measure prohibiting psilocybin service centers for two years. At their Tuesday night meeting, council members were directed to conduct a public hearing and vote on an
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A survey of more than 1,000 Central Oregonians found that community belonging is an important determinant of physical and mental health, researchers said Tuesday.
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Visit Bend says Fourth of July hotel bookings indicate a slight decrease from last summer, maybe due to fires and/or the heat, but they say June was much busier.
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Two Bend Safeway stores and one in Redmond are among the 186 Oregon and Washington grocery stores that would be sold off if Kroger and Albertsons are allowed to merge, a 2022 proposal that the Federal Trade Commission and nine states, including Oregon, have filed suit to block.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – More than 400 people were at the Westside Community Center in Bend Monday night to catch New York Times bestselling author Lisa See talk about her latest book, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women. See said, “It is based on the story of a real woman, Yunxian, who was a woman doctor in China in
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Boys & Girls Clubs of Bend is excited to announce the opening of the 2024-25 After School Membership enrollment for children in kindergarten through eighth grade. This year, BGCB is introducing several new features to enhance the after-school experience for youth and their families. New Flexible Enrollment OptionsFor the upcoming school
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State University–Cascades has launched a tour program in response to community interest in developments underway at the growing Bend campus. The community tours are free, for groups of 12 to 24 participants, and will be offered monthly, generally on fourth Fridays, and take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The City of Bend is offering a new way to explore Newport Avenue with the Stormwater Walking Tour. An outdoor exhibit of interpretive signs will take guests on a self-paced walking tour of the historic corridor to give a glimpse into what is above and below ground. The tour highlights stormwater system
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(Update: East Bend Library users, library director speak on decision to close location next year) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Nearly 15 years after it opened as what officials call a “temporary solution,” the East Bend Library on Dean Swift Road will close by the end of next year, as the Deschutes Public Library Board decided
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With temperatures soaring above 100 degrees in the coming days and expected to stay in the mid-90s through the weekend in Central Oregon, many men, women, and children living on the streets face severe dehydration and other dangerous health risks.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – After a half-dozen postponements over several months, Dahnte Cegers pleaded not guilty Monday to hindering younger brother Caleb’s prosecution when the pair fled to Tennessee after last summer’s fatal shooting of Taylor Wyss outside a downtown Bend bar. Cegers, 26, stood beside defense attorney Sara Gross, who entered the plea on
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – An irrigation canal breach on Central Oregon Irrigation District property along the Deschutes River led to some flooding overnight that closed sections of the Central Oregon Historic Canal Trail near the Deschutes River Trail on Saturday, officials said. The Bend Park and Recreation District advised trail users to take extra precautions
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Residents of a southwest Bend home awakened Saturday morning to some smoke in their upstairs bedroom and found in the master bath a small fire that turned out to have a most unusual cause: a concave makeup mirror that reflected the focused heat of the rising sun onto a paper bag on the counter, igniting it.
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The Council on Aging of Central Oregon offers a variety of services, including a cool place where seniors can relax, socialize and have a meal during these very hot days.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Police Department is currently soliciting applications from Bend community members interested in serving on the Police Chief’s Advisory Council. The Police Chief’s Advisory Council was restarted in 2022, with the goal of building and keeping trust between the community and the police department. The council consists of up to
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Some small businesses on the north end of Bend say they are feeling the negative effects of the construction of the new Highway 97 route.
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