The Central Oregon Guardian Assistance Program (COGAP) was established as a nonprofit organization last August in Bend to provide guardianship services to indigent and low-income incapacitated individuals in the Central Oregon area.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Rebecca Robinson has been appointed associate vice president for the newly formed economic development and industry relations office at Oregon State University and also will serve as senior advisor for strategic initiatives at OSU-Cascades. She will start on April 15. Robinson comes to OSU from Kansas State University, where she most
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Movie producer Christian Norlyk will never forget the moment he found out his short film was nominated for an Oscar.
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In Our Backyard, a Bend-based nonprofit devoted to stopping human trafficking, is once again traveling to the Super Bowl, as it has for several years, to work with local groups and law enforcement in an effort to stop trafficking at the event.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — An alleged fentanyl trafficker, his brother and girlfriend were arrested earlier this week, accused of dealing the drug around a Bend homeless shelter. On Wednesday, we explored the Bend’s Lighthouse Navigation Centers policies aimed at preventing drug use. The navigation center offers 24-hour support for the homeless, providing shelter and resources. “Our
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — An extensive collection of costumes, masks, posters, videos and other theater memorabilia that represent more than 30 years of Central Oregon Community College plays and musicals are the focus of “Magic Circle Theatre: Ephemera 1987-2003,” an art exhibition being held from Feb. 7 to March 8 in the Pinckney Gallery. A
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Winter isn’t finished with us yet, but it’s time to plan ahead for blooming daffodils and mowing lawns. Bend Park and Recreation District is opening registration for spring recreation and programs and sports leagues on Monday through Wednesday, Feb. 5, Feb. 6 and Feb. 7. Available activities include programs held in
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Community tips led to the arrest of a Bend-area fentanyl trafficker during a Highway 97 traffic stop in Terrebonne, as well as his older brother and girlfriend, the seizure of a “commercial quantity” of fentanyl pills and powder, and a raid on the couple’s Bend shelter room, the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team said Tuesday.
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Oregon voters close to 30 years ago put a cap on how much property taxes could increase each year — just one of the factors that are now a given when budget time comes each spring for cities like Bend and Redmond.
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After months of lengthy negotiations and amid plans to call in a state mediator, negotiators for the Bend-La Pine Schools and Bend Education Association hammered out a new four-year contract agreement on Monday to replace a contract that expired last summer.
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A Bend man is speaking up about his experience over the last couple of years in dealing with the city of Bend after he says they tried to charge him $33,000 in system development charges (SDCs) to build an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on his property.
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With a series of winter storms over, at least for now, the city of Bend is getting to work on the post-freeze potholes.
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A person walking several dogs in a vacant field across SE 27th Street from Deschutes County’s Knott Landfill reported a startling, even grisly find when one of the dogs returned with what appeared to be – and indeed, turned out to be – part of a human foot.
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Bend’s Portland Avenue Bridge is closed for about two months as part of the Awbrey Butte Waterline Improvement Project. Learn more here: https://www.bendoregon.gov/city-projects/what-s-being-built/awbrey-butte-waterline-improvement-project.
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A 32-year-old Bend man who accidentally shot his 7-year-old son with a handgun at their home Sunday afternoon has been cited on assault and other charges, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Monday. The boy is recovering at a Portland-area hospital.
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Bend, Ore., Jan. 29, 2024 — The National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics has awarded Kat Mastrangelo, executive director for Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades, with the prestigious Circle of Caring Award. Now in its second year, this national award is recognition of the accomplishments and dedication of leaders in the Volunteers in Medicine clinic community. Mastrangelo was honored
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Iconic hitmakers Train and REO Speedwagon have announced they will be joining forces for this summer’s hottest co-headlining tour, including a Labor Day weekend concert stop at Bend’s Hayden Homes Amphitheater.
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A fire destroyed an unoccupied manufactured home on the south end of Deschutes River Woods early Sunday morning, but Bend Fire & Rescue crews kept it from spreading to nearby homes after a neighbor initially tackled the blaze from their side of the fence.
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WARM LAKE, Idaho (KTVZ) — The results of the Idaho Sled Dog Challenge’s Warm Lake Stage Race, the only race that organizers weren’t forced to cancel this year due to low snowfall and poor trail conditions, are in, and three Oregonians finished in the Top Five. Clayton Perry from Power, Montana, took first place, with Craig Anderson from
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A food truck in Redmond hosted one in a series of fundraisers Saturday for a Bend family who lost five members in a recent highway crash. The Ochoa family is survived by an 11-year-old girl who was critically injured.
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