The statewide graduation rate for the class of 2023 is 81.3 percent, tying the previous class as the second-highest graduation rate ever recorded in Oregon, according to data released Thursday by the Oregon Department of Education (ODE).
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust published its Fall 2023 Grants Report Thursday. The report announces: 94 total grants to Pacific Northwest nonprofits totaling $21.9 million.This includes more than $7.5 million through 30 grants to nonprofits serving the Oregon community.The report can be found here. A full list of grantees can be found here. Two
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Questions have been raised about the length of the investigation into former Bend Police Officer Kevin Uballez, as he was paid over $180,000 in taxpayer money during his 2 1/2 years of paid leave before he was fired last Friday. In July of 2021, Uballez was placed on paid leave for
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(Update: adding video, comments from students and teachers) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As our Kelsey McGee recently reported, Sky View Middle School’s creative writing class has been working on creating books for younger students. A total of 21 students signed up for the new elective at the middle school. In class, they have been using
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A student at High Desert Middle School released pepper spray in a crowded hallway as the lunch period ended Thursday, bringing police and medics to the scene while several directly affected students rinsed their eyes, hands and arms, school officials said.
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Company confirms it’s ‘scouting out locations’ as part of first expansion in years BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A popular Portland-area fast-food restaurant chain, Burgerville, confirmed Thursday that it’s scouting for locations to Bend as it makes its first expansion moves in several years. KGW reported that Burgerville announced it will be opening a new Wilsonville
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Jerseys are being chosen, snacks were debated, and the big decision of where to watch the game is unfolding. I visited three businesses here in Bend on Wednesday to find out how the big game affects their business. Hoody’s Collectibles on South Highway 97 says as the Super Bowl inches closer,
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Two more two day-long rounds of teacher contract negotiations for Bend-La Pine Schools made “significant progress” on several issues, the school district said Tuesday. But with another day of bargaining set for next week and much left to resolve, both sides agreed to call in a state mediator to try to help them reach a deal and avert a walkout.
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Three dogs who fatally mauled a man living at a Juniper Ridge homeless camp last summer, leading to their owner’s guilty plea to criminally negligent homicide and three-year prison term,
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Bend city councilors have given Police Chief Mike Krantz the “green light” to continue developing an automated traffic enforcement system, including red-light and speed cameras that would bring warnings at first, but then tickets in the mail.
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Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler has returned to Bend from the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C., saying it was a valuable experience and brought some key connections with federal officials also tackling tough issues such as homelessness.
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Gas prices are in the winter doldrums in most states, including Oregon, this week, with minimal changes in their averages, but AAA Oregon/Idaho says it’s the lowest prices we’ve seen in 2 1/2 years.
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(Update: adding comments from COCC president, board members) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Local leaders, educators and members of the public gathered at Central Oregon Community College to watch President Dr. Laurie Chesley deliver the first annual State of the College address Wednesday morning. The presentation on their Bend campus was a chance for constituents and
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What does Sasquatch — also known as Bigfoot — represent to you? The unknown? Adventure? Mystery? (Probably not a museum exhibit, but think again!)
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Bend city councilors gave Police Chief Mike Krantz a “green light” Wednesday evening to continue developing what might become the most controversial element of his department’s technology advances, joining Oregon cities who have installed “red light cameras” at the most dangerous intersections, to reduce crashes and save lives.
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ROANOKE, Va. (KTVZ) — The e-commerce giant Amazon has bought a 50-acre piece of land in the Roanoke Centre for Industry and Technology from Bend, Oregon-based Deschutes Brewery, the city of Roanoke announced this month. Amazon plans to build a 125,000-square-foot “last mile” distribution center there to handle customer orders, Cardinal News reported. Terms of
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An Oregon State University-Cascades professor has been assigned a $628,000 award from the Oregon Department of Education to expand universally engaging, culturally appropriate and inclusive computer science education for K-12 students.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The goal of Bend Bikes is safety for cyclists through a comprehensive series of routes covering the city. The cause was celebrated at a party Tuesday evening at The Environmental Center, with food, drinks and a look back. The nonprofit was created in 2013 by Lucas Freeman, Brian Potwin, Pam Hardy and Nick
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A year-long investigation, fueled by citizen reports, led to a drug raid on a southeast Bend home Tuesday morning – two days after a reported fentanyl overdose at the home – and the arrest of four Bend residents and seizure of fentanyl and methamphetamine.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Kevin Uballez was fired from the Bend police force Friday after an investigation into an arrest he made in 2021, when he was accused of slamming a man’s head into the ground. The man he arrested was accused of being drunk and in the middle of a NW Bend street around
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