Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity is known for helping lower-income families build their dream homes. But their latest project, to be built at a roundabout on SE Wilson Avenue, is workforce housing for middle-income families who also can struggle to find a place they can afford in Bend. Applications are now open.
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(Update: Adding video, comments from Tumalo homeowner, irrigation district) TUMALO, Ore. (KTVZ) — A homeowner in Tumalo is expressing her frustration about a canal piping project taking place on her property that has been delayed due to what an irrigation district says are supply chain challenges. Rachelle Mose, who owns 33 acres of property in
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A Bend man who killed his two roommates with a hatchet in 2021 will spend the rest of his life behind bars, without any possibility of parole, a judge ruled Friday at Randy Kilby’s sentencing hearing.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Katie Anderson of Aperion Management Group is the new Board of Directors Chair for 2024. Katie has served on the Executive Board for the past two years in the capacities of Vice Chair/Treasurer, and, most recently, Chair Elect. “I am honored
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According to the Deschutes Basin watermaster, the basin is currently still in a “moderate drought” condition due to the El Nino winter that’s brought low amounts of rain and snow to the Pacific Northwest so far this season.
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You have probably seen the more than 200 Bird e-bikes around the city of Bend. The company behind them recently filed for bankruptcy, but the city of Bend doesn’t see them leaving town.
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Bend city councilors decided the goals and project details were worthy and issues with a new multi-unit tax exemption program will be revisited before voting 5-1 Wednesday night, with one recusal, to approve a controversial 10-year, $10.6 million tax break for the 313-unit Jackstraw Project on SW Industrial Way.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Scalehouse Gallery is pleased to announce the new Patricia Clark Studio Artists in Residence, Allie Blanchard and Bergen Bock. The Patricia Clark Studio was started in memory of Scalehouse co-founder, Patricia Clark, who wanted to create a space for artists to create, explore and share their work with the community. “The
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — During the Bend City Council meeting Wednesday evening, City Council was presented with a resolution to approve a 10-year exemption from ad valorem taxes for property, located at 310 & 350 SW Industrial Way, under the city’s multiple-unit property tax exemption program, known as MUPTE. The resolution was approved. However, a
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity announced Wednesday it has begun accepting applications for a new southeast Bend home that will be unique, both in terms of accessibility and providing middle-income housing under a city program. Located near Wilson Avenue and 15th Street, the high-performance home includes two bedrooms, two bathrooms and is
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A truck damaged a natural gas pipe and caused a leak on Gasoline Alley in downtown Bend Wednesday afternoon, prompting a brief evacuation on adjacent Minnesota Avenue.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Center Orthopedic & Neurosurgical Care announced Wednesday the addition of seven orthopedic providers, joining its medical team from Desert Orthopedics and Praxis Health. “This transition will allow The Center to further its commitment to offering comprehensive and specialized orthopedic care in Central Oregon,” the organization said in a news release,
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Community Needs Assessment Survey is a recurring report, completed about every five years to measure the need for parks and recreation services and establish service priorities. With a combination of mail-in and on-line surveys, the assessment yielded over 2,700 community responses. Bend Park & Rec said, key findings from the survey
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(Update: Adding video and comments from Square Baby CEO) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-based Square Baby™ calls itself “the most innovative disruptor in premium baby food” and recently announced its latest creation – Fancy Pants Wagyu Truffle. When Katie Thomson became a parent 15 years ago, she started researching baby food. in 2018, she opened
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A social media post regarding a threat of violence Tuesday at schools in several Central Oregon communities brought a flood of worried calls to dispatchers and others late Monday and early Tuesday, prompting police investigations that so far have found the threat unfounded, possibly out of Portland, but brought increased officer presence around schools.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The City of Bend will host an informational open house the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 9 to share information about Phase 2 of the Awbrey Butte Waterline construction project, set to begin later this month. The open house will be held in person at Westside Church, 2051 NW Shevlin Park Road,
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NewsChannel 21 set out to look at the differences the numbers can tell us between drug- and alcohol-related DUII arrests in Bend and their impact on the community, as well as some changes in state law related to DUII.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — It’s almost time to ring in 2024! You can spend the first day of the new year taking part in a run with the Central Oregon Running Klub, and looking to the future by creating vision boards at General Duffy’s. A new year means new resolutions and trying new activities. On New Years Day,
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A Bend man faces DUII, reckless driving and hit-and-run charges after crashing a car into rocks at a home on NE Rock Chuck Drive early Friday, police said.
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A Bend man recently convicted of murder in the March 2021 hatchet killings of two roommates was scheduled to go on trial next month in another killing a few months earlier. But that trial could be delayed some time – perhaps even two years –by a legal dispute over the admissibility of his statements to police in that earlier crime.
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