BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of October 30 to November 5. NE Eagle Road between NE Butler Market Road and NE Flagstone Avenue for a sewer infrastructure installation, northbound lane closure with detour, Oct. 30 – Nov. 3.Awbrey Butte Waterline Improvements Project, Phase 1 –
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This November 1 through December 30, Central Oregonians can donate gift cards and cash towards KIDS Center’s annual Gift Card Drive. The drive supports healing for local children who have experienced abuse, by reducing some of the stress and financial pressure on their family.
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Bend nonprofit Think Wild reports a pattern in its wildlife patients, with dozens of the same types of birds needing care. The organization’s mission is to care for and protect native wildlife. and the most common patient they see is the great horned owl.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The season changed quickly, temperature-wise, and so the Bend Park and Recreation District is kicking off The Pavilion’s ice season on Saturday. The 2023-24 ice season is expected to run through early April, weather permitting. The Pavilion will be open from pre-dawn to late night, seven days a week, including public open skate
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Caleb Cegers, the 20-year-old Bend man accused of fatally shooting Redmond resident Taylor Wyss, 33, in downtown Bend back in August, made his first court appearance Friday morning, having just been returned to Oregon after two months in a Tennessee jail.
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Bend Brewing Company won a pair of honors – a gold and a silver – at the Best of Craft Beer Awards.
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St. Charles Health System and the Bend Police Department are hosting a medication take-back event on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bend Police Department at 555 NE 15th Street in Bend.
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After completing psychedelic training courses that cost her $10,000, Mary Sheridan of Myco-Vision in Bend looked into the “official” route of offering psychedelic treatment services, but decided to go her own way, as an independent counselor.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler and other city leaders met with community members at Summit High School on Wednesday to discuss a planned Transportation Utility Fee. The Transportation Utility Fee is a recurring payment collected from residents and businesses because of their impact to the transportation system. The city says roads need regular
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The next stage of the Wilson Avenue Corridor Project is set to begin Monday, Nov. 6, with a road closure impacting westbound traffic on Wilson Avenue between Ninth Street and Hill Street.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Wednesday, Nov. 1, the Bend City Council will welcome Tribal Council leaders of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon in Council Chambers at 710 NW Wall Street for a joint work session starting at 4:30 p.m. The month of November marks the beginning of National Native American Heritage
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The Oregon Department of Education released on Thursday the At-A-Glance School and District Profiles for the 2022-23 school year, and continued low post-pandemic attendance levels are one key reason the agency’s new director says she’s “in no way satisfied” with this year’s results.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity recently celebrated the completion of a net zero workforce home in northeast Bend. The net zero home is able to produce all of its energy needs through solar power, and serves buyers with higher incomes than most Habitat homes. “We know that there is an acute need
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend Fire and Rescue Annual Coat Drive gets underway, beginning this Friday, October 27th, and going until November 17th. Fall is now in full effect and with winter slowly creeping around the corner, many are starting to prepare to bundle up. This year, we are focusing on the need for children’s
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A new tower being tested and tweaked atop OSU-Cascades’ Tykeson Hall can help researchers track birds, tagged bats – and even dragonflies.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Pahlisch Homes said Wednesday it has proudly donated $750,000 to Homes For HOPE, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting global poverty in partnership with the home-building industry. This generous contribution was made possible by constructing and selling a specially designed home in Bend. Homes For HOPE is the building industry’s response
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A viewer shared photos with us of a car that ended up atop a small boulder by the 7-Eleven at NE Franklin and Third Street in Bend. And a tow truck driver says it’s not the first time, either.
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“I was petrified. Honestly, I think I was more like, ‘Let’s beat this head-on.’” Bend resident Jamie Skuse remembers being told she was diagnosed with breast cancer, back in 2011.
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Christine Pollard, a professor of kinesiology and the founding director of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Oregon State University–Cascades, has been named senior associate dean. Pollard will serve as chief academic officer and second-in-command for the Bend campus.
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A private security patrol discovered a fire in the kitchen of a southeast Bend Vietnamese restaurant early Wednesday morning and firefighters quickly put out the blaze, confining damage to the stove area, officials said.
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