Four Bend organizations among 53 sharing $265,000 in Arts Build Communities awards
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Fifty-three organizations addressing a community issue or need through the arts have been awarded $5,000 FY2023 Arts Build…
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Off-duty Bend paramedic helps save life during Willamette Pass ski trip
You never know when your life-saving skills might come into play, as off-duty Bend firefighter-paramedic Tobias Carleton learned during a recent ski…
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An inside look at the work of Bend’s new camping code enforcement team
 The city of Bend’s new camping code involving public property and rights of way has been in effect for nearly a month.…
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Fatal crashes on the rise in Oregon, echo nationwide trend: Hwy. 97 second-deadliest in state
Recent state and federal reports rank U.S. Highway 97 as the second-deadliest in Oregon. Only Highway 101 on the coast has more fatalities, according…
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City of Bend road and traffic report: Week of March 27-April
Here is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of March 27-April…
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ODOT crews clean up homeless campsites at Revere Avenue and Hwy. 97 in Bend
As it has in the past, citing safety reasons, the Oregon Department of Transportation removed trash from a homeless camping area at Revere Avenue and…
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Five artists’ sculpture designs chosen for public review for Colorado-Columbia roundabout
Art in Public Places announced Thursday the design renderings of the five proposed sculptures for Bend’s Colorado Avenue and Columbia Street…
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Bend Girl Scouts get busy — and how, selling those tasty cookie varieties
It’s Girl Scout Cookie season, so of course Bend Girl Scout troops are out raising funds for their activities — some with ambitious goals of sales…
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Public gets a look at what’s in store for Bend Senior HS
A public meeting took place Wednesday afternoon for a look and gathering feedback about draft plans for a major redesign of Bend Senior High School,…
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Preemie’s parents exude gratitude for Bend Ronald McDonald House
Weighing less than 2 pounds, Mia Joy Casselman came into the world very early, requiring 122 nights in the St. Charles Bend neonatal ICU. Her parents…
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Laid-off Bend Cracker Barrel worker upset by lack of notice; company says it offers transfers, assistance
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Cracker Barrel worker among over two-dozen suddenly let go when the Bend restaurant closed Monday is upset over the lack of…
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After 2 months, costly NW Bend toppled-tree vandalism still unsolved; dozens of stumps remain
Two months after costly vandalism toppled dozens of roadside trees and damaged signs in NW Bend, the case remains unsolved and the tree stumps…
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Lighthouse Navigation Center in Bend adding behavioral health specialist to support houseless community
Deschutes County commissioners on Wednesday approved use of a three-year, $405,000 grant from the city of Bend for the county to provide a behavioral…
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Bend man shot at least 6 times with BB gun; police use pepper spray, Taser to arrest suspect
It took pepper spray and a Taser for police to arrest a Bend man Wednesday afternoon. He’s accused of shooting another man at least six times with…
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Courts strike down non-unanimous jury verdicts, bringing some high-profile cases back to Deschutes County
Rulings by the U.S. and Oregon supreme courts mean several Deschutes County criminal convictions are being struck down and those cases returned for…
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BendFilm unveils poster design for the 20th annual Bend Film Festival
BendFilm, Inc. has unveiled the poster design for the 20th Annual Bend Film Festival, scheduled for October 12-15. …
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Knopp, Breese-Iverson, Boquist urge Gov. Kotek to launch independent investigations of OLCC
Senate Republican Leader Tim Knopp (R-Bend), House Republican Leader Vikki Breese-Iverson (R-Prineville), and Senate Independent Leader Brian…
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Bend coffee shop Spoken Moto has a new location
Saturday night, the Spoken Moto Pine Shed was transported two miles to its new home on Northeast 2ND Street. The process took about 4 hours.  Once…
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After several weeks, dog’s remains removed from burned RV, buried
Nearly a month after an RV was destroyed in a fire off Stevens Road in SE Bend, a dog who perished in the fire has been removed and buried by its…
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Bend Cracker Barrel shuts suddenly, citing pandemic impact, staffing struggles; 29 lose jobs
The Cracker Barrel Restaurant in northern Bend, which has struggled since the pandemic hit a year after it opened, shut its doors suddenly Monday…
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