Driving conditions on snowy roads around the state this winter could be more challenging. The Oregon Department of Transportation is reducing services across the state.
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A Redmond man was struck and killed on the Bend Parkway early Friday morning by a La Pine man heading home from work who called authorities to report he’d struck someone lying in the road.
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A Bend couple who were in Israel at the end of a cruise when war broke out awakened to the sound of alarms in their Tel Aviv hotel but were able to get to the airport, buy two plane tickets and fly home, shaken yet grateful to be okay.
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Bend-La Pine Schools presented its Administrator of the Year award Thursday to school district Director of Transportation Kim Crabtree. The presentation, with bus drivers and other Transportation Department employees cheering her on, capped a week of honoring district employees who stand out in their fields.
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A squirrel at the downtown Bend Pacific Power substation caused a large power outage that hit much of Bend on Thursday morning, affecting more than 18,000 customers, some for several hours, while knocking out traffic lights and pausing or shifting much of business and daily life.
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Central Oregon Community College has been busy expanding their Adult Basic Skills program and is now able to help nearly twice as many students achieve their goals as just a year ago.
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A Bend man allegedly sped down NE Greenwood Avenue the wrong way Wednesday afternoon, rear-ended two pickup trucks, then got out brandishing a knife and ran from the scene, police said. He was spotted running through downtown in his underwear until a police officer tackled him near City Hall.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A new farm-to-table restaurant, the Hook and Plow, is now open at Westside Yard, located at 210 SW Century Drive in Bend. Here’s a look at the restaurant project and how it came to life, from Lauren Evans at Compass Commercial: Compass Commercial Construction Services recently completed the build-out of the space
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Jenny Widder was diagnosed with breast cancer in June. “I was absolutely shocked, because that happens to somebody else, not me,” Widder said.
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Bend is hosting Caldera for a pink out, in honor of a coach, and breast cancer awareness month.
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The city of Bend, with help from Pacific Power, is temporarily lowering the water level at Mirror Pond to make some stormwater outfall improvements, recently incorporated as the final phase of the Newport Corridor Improvements Project.
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Bend city councilors joined with community partners Wednesday for a third roundtable on a proposed transportation utility fee. Bend Bikes, the Bend Chamber, and the Bend Parks and Recreation District were among those invited for this round of discussion.
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A man accused of sexually abusing a massage customer at a northeast Bend spa and of practicing massage without a license made his first court appearance Wednesday, and a plea hearing was set for Nov. 22.
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R.E. Jewell Elementary School dual immersion educational assistant Araceli Rigney was named Support Person of the Year for Bend-La Pine Schools Wednesday. Rigney was surprised along with staff and students during the first student assembly of the school year.
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office’s Illegal Marijuana Enforcement Team raided an outdoor marijuana grow in northern Bend Wednesday morning, seizing nearly 200 plants, nearly 100 pounds of processed marijuana and a butane honey oil lab and arresting a 39-year-old resident.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Park and Recreation District announced Wednesday it has been awarded more than $2 million from a pair of federal and state grant programs for an upcoming renovation of Sawyer Park. The Sawyer Park Asset Replacement Project was awarded significant grants through two grant programs: the Land and Water Conservation Fund and
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Scam phone calls are hard to avoid, but some are more than just a bother – they are downright frightening. The parents of some OSU-Cascades students recently received just such calls, claiming their children had been kidnapped – complete with the sounds of screaming, crying young people.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity’s Humanity in Action Capital Campaign has received a new major donor gift of $50,000. The donation, from Laurie and Kent Thomas, comes as Bend-Redmond Habitat is preparing for a celebration of its successful capital campaign. “We’ve seen Habitat complete multiple, high-quality developments in the past few years.
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A $1 million winning Powerball ticket was sold in Mill City as the jackpot grows to the second largest Powerball jackpot in history – an estimated $1.725 billion for Wednesday night’s drawing.
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Despite interest rates topping 7% and close to the highest levels in a quarter-century, among other economic winds buffeting the nation’s real estate market, Central Oregon housing prices held relatively stable in September, a new report shows.
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