Bend man sentenced to 18 months for 2022 fatal shooting at Mayfield Pond
A Bend man was sentenced to 18 months in prison Thursday after pleading no contest to criminally negligent homicide in the fatal shooting of another…
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Bend woman’s suspicious Redmond Airport luggage items lead to pair of drug raids, lab seizure, 3 arrests
Two simultaneous drug raids Wednesday targeting marijuana grows and an extraction lab at homes south of Sunriver and in Bend led to three arrests,…
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Summit High School presents ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
Students are bringing a creepy but fun show to the stage at Summit High School. The Summit Performing Arts Department is going all out for the…
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‘Sometimes that traffic is wicked’: Bend road projects, detours lead to backups on other streets around town
The Neff/Purcell intersection improvements project began in February. The work will widen the busy corner from three lanes to four, to improve…
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‘Nobody knew about it’: Neighbors, businesses skeptical of Bend, county’s managed camp promises
Bend City Manager Eric King told us more Thursday about why clearing the Hunnell Road homeless encampment has been delayed for an indefinite…
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City of Bend indefinitely postpones planned March 16 clearing of Hunnell Road camps
The city of Bend is postponing the planned March 16 start of removing the Hunnell Road homeless encampment, as the city and Deschutes County have…
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Former Bend City Councilor, Mayor Craig Coyner III passes away homeless
The story of former Bend City Councilor and Mayor Craig Coyner III ended sadly. He passed away while homeless after being admitted to the hospital in…
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Deschutes County commissioners defend plans for managed homeless camp in S. Bend amid neighbors’ dismay
Deschutes County commissioners offered a strong defense Wednesday of the plans that surprised many southern Bend residents to create a managed,…
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Bethlehem Inn elects two new board members
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bethlehem Inn Board of Directors announced Wednesday that Daren vom Steeg and Dave Allen have been elected to its board. Daren…
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ABC’s and EVs: Bend-La Pine Schools rolls out Oregon’s first electric school bus east of the Cascades
The first electric school bus for Bend-La Pine Schools — and the first east of the Cascades — is ready to hit the streets of Central Oregon, the…
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Bend-La Pine schools names new principals for Pine Ridge, Ponderosa, Silver Rail elementary schools
Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook announced Wednesday the selection of three new principals to serve at local elementary schools:…
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Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies cite man living on FS land south of Bend in recent dog attacks
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies have located and cited a man living on Forest Service land south of Bend on animal nuisance charges after his…
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World’s Last Blockbuster in Bend still seeing surge in sales, visitors sparked by online Super Bowl ad
The World’s Last Blockbuster, located in Bend, recently did an online-only ad during the Super Bowl, exclusively through social media. And the store…
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Bend nonprofit Friends of the Children is expanding its long-term mentoring services to La Pine
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Friends of the Children Central Oregon is expanding its long-term mentoring services to La Pine. The nonprofit is…
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Bend Vision Project launches poll, asks residents about livability strategies to prioritize
Envision Bend’s Bend Vision Project launched an online poll Monday, asking residents which potential strategies designed to ensure Bend remains…
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St. Charles Interim President/CEO Dr. Steve Gordon accepts permanent position
St. Charles Health System’s Board of Directors announced Monday that Interim President/CEO Dr. Steve Gordon has accepted the position for the…
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Cascade Natural Gas: No cold-snap outages in Bend, Redmond after 2,500 customers were asked to curb use
The request by Cascade Natural Gas to about 2,500 Bend and Redmond customers to curtail non-essential use during the latest cold snap may have done…
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‘Never had a bad day at work’: After nearly 100 ‘collars,’ Bend PD’s apprehension K-9 Kim has retired
After more than five years on the job and nearly 100 “collars” of suspects, Bend Police Department apprehension K-9 Kim retired on Jan. 31, the…
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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Monday he will have open-to-all, in-person town halls next week in Jefferson and Deschutes…
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Bend Bioscience adds new R& D lab
Bend Bioscience, a high-tech firm focused on developing enhanced pharmaceutical drug delivery technologies, has opened its R&D…
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