BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The city of Bend is holding an open house on its plans to improve safety and accessibility for everyone who uses Olney Avenue between Wall Street and NE Second Street. The community is invited to attend an open house from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 18, at Pioneer
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Crystal Roberts of Bend, along with her 11-year-old son, Levi, found the third of six hidden bottles for the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative’s Hidden Bottle Hunt 2023 on Saturday at the Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint off US Highway 97 north of Redmond, winning the opportunity to direct a $1,000 donation to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Oregon and Southwest Washington.
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The Council on Aging of Central Oregon is hosting a concert of visiting young musicians for dining area seniors Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the Senior Services Center in Bend.
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Hot summer weather is not always guaranteed for the Bend Summer Festival in downtown Bend that kicked off Friday, but it sure is this year, for a community event full of art, food, drink, music and fun of many kinds.
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of July 10-16. We’re now in the middle of construction season! As you navigate your way through the City streets and neighborhoods, please remember to slow down, read the signs and stay on the designated detour routes. Check
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity announced that Carly Colgan has been hired as its new Chief Executive Officer. Colgan has served as CEO for South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity in Washington since 2018. “I am honored and grateful to join the dedicated team at Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity,” said Ccolgan. “I
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The High Desert Museum will unveil a diverse collection of traditional and contemporary art on Saturday, July 8 in its annual Art in the West exhibition and silent auction. This year’s juried exhibition will feature over 90 works of art by dozens of acclaimed artists from across the country.
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Munch & Music, a free summer series of concerts at Bend’s Drake Park returns for its 32nd year on Thursday nights, starting this week, including food and other vendors, a play zone and family fun.
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Deschutes County commissioners approved a $1.49 million contract Wednesday to pave Butler Market Road sooner than expected, due to potholes that have emerged on the stretch between Hamehook Road and Powell Butte Highway. The city of Bend has been busy tackling similar issues.
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The Santiagos, a family who has been experiencing homelessness for some time out on China Hat Road, is getting an opportunity to move to Alaska, and effectively move out of homelessness.
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Bend’s median home sales price sizzled to a new record of $785,000 in June, while Redmond by contrast saw its median price barely move last month, a report from Beacon Appraisal Group said Thursday.
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Some call it a tradition, and there’s plenty of work done by Bend Fire & Rescue and the fireworks providers to pre-position and prep the slopes of Pilot Butte for any spot fires from the Fourth fireworks show.
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Summer is peak construction season, and drivers on Highway 20 are dealing with detours, as they have for months. ODOT says to stay alert for new traffic patterns or work zone staging areas that may remain in place and outlining the next round of traffic changes.
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Independence Day in Bend once again included the beloved Pet Parade rolling through downtown Bend, to the joy of hundreds of participants and spectators alike, as it has for close to a century.
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he first of many events held around Bend to celebrate the Fourth of July began at 7 a.m. Tuesday, as American flags were placed across downtown Bend by friends, family and Boy Scout Troop 25.
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Investigators were unable to determine Monday what caused a fire that heavily damaged a home and destroyed a shed, RV and deck on three neighboring properties in northeast Bend Sunday evening, as it also moved up a tall Ponderosa pine tree.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Crews of Sure Shot Blasting and Fireworks are hard at work, getting ready for the annual Fourth of July fireworks show from the summit of Bend’s Pilot Butte. Eight-inch, three-inch, five-inch and even 10-inch fireworks will be fired off from atop the butte. One of the tasks is clearing out the
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The annual Pilot Butte Fourth of July Fireworks Show, presented by Subaru of Bend, will pay tribute to Gary Mattison, the late patriarch of the family that puts on the show.
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A Bend man was killed and a Bend woman was injured Sunday in a single-vehicle crash on US Highway 26 in Grant County, Oregon State Police reported.
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The Bend Police Department is adding more officers to patrol over the Fourth of July holiday, citing rises in recent years in underage and teen drinking, violence, DUIIs and even overdoses.
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