A junior at Summit High School is working on getting a national bill approved that would require insurers cover an auto immune disease called Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections, called PANDAS.
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of July 3-9. 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) — Envision Bend is beginning final development of the community’s five-year Vision Action Plan that is designed to help the greater Bend area address community challenges and improve residents’ quality of life. The Vision Action Plan will be publicly released on Sept. 21 at a community celebration event. Among the community
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Costco has won city planners’ approval of their plans to build a new, 185,000-square-foot warehouse store at a site off Highway 20 and Cooley Road on Bend’s north end, including a gas station and car wash.
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Bend VFW Post 1643 at 1503 NE Fourth Street is having a special ‘Raising the Roof’ Fourth of July celebration to raise funds for a new roof, and with plenty of food, drinks and fun activities for all.
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A new queer- and indigenous-owned coffee shop has opened up in downtown Bend. In their first week, the business says they have had their pride flag stolen multiple times.
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A Bend man who showed off his stash of illegal fireworks online and frequently shoots them off in his neighborhood was cited Thursday and more than $1,000 worth of the fireworks seized in a raid on his home, police said.
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In 2021, the formed Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend partnered with Live Nation — the largest concert promoter in the country and parent company to Ticketmaster. The name was changed to Hayden Homes Amphitheater, which now holds up to 8,000 people.
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A Bend business has dived head-first into the world of recovery and alternative therapies after realizing certain types of treatments were limited in Central Oregon.
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A city of Bend citizen committee focused on the future of trees in Bend held its first meeting Wednesday.
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Three young children who went missing from Bend with their mother and a man earlier this month and were considered possibly at risk have been found, the Oregon Department of Human Services reported Wednesday.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Tickets are now available for the High Desert Museum’s signature fundraiser, High Desert Rendezvous — one of the longest-running galas in Central Oregon. Rendezvous returns for its 34th year on Saturday, August 26 from 5-9 pm. “We’re excited to see old friends and make new ones during what is always an engaging evening
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To those who looked up and saw unusual military planes flying over the High Desert on Tuesday, here’s details on what you were seeing: a traveling U.S. Air Force celebration of the centennial anniversary of air refueling.
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The City of Bend was just awarded about $25 million in state and federal dollars for its landmark Hawthorne Avenue Pedestrian and Bicyclist Overcrossing project, a key new cross-town connection now in the planning stages.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — It wouldn’t be the Fourth on the High Desert without the large, professional fireworks displays celebrating our country’s birthday. This year’s 4th of July Pilot Butte public fireworks display will commence at approximately 10 p.m. on Tuesday, July 4th . In preparation, the Oregon State Parks Department and Bend Fire Department ask that
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The 2023 Oregon Legislative session wrapped up Sunday. It included the longest walk out in history, but in the waning days, numerous bills and budgets passed; an always fast-moving process made even more rushed by the 6-week boycott by Republican senators that stalled action on hundreds of bills.
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The nonprofit Central Oregon Locavore is launching an urgent capital campaign called the “SOS POS Fundraiser” (Point of Sale) to fund the purchase of a new Point of Sale system to replace their existing system, which is at end of life and has suddenly begun to fail multiple times per day.
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Bend Fire & Rescue has kicked off Camp Fire Axe 2023! This camp is an exciting introduction into a Fire/EMS career at Bend Fire.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A group of hunters got down and dirty Friday evening for a good cause. They started building a beaver dam, and the work will continue through Sunday. About 80 volunteers were on hand for the fourth annual “All Hands, All Brands for Your Public Lands” event. The effort was organized by the Bend chapter of the Oregon Hunters
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Bend Mayor Pro Tem Megan Perkins is pitching an e-bike educational event/panel to local representatives after a 15-year-old was struck and killed on an e-bike last weekend in NE Bend.
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