BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of June 26-July 2. 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.
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Tickets for The Great Drake Park Duck Race go on sale on Thursday, June 29. This year marks the 34th consecutive year of local Rotary clubs, businesses and community members raising much-needed funds for local non-profit organizations.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — New routes for biking or walking in Bend were a hot topic for Bend city councilors this week. The project is now being called the cross-town bikeways, instead of key routes. The name change is aimed at clearing up any confusion with other routes in Bend. “No matter your your age or your ability, this is going to be
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Knopp, Levy co-chief sponsors of measure SALEM, Ore. – Senate Republican Leader Tim Knopp (R-Bend) carried House Bill 3127 A on the Senate floor Wednesday, a measure banning TikTok on government-owned devices. It passed unanimously. The federal government and 29 states have banned TikTok on government devices. TikTok represents a significant privacy and security concern to state government
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The city of Bend announced plans Wednesday to remove homeless residents next month and close the years-long encampment at Hunnell Road, a focal point of the local government struggle to resolve the homeless issue and deal with health and safety issues.
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Rising gas prices are impacting just about every sector of daily life. One HVAC business shares changes its made to help offset costs.
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Bend police completed a weeks-long investigation Saturday with the arrest of a Bend man suspected in a string of 14 commercial burglaries around Bend and Redmond in less than three weeks, officers said Tuesday.
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Nurses at St. Charles Bend have voted overwhelmingly to ratify and approve a 3.5-year contract with St. Charles Health System, according to results from the Oregon Nurses Association shared Tuesday in a joint news release from the hospital and union.
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Some parents of children who attend Highland Magnet School at Kenwood Elementary School are upset with Bend-La Pine Schools over their teacher transfer policy.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A week ago, Bend wildlife center Think Wild received a call about two nestling American Kestrels who had accidentally been transported with a bale of hay from Burns to a farm in Tumalo. The mother was not present, so the finder brought the two nestlings to Think Wild for care. Upon
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As summer officially begins, and with worrisome signs of more alcohol use in Bend’s parks, the Bend Park and Recreation District is reminding community members about alcohol rules in parks, trails and on the river.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The city of Bend is reminding home sellers and buyers that the city’s new Home Energy Score Program goes into effect on Saturday, July 1. Under the new program, homes listed for sale in Bend must obtain a Home Energy Score from a state-licensed Home Energy Assessor and include it on
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Some frustrated Bend residents say they’ve experienced people going into their recycling cans to retrieve bottles.
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Smoke alarms awakened and alerted residents to a deck fire that caused $150,000 in damage at a home east of Bend late Saturday night. Fire investigators traced the cause to improper disposal of smoking materials.
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of June 19-25. Street Preservation – Various major streets will have street resurfacing that will include overnight street closures during its duration. Work expected June 19 – July 17. Learn more about Street Preservation operations at: bendoregon.gov/streetpreservation. Roads affected are
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A mini-bike rider was seriously injured in a collision with an SUV at a southwest Bend intersection Friday evening, a crash in which police cited both the driver and rider.
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Hundreds of bills await Senate votes, 80 on the budget alone, with the boycott over and a June 25th adjournment deadline looming. We talked Friday with Bend state Senator Tim Knopp, who is working to pass some fellow Central Oregon lawmakers’ legislation.
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Qualifying for the Olympics is no easy task, but a former Bend Senior High student is determined to get there.
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Students at Bear Creek Elementary in Bend celebrated that last day Friday with a continuation of a long tradition — a hallway walk and hand-slapping salute to graduating fifth-graders.
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A jury heard a third day of testimony Friday in a $15 million wrongful death lawsuit filed against Mt. Bachelor and its parent Powdr Corp., by the father of a 24-year-old Bend man who died in a tree well in March 2018 – one of two people who died in tree wells on the mountain the same day.
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