BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Shepherd’s House Ministries is asking for help from the community. It operates a Mobile Shower Truck that provides showers to our homeless neighbors at multiple locations throughout the community. This work is primarily supported by their faithful volunteer teams. They are currently averaging 85-100 showers each week. One of their greatest
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A garage fire early Tuesday morning that caused about $30,000 in damage to a home in Deschutes River Woods was caused by spontaneous combustion of oily rags from a commercial kitchen that were being laundered at home, an official said.
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A comedy show catered to a new kind of audience is coming to Bend.
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The Central Oregon Solar Car Team is a group of high schoolers who enjoy the challenge of building and racing solar-powered cars.
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of June 12-18. You’ve noticed by now that construction season has started. 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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ODOT is advising Bend-area motorists to be aware of two more changes coming along Highway 20 next week: a temporary intersection closure and the switching on of a new traffic signal.
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Safety valves, a quick response and firefighter training kept a scary fire at the Bend Airport’s self-fueling station from causing far greater issues, such as an explosion, officials said Friday as the investigation continued.
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After more than 40 hours of talks between the nurses union and St. Charles Bend, a tentative contract agreement was reached early Thursday. Nurse leaders met with reporters at the Campfire Hotel in Bend on Friday afternoon to talk about the new contract and its impacts.
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Bailey Aldrich, chosen earlier this year as Miss Oregon Volunteer 2023, paid a visit Friday to the Bend food pantry The Giving Plate. And true to her title, she wasn’t stopping by to just smile and shake hands — she was volunteering.
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Celebrated singer-songwriter Neil Young announced Friday a limited run of West Coast shows with special guest Chris Pierce, including a Monday, July 17 stop at Bend’s Hayden Homes Amphitheater.
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Oregon State University–Cascades has announced that 23 students of the Class of 2023 are being honored as recipients of the 2023 Distinguished Student Awards.
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St. Charles Bend and the union representing nearly 1,000 of its nurses announced they reached a tentative contract agreement early Thursday morning after more than 40 hours of negotiations over the last two days, including working with a federal mediator, heading off a strike that could have begun next Monday.
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A twin-engine plane that had finished fueling up at Bend Municipal Airport clipped a structure and sparked a fire at the pumps that put up a black smoke plume and prompted an area evacuation and Powell Butte Highway closure for a time.
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Some of the proposed fee increases, in the planning and building departments, touch double digits. Liam Gibler breaks them down.
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The second annual Bend Yoga Festival got underway Thursday at Riverbend Park, featuring dozens of presenters and an expanded variety of activities for participants.
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The Assistance League of Bend will hold its 20th Kitchen Kaleidoscope home tour on Saturday, June 24, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Tetherow Golf Course Community in Bend.
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The Oregon Department of Energy recently awarded Deschutes Public Library a $1 million grant for construction of a powerful solar photovoltaic system at the planned Stevens Ranch Library in southeast Bend.
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A group of LGBTQ Central Oregon Community College students are protesting the selection of Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as this year’s commencement speaker, accusing her of a record of transphobia. An aide said the lawmaker “supports all Oregonians,” while college President Dr. Laurie Chesley apologized for missteps but did not withdraw the June 17 invitation.
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An armed 33-year-old Canby man who contacted a national hotline and threatened harm to himself and others surrendered and was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon after prompting a major police and SWAT Team call-out and a three-hour closure of the Phil’s Trailhead area west of Bend.
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Deschutes County commissioners heard from Sheriff Shane Nelson at Wednesday’s meeting about why he’s proposing strict new county code that would bar most camping on county-owned land. As with any discussion about homelessness, there was some debate and emotions. And commissioners voted 2-1 to advance the proposal to a public hearing.
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