About 10,000 people in northeast Bend received a worrisome alert Sunday evening, telling them to stay inside and lock their doors, though the situation that began with a gunshot during a domestic dispute ended quietly two hours later with the surrender of a suspect who fled.
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A Bend business owner is traveling to the Midwest to instruct an upcoming fentanyl remediation course.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Fifty-three organizations addressing a community issue or need through the arts have been awarded $5,000 FY2023 Arts Build Communities grants totaling $265,000 from the Oregon Arts Commission. The Arts Build Community program is committed to promoting arts access for underserved audiences and targets broad geographic impact throughout Oregon. Four Bend organizations are
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You never know when your life-saving skills might come into play, as off-duty Bend firefighter-paramedic Tobias Carleton learned during a recent ski trip to Willamette Pass. Here’s a report from NewsChannel 21’s Liam Gibler.
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The city of Bend’s new camping code involving public property and rights of way has been in effect for nearly a month.
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Recent state and federal reports rank U.S. Highway 97 as the second-deadliest in Oregon. Only Highway 101 on the coast has more fatalities, according to 2020 data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
Continue ReadingHere is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of March 27-April 2.
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As it has in the past, citing safety reasons, the Oregon Department of Transportation removed trash from a homeless camping area at Revere Avenue and Highway 97 in Bend on Thursday; many people left, but some others stayed.
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Art in Public Places announced Thursday the design renderings of the five proposed sculptures for Bend’s Colorado Avenue and Columbia Street roundabout will be on public view from March 25 – April 10.
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It’s Girl Scout Cookie season, so of course Bend Girl Scout troops are out raising funds for their activities — some with ambitious goals of sales in the thousands. Here’s some basic info about this year’s sales: Girl Scout Cookie season is on now through April 23 in Oregon and SW Washington!There are nine delicious varieties of Girl Scout Cookies,
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A public meeting took place Wednesday afternoon for a look and gathering feedback about draft plans for a major redesign of Bend Senior High School, the largest project in Bend-La Pine Schools’ voter-approved 2022 construction bond.
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Weighing less than 2 pounds, Mia Joy Casselman came into the world very early, requiring 122 nights in the St. Charles Bend neonatal ICU. Her parents told NewsChannel 21 how grateful they were to be able to stay nearby, at the Bend Ronald McDonald House, which recently underwent a renovation
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Cracker Barrel worker among over two-dozen suddenly let go when the Bend restaurant closed Monday is upset over the lack of advance notice; a company representative detailed the assistance provided to the laid-off workers. Lisa Rowley told NewsChannel 21, “We did not have any warning whatsoever of the closure. They
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Two months after costly vandalism toppled dozens of roadside trees and damaged signs in NW Bend, the case remains unsolved and the tree stumps remain. Police are looking for any tips to find the culprits.
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Deschutes County commissioners on Wednesday approved use of a three-year, $405,000 grant from the city of Bend for the county to provide a behavioral health specialist for the Lighthouse Navigation Center.
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It took pepper spray and a Taser for police to arrest a Bend man Wednesday afternoon. He’s accused of shooting another man at least six times with a BB gun the previous evening, when the bloodied victim walked into the nearby Five Guys restaurant to report the crime.
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Rulings by the U.S. and Oregon supreme courts mean several Deschutes County criminal convictions are being struck down and those cases returned for review and possible retrials. Since the courts ruled verdicts from non-unanimous juries were unconstitutional, some prison inmates are returning to local jails to await the outcome of their cases.
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BendFilm, Inc. has unveiled the poster design for the 20th Annual Bend Film Festival, scheduled for October 12-15.
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Senate Republican Leader Tim Knopp (R-Bend), House Republican Leader Vikki Breese-Iverson (R-Prineville), and Senate Independent Leader Brian Boquist (I-Rural Yamhill & Polk Counties) sent a letter to Governor Kotek Tuesday urging that independent nonpartisan investigations be launched into the OLCC’s alleged favorable treatment of land acquisitions and rare liquor distribution.
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Saturday night, the Spoken Moto Pine Shed was transported two miles to its new home on Northeast 2ND Street. The process took about 4 hours. Once open, Spoken Moto will continue to partner with local vendors and provide local music. The new location will have an indoor and outdoor stage, with several places to order drinks. Spoken
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