BEND, Ore. [KTVZ] — Hawthorn Healing Arts Center opened its doors Tuesday night for a special community Open House, catering to women’s wellness. Located on NW Louisiana Avenue in Bend, Hawthorn Healing Arts Center, welcomed attendees, who were treated to light refreshments and a complimentary 5‑minute wellness check. Guests also had the opportunity to ask
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– The legislative session officially ended Friday, and transportation funding failed to pass. Democrats presented the package just last month, sending legislators across the aisle into a frenzy to ensure funding could be passed. Without that funding, the Oregon Department of Transportation says up to 1,000 jobs could be cut. However, bipartisan support
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Gas prices are easing ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, AAA Oregon/Idaho reported Tuesday. Oregon and most other states are seeing pump prices decline, driven by falling crude oil prices. Crude prices spiked in mid-June in response to the strikes between Israel and Iran, and the U.S. attack on Iran’s
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Community members will have limited access to Pilot Butte State Park in Bend from Tuesday through Saturday, July 1-5, as preparations are made for the July 4 public fireworks display.
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(Update: Adding video, comments from parent, Visit Bend) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– River access in the Old Mill just got a whole lot easier. The Miller’s Landing Park project wrapped up construction last week and is now open to kayakers, swimmers and paddleboarders – just in time for a hot summer week leading up to the Fourth
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Thousands of Bend-area residents dealt with two unrelated power outages hours apart on Monday, the first occurring in southern areas of the city and later on the north side of town. Late Monday afternoon, Central Electric Cooperative reported that failed equipment knocked out power to about 1,500 members in northeast Bend
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(update: adding comments from Mt. Bachelor, Visit Bend, and visitors) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Although the ski season has come to end, visitors are driving up to Mt. Bachelor for its summer attractions. The resort reopened Thursday, offering mountain biking, zip lining, and scenic chairlift rides throughout the season. “We closed for about a month
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(Update: Adding video, comments from Anthony Broadman) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Local legislators are reflecting on their time on the Oregon House and Senate floor as the session officially ends Sunday. Local legislators went into this year’s legislative session with transportation top of mind. But now sources have confirmed to KTVZ News that Democrats’ last effort
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A contentious topic this past week: the possible sale of public land. The provision brought forth by Utah Senator Mike Lee as part of the Trump Administration’s Big Beautiful Bill, aimed to sell swaths of Forest Service and and Beurau of Land Management land. That provision, though, was blocked Tuesday
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(Update: Adding video, adding comments from parents, HDESD statement) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Parents, caregivers, and teachers are urging the High Desert Education Service District to reconsider budget cuts that would reduce services for children with special needs. “Recently, the HDESD Board approved a budget for the 2025–2026 school year that reflects the difficult reality
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BEND, Ore. [KTVZ] — Oregon Senator Anthony Broadman has introduced a bold amendment aimed at better funding the state’s wildfire prevention efforts. Oregon lawmakers have dedicated much of this legislative session to developing a new funding strategy to help the state better respond to increasingly severe wildfires. One of the latest proposals: an amendment to
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In response to the U.S.’s bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites on Saturday, Central Oregon 50501 organized a protest on Sunday at downtown Bend’s Peace Corner.
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On Saturday in Bend, a group gathered in Drake Park in protest of a provision being considered as an addition to the Trump administration’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’. The provision, proposed by Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee, would put around three million acres of public lands up for sale across 11 states, including Oregon.
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(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — After 16 years at the helm of the Tower Theatre, Executive Director Ray Solley is taking his final bow. He leaves behind not just a legacy, but an iconic institution with community spirit, creativity, and resilience. “When I took the job, I had no idea I would be
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Five community members elected in May to serve on the Board of Directors for Bend-La Pine Schools took the oath of office Tuesday evening at the board’s monthly business meeting. They include Jenn Lynch, newly elected to represent Zone 1, and Ross Tomlin, who was appointed to the Zone 6 at-large
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) —The Bend Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce Sara Odendahl as the Interim CEO. Sara is the Chamber’s Director of Government Relations and Strategic Initiatives and will shift her role to take the helm of the Chamber after Katy Brooks leaves for a new position with the City of Bend on June 30. A seasoned
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Public Safety Campus soon will become a temporary home for people with nowhere else to go. Nonprofit Mountain View Community Development, which operates eight Safe Parking & Microshelter sites in Redmond, is expanding into Bend and has been working with staff at the Deschutes County-owned property to add
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The second power outage in a week caused by “enhanced safety settings” hit nearly 2,000 Pacific Power customers on the north end of Bend for more than an hour Wednesday afternoon.
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend Police are asking the public for information after finding a seriously injured woman during a welfare check at a home in a southeast Bend neighborhood. Shortly before 6 p.m. on Sunday, officers responded to a request for a welfare check in the 61000 block of Alstrup Road, Bend Police Community
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon Community College’s 2025 commencement ceremony, held on Saturday with more than 300 graduates in attendance, included the naming of four student award recipients: Brad Bennett, Betsy Green, Kaia Hagenbach and Nasadia Voltz. In full, 759 degrees and certificates are being awarded this academic year at COCC: 598 degrees and 161 certificates.
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