Fresh powder on Mt. Bachelor this week is bringing a lot of eager snow-lovers and traffic to the slopes this Friday and weekend. But while skiers and snowboarders enjoy the conditions, the reminder of the unknown future of the resort looms.
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Last month, NewsChannel 21 reported claims involving a car dealership in Prineville allegedly scamming customers. Tonight: new details to share, including word of an FBI investigation.
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Central Oregon Community College’s Small Business Development Center is one of only eight educational sites in the country to be a designated partner for Syracuse University’s new Startup Training Resources to Inspire Veteran Entrepreneurship program, or STRIVE, that starts up next month.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ( –The Redmond Urban Renewal Agency is pleased to announce seven new businesses in the retail/restaurant/service sectors have opened downtown since the beginning of 2024. In the four years of tracking downtown Redmond’s business occupancy rate, 2024 established a new record of 95% of storefronts occupied, up four points over last year. “We
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Two months into new ownership, The Bulletin faces another round of layoffs. Two months ago, Carpenter Media acquired several rural newspapers in Oregon and Washington, including The Bulletin and the Redmond Spokesman.
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A snowboard company donated a year ago to Oregon State University–Cascades by its founders has brought its first boards to market under its new student leadership.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools and Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity said Wednesday they are partnering on a second affordable home ownership project that will provide school district employees and others in the community the opportunity to purchase homes near Summit High School and Pacific Crest Middle School. Skyline Crossing will feature 15 cottage-style
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Weeks after Mt. Bachelor’s earliest opening in over a quarter-century came the resort’s Tuesday announcement of the Summit chairlift opening – the earliest in over a decade.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Drivers are getting an early holiday gift as gas prices fall to their cheapest prices since 2021. The national average is at its cheapest price since May 2021 and the Oregon average is down to its lowest price since June 2021. Both averages are also at their cheapest prices so far
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Senator Ron Wyden issued the following statement in response to Tuesday’s news of a federal judge halting the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger:
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal judge in Oregon blocked Kroger’s proposed $25 billion tie-up with Albertsons, ruling that the largest merger in US supermarket history would limit competition and harm consumers. The ruling is a major setback for the chains and puts the merger’s likelihood in jeopardy. The judge issued
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — More than 33,000 Boeing employees ended their strike a month ago. But planes have only just recently started moving along the assembly lines that were idled by the two-month work stoppage. Production of its 737 Max jet finally resumed Friday, while Boeing said Tuesday that a second
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A decline in the proportion of home sales for over $1 million led to a significant $100,000 drop in Bend’s median home sale price last month, falling to the $700,000 level seen earlier in the year, an appraiser reported. Home sales of over $1 million made up about 21% of November
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The City Club of Central Oregon took up another timely topic with plenty of issues and questions on Thursday morning, focusing on the future of Mt. Bachelor.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Bend city councilors weighed two proposals Wednesday night to add about 100 acres on the east side of the city’s urban growth boundary under a state law aimed at expediting more affordable housing. In the end, they voted 4-2 to choose the Caldera Ranch site along SE Knott Road over the
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — It’s a season pass for all things “Bend Emerging Talent-related.” With one ticket, you get access to six community development events, five social events, and access to the mentorship program. That’s $900 worth of events for one ticket. This week, until Friday the pass only costs $275. Here are the details:
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – WorkSource Oregon is excited to announce that it will be relocating its office to a new location in Bend. The last day of operation at the current location at 1645 NE Forbes Rd #100, Bend, OR 97701, will be Friday, December 13. Beginning Monday, December 16, WorkSource Oregon Bend will be
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(Update: Adding video, comments from tree lots, Bend residents) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Christmas tree lots have come to life in Central Oregon, with several locations in Bend and Redmond. For Bend residents like the Shoops, they are repeat customers for the Vegetable Man Trees in Bend. Kim Shoop said, “We go to the Christmas tree
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Starting next summer, Oregonians across the state will begin to receive a standardized list of what can and cannot be recycled statewide, and owners and managers of apartment complexes and multi-unit housing will need to prepare to provide recycling for residents.
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WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Warm Springs Power & Water Enterprises, which manages the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs’ energy assets and facilities, announced Monday that it will collaborate with renewable energy developer BrightNight to develop the Salmonfly Project, a utility-scale solar energy and battery energy storage project on the Warm Springs Reservation. Though early
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