The Kindred Creative Kitchen, a collective kitchen space on Twin Knolls Drive in NE Bend, offers classes of various kinds, now offering lessons on how to ‘Cook Like a Pro.’
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — SAIF will be touring the state during the next few months to offer free agriculture and construction safety sessions. SAIF has offered the agricultural safety seminars for nearly 30 years, helping Oregon’s farm owners, managers, and workers stay safe in one of the most hazardous industries. SAIF is adding construction safety
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‘Fruit is literally not going to get harvested, because there is no one cutting the fruit.’ BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — When two-dozen Central Oregon food and beverage small business owners sat down for a roundtable Monday with Sen. Ron Wyden, the Oregon Democrat heard a no-doubt familiar refrain about their biggest concern: high housing prices
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Bend city councilors have approved $500,000 worth of grants in a pilot program to support creation of more housing for middle-income residents. Three organizations were awarded to help “bridge the gap between market rate and household earnings” according to the issue summary.
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CHICAGO (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 11.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.59/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 10.2 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 90.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. According
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A Bend high-tech firm focused on developing enhanced pharmaceutical drug delivery technologies, opened its R&D lab earlier this year and now has just opened a new state-of-the-art facility to support clinical trials.
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Beloved Bend restaurant Jackson’s Corner is up for sale, and they are not the only eatery in town on the market at present.
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Citing “continued, unresolved concerns about patient care and administrative burdens,” St. Charles Health System announced Thursday it will no longer be an in-network provider for Medicare Advantage plans from Humana, HealthNet and WellCare, starting in 2024, but will still be a provider for four others.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Thursday that Oregon, along with all 50 states and the District of Columbia, has reached a settlement with software company Blackbaud for its deficient data security practices and, particularly, its response to a 2020 ransomware event that exposed the personal information of millions of consumers across
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OSU-Cascades is recruiting students to fill hundreds of jobs, right on the Bend campus.
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Much like the rest of Central Oregon, Sisters needs to create workforce housing. RootedHomes is expanding in Central Oregon. The nonprofit has affordable houses in Bend, Redmond and now in Sisters. The latest project is called Sisters Woodlands, with a focus on housing teachers from local schools.
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Fundraising tally was surprising – and inspiring BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Kona Mix Plate co-owner Sheri Kim shed a lot of tears in August. First, after wildfires devastated parts of Maui, including the historic town of Lahaina, leaving some of her friends and family with nothing. Then again on Aug. 26 when hundreds of people
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Central Oregon’s challenging affordable housing issues were the focus of a lively 90-minute roundtable discussion in Bend on Monday, held by former state lawmaker and GOP gubernatorial nominee Christine Drazan.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — While networking might seem like a long and winding road for many small business owners, the inaugural session of a new series at Central Oregon Community College’s Small Business Development Center, beginning Thursday, Oct. 12 at 5:30 p.m., aims to teach ready techniques for this all-important aspect of business — and
Continue Reading Average gasoline prices in Oregon have risen 9.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.71/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 3.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 63.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
Continue Reading St. Charles Health System said Friday it’s reached an agreement with Medicare Advantage provider PacificSource that “promotes excellence in cancer care, reduces administrative burdens and keeps St. Charles hospitals and clinics in-network for PacificSource Medicare Advantage plans in Central Oregon through 2024.”
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Weeks after criticism prompted Bend-La Pine Schools to remove a sponsorship sign for Bend ammunition-maker Nosler from the Mountain View High football scoreboard, the superintendent has decided to allow a new sign for the sponsor while district sponsorship policies are under review.
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The Sunriver Police Department warned citizens Thursday about a rise in fraudulent / scam reports of vacation rentals in the area.
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he U.S. Postal Service welcomed job-seekers to job fairs at dozens of post office locations throughout the state Thursday, including post offices in Bend, Redmond, Prineville and Madras.
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High Lakes Urgent Care – Praxis Health announced Wednesday next week’s grand opening of a new Urgent Care location that is said “will expand our team and provide more high-quality health care services for our community.”
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