Bend’s Old Mill District is gearing up for Christmas fun, with a big celebration the day after Thanksgiving. Santa will be swapping his sleigh and reindeer in for an AirLink helicopter on Friday.
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In October, NewsChannel 21 spoke with a Redmond family about their experience living at the RedPoint Apartments.
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Deschutes County Environmental Health is encouraging cooks to keep food safety in mind as they prepare their holiday feasts this year. Food poisoning outbreaks increase in November and December and are often linked to popular holiday foods, like turkey. Whether you’re cooking a whole turkey, or just part of the bird this holiday season, Environmental
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(Update: Adding video, comments from visitors, residents and businesses) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Businesses in Bend’s Old Mill District are seeing an influx of customers this holiday. With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, stores are already offering holiday shopping deals. “The whole store is 30% off, right now,” J. Jill’s Store Manager Kat Meza said Monday. “We have a great
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A Madras man who was serving time in a California prison on drug crimes has been returned to Central Oregon to face murder, kidnap and other charges, the second person accused in the September 2022 fatal shooting of a Madras man who authorities had listed as missing and endangered.
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(Update: Adding video, comments from staff) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A dog rescue nonprofit welcomed 28 dogs, at the Bend Municipal Airport, Sunday. Street Dog Hero took in those dogs from a shelter in Norman, Oklahoma. It’s thanks to a partnership with “Dog is My Co-Pilot.” The organization transports animals from overcrowded shelters to adoption centers. Dog is My Co-Pilot,
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Mt. Bachelor opened early this month – for pass holders – the earliest opening since 1998. Heading up to Bachelor on Sunday, there were multiple cars, ready to hit the mountain. As for the lifts, those were packed with people, waiting to get to the top, to feel the powder under their
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(Update: adding video) CROOKED RIVER RANCH, Ore. (KTVZ) — Crooked River Ranch Fire & Rescue along with units from Redmond Fire & Rescue and Cloverdale Fire District were dispatched to a reported structure fire in a large building. Firefighters arrived on scene within four minutes to find a well involved, large, single-story shop with fire
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(Update: adding video) Bend, ORE. (KTVZ) — If you were on Bend’s south side Friday, you might have noticed the smell of smoke. A house fire broke out on 27th Street in Southeast Bend late in the afternoon. Fortunately, the home was unoccupied at the time. A nearby neighbor reported the fire and checked for
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(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — At the downtown Bend Library Saturday, children were treated to a story, about a courageous and arduous journey, of a dog named Gobi. Kids and their families, listened in on a picture book titled “Finding Gobi.” The story follows an ultra-marathon runner, who saved the life of a lost little dog. Dion Leonard
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Charges have been dropped against a Bend man accused of selling a variety of illegal “party drugs” from his home near a school on Bend’s Westside after Oregon State Police lab tests determined one of the seized drugs was misidentified. But a prosecutor said a new indictment will be sought.
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By Kaitlan Collins, Katie Lobosco and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday threw a curveball to business-friendly conservatives by announcing Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon as his pick to serve as the next secretary of the Department of Labor. A favorite of Teamsters President Sean O’Brien, Chavez-DeRemer is considered one
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Small Business Development Center at Central Oregon Community College and the Bend Chamber of Commerce said Friday they are honored to host U.S. Small Business Administration Portland District Director Martin Golden for a visit to downtown Bend next Monday and Tuesday, ahead of Small Business Saturday. This special visit from
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – AAA projects 79.9 million Americans (23.6% of the population) will travel 50 miles or more from home for the Thanksgiving holiday, up 2.1% from 2023. This year is the busiest ever for Thanksgiving travel, exceeding pre-pandemic numbers, the organization said Monday. About 1.1 million Oregonians will head over the river and
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The Bend Police Department and the Bend Park & Recreation District jointly announced Friday that community members can now access a crime map and data about calls for service taking place in Bend’s parks and recreation facilities.
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Bend residents Megan and Troy Stith on Thursday received the keys to a brand new First Story home built in partnership with Heart of Oregon Corps’ YouthBuild program.
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(Update: Adding video, comments from City of Bend) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) The City of Bend is updating its current parking code for all vehicles. “We’ve had the same code on the books for a really long time, and the role of parking has changed a little bit, city Chief Operations Officer Russell Grayson said Thursday.
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Following steep declines in school attendance in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic, Oregon students are slowly beginning to show up more regularly to class, and a growing number of ninth-graders are on track to graduate on time.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon House Democrats convened to elect new leadership to build on the successes of the 2023 and 2024 legislative sessions and continue focusing on what matters most to Oregonians. “I’m honored to continue leading the talented group of legislators in the House Democrats’ Caucus,” said Majority Leader Ben Bowman (D-Tigard, Metzger, & S. Beaverton). “Now it’s time to
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