(Update: adding video, comments from Visit Bend, past grantee) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Sustainability Fund, a Visit Bend project, has announced it will open its grant application window next Monday, accepting applications through January 12, 2025, with $500,000 available for organizations. Nate Wyeth, senior vice president of strategy at Visit Bend, said, “This
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Redmond School District Superintendent Dr. Charan Cline thanked the community on Thursday for voter approval of a $97.7 million bond measure in last week’s election and said an oversight committee will be formed soon for the projects it will fund. Here’s the full statement: Dear Redmond School District Community, We are
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A Redmond woman crashed her SUV through a fence and into a mini-storage business off Northwest Sixth Street Thursday morning, but police said no injuries were reported.
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(Update: Adding video, comments from summit participants, consultants) SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — Southern Deschutes County community members, nonprofits and government agencies met Thursday in Sunriver for the Newberry Regional Partnership’s Action Summit to discuss strategies and solutions to issues in an area they say is much different than most of the county. “It is a
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democrat Janelle Bynum has flipped Oregon’s 5th Congressional District and will become the state’s first Black member of Congress, The Associated Press reported Thursday as it called the close race nine days after the election, prompting Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to concede. Bynum, a state representative who was backed and funded
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(update: adding video, La Pine mayor tables homeless-wildfires agenda item to 2025) La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – “The city, after speaking with all of the councilors, has come to the consensus that it really doesn’t feel comfortable discussing the homeless collaboration at this time. We’d like to table this,” La Pine Mayor Daniel Richer told
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(Update: Adding video, comments from coalition, sheriff’s office) LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ)— Despite still being six months from Oregon’s next wildfire season, the Newberry Regional Partnership and government agencies have banded together to reduce wildfire risk in La Pine. “We can’t let a day go by that we’re not working on this and trying to
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(Update: Adding video) MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Madras Police Department is unveiling a bold new look for its patrol vehicles. On Tuesday, the department presented the updated vehicle graphics to the City Council, marking an exciting new chapter in the department’s history, according to the agency,
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Gas prices are falling around the country and Oregon, and Bend’s gas prices now are some of the lowest in the state, and AAA Oregon said there’s a reason for it – the gas pumps at the new Costco.
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(Update: adding video, KTVZ.COM Poll, comments from City of Bend engineer and city councilor) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) –If you’ve traveled through the Reed Market Road/Bond Street/Brookswood Boulevard roundabout during peak traffic times, you’re likely aware of how heavy and tricky the traffic can be. “You see cars backed up all the way back up above
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From transportation to housing — and the biggest topic this month, fireworks in Bend, NewsChannel 21 asked Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler your pressing questions Wednesday morning. Moving forward, Ask the Mayor will air live on NewsChannel 21 at Sunrise on the second Thursday of each month, moving from the second Wednesday. Make sure to submit
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The Redmond City Council heard a variety of public opinions Tuesday evening on whether to ban the private use of fireworks within the city limits, much as Bend did three years ago.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Qualifying employees of Bend-La Pine Schools will be eligible for affordable home ownership in a planned housing development from Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity. The project will be located on surplus school district land next to Silver Rail Elementary School in southeast Bend The Bend-La Pine School Board voted Tuesday night to
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Ross Tomlin, a retired community college president who lives in La Pine, was appointed Tuesday night to fill a vacancy on the Bend-La Pine Schools Board of Directors. Board members interviewed three finalists for the appointment and voted 5-0 for Tomlin to fill the Zone 6 at-large seat.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The trial of a Portland man accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Smith Rock climbing event last year has been delayed until August 2025 at the request of Samson Garner’s defense attorneys, who recently received a large amount of evidence in the case. That will be nearly two years
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(Update: Adding video, comments from gun instructors) REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ)— Gun owners and instructors across Central Oregon are reporting an increase in female interest in gun ownership, Sharon Preston, who owns and operates Ladies of Lead, said, “Already, my classes are already ticked up. So just to let you know, I mean, they’ve been full
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Bend’s High Lakes Elementary held an all-school assembly and recognition ceremony in their gym Tuesday in honor of Veterans Day.
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More schools around Central Oregon honored the area’s veterans with special gatherings on Tuesday, including La Pine High School.
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Oregon State Police on Tuesday released the identity of a 67-year-old Redmond man who was killed last week in the head-on collision of his motorcycle and a pickup truck on U.S. Highway 20 about 20 miles east of Bend.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to this week’s winter weather forecast, the Deschutes County Road Department will close Cascade Lakes Highway and Paulina Lake Road at 7 a.m. on Thursday, which is earlier than previously announced. The department had planned on a Tuesday, Nov.19 winter closure of the high-elevation forest roadways. The county provides maintenance
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