Kate Donegan chosen as new principal for Ensworth Elementary in NE Bend
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Ensworth Elementary School in northeast Bend will have a new principal next school year. Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent…
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Arts leader Kimberly Howard Wade to speak at OSU-Cascades’ 23rd commencement ceremony
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Kimberly Howard Wade, the executive director of Caldera, a youth arts organization, will give the commencement address at the…
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State agency’s new data dashboard shows 96% enrollment for Oregon’s Preschool Promise program
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care has launched a new data dashboard demonstrating positive trends around the…
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OSU researchers explore ways to mitigate environmental toxicity of ubiquitous silver nanoparticles
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Silver has long been used to thwart the spread of illness and in recent years silver nanoparticles have been incorporated…
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Bend-La Pine Schools announce 73 ‘Excellence in Education’ honorees, 14 finalists for top honors
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools is recognizing staff members from across the district who have distinguished themselves this school year…
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Piggy banks and future plans: Three Rivers School kindergartners start saving early with Mini Bank Program
(Update: Adding video, comments from students, First Interstate Bank) SUNRIVER, Ore .(KTVZ) — Kindergartners in Sunriver have been learning early…
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OSU researchers identify fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise in the last 50,000 years
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Today’s rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide increase is 10 times faster than at any other point in the past 50,000 years,…
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OSU-Cascades to showcase a wide range of undergraduate research at upcoming annual symposium
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — More than 80 undergraduate students from 12 degree programs at Oregon State University – Cascades will exhibit and talk about…
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Tower Theatre Foundation announces four HS seniors recipients of Doug Watson Scholarship for Performing Arts
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The nonprofit Tower Theatre Foundation and Marianne Watson established the Doug Watson Scholarship for Performing Arts in…
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SELCO Credit Union awards $77,500 in college scholarships to 21 students, including five from Central Oregon
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (KTVZ) — SELCO Community Credit Union’s annual scholarship program received a record number of applications in 2024 after…
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Amid FAFSA’s troubles, Wyden and colleagues call for more funding to the Office of Federal Student Aid
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has joined Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and 23 Senate colleagues in urging Senate appropriators to…
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Oregon State scientists, collaborators say ocean biodiversity work needs improvement
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – An international collaboration that includes two Oregon State University scientists says the world’s largest marine…
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OSU researchers develop device to improve delivery of gene therapy for lung disease
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Drug delivery researchers at Oregon State University have developed a device with the potential to improve gene therapy for…
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RV left by Buckingham Elementary prompts ‘Secure’ status, owned by felon ordered to have no contact with minors
A motor home parked on Bend-La Pine Schools property near Buckingham Elementary School prompted a four-hour precautionary “secure” status Friday…
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Mid Oregon Credit Union members raise over $5,900 for youth literacy
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Mid Oregon Credit Union’s inaugural SMART Reading fundraiser raised more than $5,900, with 100 percent of the funds staying in…
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COCC uses $112K grant to add electric vehicle charging infrastructure at its Bend, Prineville campuses
Other charging ports already in place in Redmond, Madras BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A nearly $112,000 grant from the Oregon Clean Fuels Program and…
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Bend’s Bear Creek Elementary, two Bend-La Pine teachers among winners of OnPoint Prize for Excellence in Education
Bear Creek Community Garden gets award; Rachel Hertz, Linda Beauchamp Educator of the Year finalists PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Five schools, including…
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‘Not a popular’ idea: Redmond School District drops proposal to merge Redmond, Ridgeview high schools
As a result of staff, parent, and community feedback – much of it critical – the Redmond School District announced Tuesday that it has chosen to…
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AI takes wing: Artificial intelligence enhances monitoring of threatened marbled murrelet
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Artificial intelligence analysis of data gathered by acoustic recording devices is a promising new tool for monitoring the…
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Applications open for COCC’s Latinx, Native American, Afrocentric summer symposiums
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon Community College’s four-day college-exposure summer symposiums, offered free for regional high school Latinx,…
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