La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools presented its Administrator of the Year award Friday evening to Scott Olszewski, Principal of La Pine High School. Superintendent Steven Cook and other district officials made the surprise presentation during halftime of the La Pine High Hawks home football game. Olszewski has been with Bend-La Pine Schools
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Incoming favorable weather, including the possibility of snow, is allowing fuels crews with the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management to begin burning piles in the La Pine area as part of their 2024-2025 fall/winter prescribed burning program. Beginning Thursday, crews will start burning 192 acres of machine piles
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Camp Fire Central Oregon is aiming to help Bend-La Pine Schools keep South Deschutes County after-school programs going in the wake of the recent Park and Rec troubles, and is raising funds to accomplish that goal.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In light of the recent closure of the La Pine Parks and Rec District, which recently ceased operations and laid off staff, Camp Fire Central Oregon says it’s stepping in to support local families and youth. The closure has directly impacted the HUB program, which provided essential after-school child care services
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County commissioners on Wednesday morning interviewed 15 applicants interested in serving on the La Pine Park & Recreation District Board in the wake of a recent mass resignation, then unanimously chose five to appoint,. They are: Seat #1 appointee, Janilee Carpenter has been a member of the La Pine community for
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MEDFORD, Ore. (KTVZ) – A La Pine couple was injured in a head-on crash Thursday afternoon on state Highway 140 in Jackson County that killed a California woman who lost control of her pickup on the slushy roadway and spun into the oncoming lane, Oregon State Police said. The two-vehicle crash occurred shortly before 3
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Deschutes County commissioners agreed Monday to move as swiftly as possible to appoint fill-in replacements for all five recently resigned La Pine Park and Recreation District Board members — hopefully next week – but staff advised their state-granted authority goes no further.
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Investigators have identified human remains found in a wooded area north of La Pine earlier this week as an Oregon City man who had been missing from the Crescent area for over a year, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Thursday. “Currently, based on the evidence and investigation thus far, foul
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – Now that the entire La Pine Park & Recreation District Board has resigned and have terminated all staff effective October 20th, where does that leave parents who have invested time, money and energy into enrolling their kids into sports programs orchestrated by the district? Before moving on, there are still unanswered
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(Update: Adding video) La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The entire La Pine Park & Recreation District Board has resigned and terminated all staff as of October 20th, they announced at an emergency meeting Wednesday. The latest move come two weeks after the park district closed their offices to the public, citing “serious harassment” of staff
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The Board of Directors for Bend-La Pine Schools will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, November 12 to interview finalists for the vacant Zone 6 seat on the board. The board selected three finalists from seven applicants at its regular meeting on Tuesday. The finalists are invited to be interviewed together in open session at
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The discovery of human remains near Highway 97 north of La Pine Monday afternoon has prompted a death investigation by Deschutes County sheriff’s detectives and the Oregon State Police Forensics Lab, the sheriff’s office confirmed late Tuesday. Sergeant Jason Wall said the remains were found in a wooded area east
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The Oregon Department of Education released results Thursday from the Oregon Statewide Assessment System’s spring 2024 summative tests, which they said “highlight there is more work ahead to reach pre-pandemic academic performance levels.”
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — La Pine Community Health Center is thrilled to be celebrating its 15th anniversary of providing high-quality, affordable health care to residents in La Pine and surrounding communities. Over the years, LCHC has grown from a small, dedicated clinic into a comprehensive health center that serves thousands of patients across south
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A drug-detection K-9’s alert during a recent traffic stop by Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies on Highway 97 in La Pine turned up over 22 pounds of methamphetamine and nearly five pounds of heroin, leading to charges against the female driver and male passenger, both from the Willamette Valley. Deputies pulled
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(Update: Adding video, comments from Oregon Arts Commission, High Desert Museum) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Arts Commission Arts Learning Program has chosen 31 Oregon arts organizations to receive a $10,000 grant, including Bend’s High Desert Museum, which will use the funds for a “Kids Curate” program to strengthen arts education for La Pine students. “It’s a
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — La Pine Community Health Center is proud to announce its recognition as one of the Top Workplaces of 2024 by The Oregonian. This prestigious accolade is awarded based on the results of an extensive employee feedback survey, measuring aspects such as work environment, alignment of values, and the effectiveness of
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The La Pine Park & Recreation District announced online Monday that their office and some services have been forced to temporarily close due to “serious harassment” of staff, both at work and in their private lives. In the note “to our La Pine Community,” posted on the park district’s website
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Education, in partnership with the Oregon Lottery, made a surprise announcement at a La Pine High School staff meeting Thursday morning: Debra Sayre, who teaches special education and language arts at the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council in La Pine, is one of Oregon’s 18 2024-25 Regional Teachers
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A squirrel chewing through a fiber optic line cut off phone and internet service Tuesday at five public schools in La Pine and Sunriver, but no other homes or businesses in the area, a TDS representative said. School district officials said the schools kept operating on normal schedules, and service was restored later in the day.
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