A family tradition: La Pine man wins back-to-back 4-hour enduro boat races
During the day, Jack Stutesman drives an 18-wheeler through the Pacific Northwest, hauling horticulture products — and once a year, he competes in…
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La Pine Hawks football team ends tough season in top form, takes down Sisters Outlaws
The La Pine Hawks did not have the greatest start to the season.…
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La Pine Community Kitchen welcomes church donation of semi-truck load of food
For a second year, the La Pine Community Kitchen received a semi-truck full of food and hygiene supplies from the Church of Jesus Christ of…
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La Pine Veterans Outreach holds resource fair in La Pine
La Pine Veterans Outreach hosted a resource fair Saturday for community members to have access to free…
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La Pine HS, community mourn coach, ‘dream volunteer’ Robert ‘Mac’ McDaniel
For more than 20 years, Robert “Mac” McDaniel volunteered at La Pine High School, running scoreboards for just about every sport at the school.…
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‘Really helpless’: La Pine parents worry after Rosland Elementary special-needs teacher loses job
LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Parents who rely on special education teachers to assist their children in school are worried, after suddenly learning their…
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La Pine resident among latest to find wells drying up amid drought, with long wait for costly fix
Like many Central Oregonians who rely on wells for water, La Pine resident Craig Reisner says his well is dry, and some of his neighbors are…
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La Pine Rural Fire District cites crisis, seeks to contract for private ambulance service
With Fire Chief Mike Supkis outlining a crisis situation amid hundreds of delayed response times, the La Pine Rural Fire District asked Deschutes…
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La Pine residents frustrated by closed landscape company; owner vows work will get done
An incomplete project, ignored calls, and lack of a refund by a landscaping company is frustrating one La Pine…
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Bend-La Pine Schools to offer free weekly COVID-19 testing to students, staff
The Bend-La Pine School District plans to provide weekly COVID-19 testing to students and staff later this year during the fall…
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Visitors pay respects at ‘Wall that Heals’ to loved ones, friends lost during Vietnam War
LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) –The Wall that Heals, a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is now set up in La Pine and had its…
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‘Wall that Heals’ Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica opens to public in La Pine
Dozens of volunteers showed up early Wednesday morning to help assemble and prepare the Wall that Heals display, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial…
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The Wall that Heals arrives in La Pine to warm, flag-waving welcome, stirring procession
After a long, 2 1/2-year community effort by many across Central Oregon, The Wall That Heals, a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Replica and Mobile…
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La Pine family in need gets free new roof
A Northwest Quality Roofing crew was in La Pine on Tuesday, starting a free roof replacement for a family that won this year’s ‘Raise the Roof’…
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‘The Wall That Heals’ arrives in La Pine with flag-flying procession, motorcycle escort
Culminating three years of community-wide efforts, the four-day visit of The Wall That Heals – a ¾-replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in…
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‘The Wall That Heals’ tour coming to La Pine; hostess shares her own family’s story
LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — La Pine is one of 35 cities across the United States that soon will be hosting The Wall That Heals’, a two-thirds-size…
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La Pine businesses struggle after fourth year of Labor Day weekend break-ins, thefts
Two frustrated businesses In La Pine say they have been getting broken into every Labor Day holiday weekend for the past four years, and another…
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La Pine church offers a new community space
High Lakes Christian Church remodeled, and added an indoor basketball court and stage. An outdoor basketball hoop is also available to everyone in…
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Some Bend-La Pine parents consider pulling kids out of schools over outdoor lunch plans
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine classrooms will soon be full, as students return to school next week. Many students will be eating lunch outside,…
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Braelynn’s fellow fighters: La Pine firefighters help family of 2-year-old with chronic epilepsy
Two-year-old Braelynn Love Ann Rochlin suffers from chronic epilepsy and is one fighter in a La Pine family of five — and many in the community are…
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