(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — KTVZ News has an update Friday on our previous reports about the sometimes tragic results from use of Librela, a once-monthly treatment given in a veterinarian’s office to help relieve pain caused by osteoarthritis. It was first approved for veterinary use in the United States in 2023. According to the American Kennel Club,
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LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — There were lots of hot topics on the agenda at Tuesday night’s La Pine Park & Recreations District Board meeting. The board discussed adding two additional board members, and also addressed a grievance letter. But before we get to that, something explosive happened during the meeting. Terri Myers was the
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A fiber optic line that Bend-La Pine Schools’ five schools in southern Deschutes County rely on for phone and internet service has been severely damaged, causing outages several times over the past few months. Monday’s outage was caused by logging equipment along US Highway 97 south of Bend, Bend-La Pine Director of
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(Update: Adding Video) La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon state medical examiner has determined that a recently discovered suspicious death at a camp in the La Pine area was a homicide, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday. Sheriff’s Sgt. Jason Wall also confirmed to NewsChannel 21 that the victim was a Central Oregon resident.
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LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The 5 new board members appointed to the La Pine Parks & Rec District are discussing multiple issues tonight, including a formal grievance and potentially adding 2 more board members. The meeting comes at a tough time for the beleaguered district In November, the district canceled all youth sports, and
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(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore (KTVZ) — Mt. Bachelor is celebrating a stellar holiday season as recent storms have delivered nearly 5 feet of snow, bringing the snow base to an impressive 108 inches at the base and 135 inches at mid-mountain. With a total of 212 inches of snowfall so far this season, the
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BEND, Ore (KTVZ) — The Boy Scouts of Central Oregon are once again offering a convenient and eco-friendly service to help you dispose of your Christmas tree this holiday season. On December 28th and 29th, as well as January 4th and 5th, the Scouts will be collecting trees across the region, making it easier for
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(Update: Adding video, comments from staff, client) LA PINE, (KTVZ) — It’s Christmas Eve, and many businesses are closed for the holiday weekend. However, a nonprofit organization opened its doors to host a special Christmas luncheon. The community of La Pine came together Christmas Eve to enjoy a warm meal, at the La Pine Community
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a suspicious death that was discovered at a La Pine-area campsite Friday morning. Deputies were dispatched around 8:30 a.m. Friday to a report of a deceased subject at a camp north of Masten Road and east of Jackpine Loop, Sergeant Jason Wall said. Upon
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Habitat for Humanity of La Pine Sunriver said Wednesday it was proud to celebrate the dedication of three newly completed townhomes in La Pine’s Putney Place last Saturday. These homes mark the culmination of the Putney Place development and represent a significant milestone in HFHLPS’s mission to provide affordable homeownership opportunities
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Teegan Wright, a fifth-grade student at Rosland Elementary School in La Pine, will serve in the cabinet for the 2025 Oregon Kid Governor. He and other cabinet members and the new Oregon Kid Governor, Rosie from Riverdale Grade School in Portland, will be sworn in at the state Capitol in January.
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(Update: Adding video, comments from neighbors) La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Right next to Doug Young’s home in La Pine lay miles of BLM-owned land, but Young says he’s been unable to enjoy it because of a growing encampment. “We get a lot of traffic coming down the road to see if they can get
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools has presented its Excellence in Education Award to Tiffany Schreiber, an Inclusion Educational Assistant at La Pine Middle School. As a classified employee, Schreiber is the district’s Support Staff Member of the Year. Superintendent Steven Cook, Deputy Superintendent Lisa Birk and other district administrators, along with School Board
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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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(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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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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More schools around Central Oregon honored the area’s veterans with special gatherings on Tuesday, including La Pine High School.
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A two-vehicle head-on crash closed Highway 97 north of La Pine for a time Monday afternoon, ODOT reported.
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Camp Fire Central Oregon has just launched a major hiring initiative to staff its newest and expanding arm of after-school programming: Camp Fire Afterschool (CFA) in South County. With the recent closure of the La Pine Parks and Rec District, which directly impacted the HUB program in South County and left families scrambling to find
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