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Bend Police hold forum on new body cams

May 6, 2021 10:51 pm KTVZ News Team

The Bend Police Department held an online forum Thursday evening to answer public questions about their new body-worn…

Ex-Deschutes prosecutor who alleged ‘toxic’ race, sex discrimination agrees to $87,500 settlement

May 6, 2021 5:05 pm KTVZ news sources

A former Deschutes County deputy district attorney who sued the county, alleging race and sex discrimination and a “toxic sex- and race-based hostile…

Fire heavily damages SW Madras mobile home

May 6, 2021 8:55 pm KTVZ news sources

A fire heavily damaged a Madras mobile home Thursday afternoon, and while the family escaped unhurt, a dog and a pet lizard perished in the blaze,…

Sunriver Resort, with 200 summer jobs still to fill, raises housekeeper starting pay to $25/hour

May 6, 2021 9:33 am KTVZ news sources

Sunriver Resort said Thursday it is still hiring for the summer season and is offering a new starting wage of $25 per hour for the housekeeping…

Bend Park & Recreation District holds job fair

May 6, 2021 8:22 pm KTVZ News Team

The Bend Park and Recreation District held a job fair Thursday at The Pavilion for dozens of part- and full-time…

Bend sisters among several young C.O. athletes who fared well at archery nationals

May 6, 2021 11:01 am Noah Chast

Bend archers were shooting for a solid finish at nationals, and it’s safe to say they hit their…

Bend flower shop copes with Mother’s Day challenges amid nationwide flower shortage

May 6, 2021 5:51 pm Carly Keenan

Bend flower shops are busy, of course, as Mother’s Day is right around the corner. But the businesses also are struggling, as the nation faces a…

Breese-Iverson introduces bill to ensure full in-person school reopenings this fall

May 6, 2021 12:13 pm KTVZ news sources

State Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson, R-Prineville, introduced a bicameral, bipartisan bill Thursday that would ensure access to full, in-person…

COCC delays return to in-person services, postpones reopening to public

May 6, 2021 1:31 pm KTVZ news sources

Central Oregon Community College announced Thursday that it will postpone the college’s planned summer reopening…

Pacific Power announces grants to Central Oregon organizations

May 6, 2021 1:16 pm KTVZ news sources

Even as COVID-19 vaccines roll out across the country, many communities are still facing challenges from the pandemic and the organizations that…

Bend-La Pine Schools again honor graduating seniors with billboards

May 6, 2021 8:32 am The Associated Press

This week, contractors are giving several area billboards graduation makeovers to celebrate the Class of 2021. First conceived of for the Class of…

City of Bend to consider 2 NE Bend motels for converting into temporary transitional shelter

May 5, 2021 9:37 pm Barney Lerten

A month after the city of Bend called off plans to buy a Third Street motel to convert into a transitional shelter, city councilors Wednesday night…

Bend keeps on growing through pandemic — and so does city’s new, $919 million budget

May 5, 2021 7:26 pm KTVZ news sources

Bend City Manager Eric King kicked off the city’s budget adoption process Wednesday evening by delivering a message to the Budget Committee and…

Young Redmond man hailed as hero for helping save woman’s life

May 5, 2021 6:55 pm KTVZ News Team

A young man in the Redmond School District’s StepUP program recently helped save a woman’s life in the Walmart parking lot. We got to talk to Cooper…

Bend Farmers Market returns for the season

May 5, 2021 6:35 pm KTVZ News Team

The weekly Bend Farmers Market returned Wednesday at its familiar spot on Brooks Street downtown, with some new options, like curbside…

‘They’ve failed to act’: Family of woman killed in Hwy. 97-Bear Drive crash suing Jefferson County, state

May 5, 2021 12:00 pm Carly Keenan

Ron Adams of Portland is suing Jefferson County after his wife, Nadia Rankov Adams, was killed in a fatal car crash last August at the intersection…

Bend-La Pine Schools trim high school in-person classes amid rising COVID-19 cases, quarantines

May 5, 2021 10:57 am KTVZ news sources

Bend-La Pine Schools have seen 130 COVID-19 cases in the past four weeks, including more than 20 each at Bend, Mountain View and Summit high schools,…