The state of Oregon has been battling a worsening public defender shortage, and now it’s at a tipping point, many involved believe. Over 2,000 people…
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The city of Bend, with help from Pacific Power, is temporarily lowering the water level at Mirror Pond to make some stormwater outfall improvements,…
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A man accused of sexually abusing a massage customer at a northeast Bend spa and of practicing massage without a license made his first court…
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R.E. Jewell Elementary School dual immersion educational assistant Araceli Rigney was named Support Person of the Year for Bend-La Pine Schools…
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The annual fall rescue of thousands of fish stranded in a side channel of the Deschutes River was to begin next Monday, but has been moved up to this…
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office’s Illegal Marijuana Enforcement Team raided an outdoor marijuana grow in northern Bend Wednesday morning,…
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Other trail closures are still in place, some include weekends BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest said Wednesday it will be…
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Park and Recreation District announced Wednesday it has been awarded more than $2 million from a pair of federal and…
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Scam phone calls are hard to avoid, but some are more than just a bother – they are downright frightening. The parents of some OSU-Cascades…
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A permanent memorial sits in front of Duda’s Billiards Bar in downtown Bend, honoring Taylor Wyss, the victim in a tragic shooting death two months…
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 Measure 110, the voter-approved law that removes criminal penalties for possessing a small amount of drugs, is under serious scrutiny by the…
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Economic Development for Central Oregon announced Tuesday the finalist companies advancing in the Growth Stage and Impact Track…
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A $1 million winning Powerball ticket was sold in Mill City as the jackpot grows to the second largest Powerball jackpot in history – an…
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Housing Works, Central Oregon’s regional housing authority, has announced a groundbreaking event next week to celebrate the start of construction on…
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The cooler, rainy fall weather has helped firefighters completing work on the five fires fought for over the past two-plus months on the Willamette…
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Thank you for all of you who shared your photos with us of Monday morning’s wonderful Central Oregon sunrise. Feel free to send us more from the…
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Despite interest rates topping 7% and close to the highest levels in a quarter-century, among other economic winds buffeting the nation’s real…
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The Rethink Waste Project, a program of The Environmental Center, is celebrating a big milestone this year: the 10th anniversary of hosting Repair…
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‘Fruit is literally not going to get harvested, because there is no one cutting the fruit.’ BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — When two-dozen Central Oregon food…
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Bend city councilors have approved $500,000 worth of grants in a pilot program to support creation of more housing for middle-income residents. Three…
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