Bend hotels find ways to bring in locals during the slower tourist seasons
(Update: adding video, comments from Bend hotels) BEND, Ore. . (KTVZ) — Presidents Day weekend often brings many tourists to Bend. According to…
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‘She should not have been treated as a bad person’: Father of deceased Deschutes County Jail inmate files federal lawsuit
The father of a 22-year-old Deschutes County Jail inmate who died of suicide while in withdrawal from fentanyl a year ago has filed a federal…
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Natural gas transmission line hit by crews on NW Bend sewer, gas line project; leak sealed, Bend FD clears scene
A large, four-inch natural gas transmission line was hit by contractors working on a northwest Bend sewer and gas line project Thursday morning,…
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2021 Redmond crash turns out to be homicide – driver had been shot; police now seeking tips to help solve case
A late 2021 crash into a power pole in southwest Redmond became a homicide investigation when investigators learned the driver had been fatally shot.…
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Bend marks a quarter-century since its first roundabout; now there’s over 50, with more to come around C.O.
The intersection of Century Drive and Colorado Avenue in southwest Bend is where the first roundabout in Bend was installed, back in 1999.…
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Three C.O. teens help save a life: Bend Fire & Rescue focuses on learning CPR during National Heart Month
It’s National Heart Month, a reminder we share the importance behind learning how to perform CPR. Last year, Central Oregon teens helped save a life…
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Deschutes County Commissioner Phil Chang still wants a business license for short-term rentals, but it’s failing to fly
Deschutes County commissioners have been discussing for months the idea of enacting a business license for short-term rentals in the unincorporated…
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‘This home means hope’: RootedHomes, Bend Chamber cut ribbon on Poplar Street workforce housing development
The Bend Chamber and RootedHomes recently held the twice-delayed (by snowstorms) ribbon-cutting ceremony for Rooted at Poplar, celebrating the…
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Bend rents have become significant, impacting both landlords and tenants, but there may be light at end of the tunnel
Affordable housing and low-income housing are two totally different…
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Deschutes sheriff candidates William Bailey, Kent Vander Kamp to square off in first forum Monday evening in Sunriver
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The two candidates who are seeking to become the next Deschutes County sheriff, Captain William Bailey and Sergeant Kent Vander…
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OSU-Cascades asks state lawmakers for $24 million to speed remediation on Bend campus expansion site
OSU–Cascades is seeking $24 million from the Oregon Legislature to expedite the next phase of its land remediation, which will provide space over…
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‘This is a safe place for them’: Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades marks 20 years, accepting new patients
With rising health care costs burdening Americans’ pocketbooks, a clinic for Central Oregon’s uninsured that opened its doors two decades ago,…
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OSP IDs Redmond man killed, two family members injured in five-vehicle crash on icy Hwy. 97 in Jefferson County
A Redmond man was killed and two family members injured in a five-vehicle crash on icy Highway 97 in Jefferson County early Monday morning, Oregon…
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Second Bend-area raid turns up more drugs, cash allegedly tied to arrested, jailed fentanyl trafficking suspect
An alleged fentanyl trafficker arrested last week in a traffic stop and a raid on his trailer near the Bend Airport faces additional charges after a…
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Redmond assault suspect barricades herself in car; spike strips, CERT armored car, pepper spray used to arrest her
A Redmond woman who allegedly tried to run into and threatened to assault others at the Shepherd’s House Redmond Center early Tuesday barricaded…
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205-unit Outlook at Pilot Butte apartments in NE Bend sold by Seattle owner to San Diego LLC for $57.5 million
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — CBRE announced Tuesday the sale of Outlook at Pilot Butte, a 205-unit multifamily community in Bend, to a new owner for…
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Waiting for Help: A family’s plea to Deschutes County’s Crisis Team after what they believe was too slow a response
A local family says it recently took Deschutes County’s Community Crisis Response Team nearly two hours to help their son in mental health crisis,…
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Presidents Day weekend brings loved ones together, many to spend the day enjoying downtown Bend
It’s Presidents Day weekend, and many people had the day off. The holiday weekend brought out many people from around the West Coast to Bend. I…
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Update: Deschutes County deputies say man missing from La Pine area has been found safe, in good health
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies who had sought the public’s assistance in finding a 41-year-old man last seen on Thursday morning, when he…
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Bend man, 70, killed in collision of two snowmobiles on Alaska’s Denali Highway
A collision of two snowmobiles among a group riding on Alaska’s Denali Highway has killed a Bend man, Alaska State Troopers…
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