Stroke Awareness Month: Quick response key to treatment, says Bend-based group bringing Randy Travis to town
May is Stroke Awareness Month, and health experts stress that time is of the essence when responding to the medical…
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Former Bend resident, PSU football player receives 23-year prison term in 2022 fatal shooting of girlfriend
PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — A former Bend resident and Portland State University football player who was arrested in southern Deschutes County on a…
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Bend Young Professionals’ YP Summit at the Tower Theatre inspires with speakers of note
Business entrepreneurs gathered Friday at the Tower Theatre for the 2024 Young Professionals Summit, to talk shop and be inspired by a variety of…
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Empowering tomorrow: Urgent call for young C.O. voters to cast ballots and make their voices heard
Trends in Deschutes County indicate people aged 55 and older have the highest voter participation, while young adults aged 18 to 24 years old are the…
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DCSO: Bend transient attacked ride-share driver, 77, stole car, drove it over Santiam Pass, crashed and tried to steal 2nd car
A Bend transient who used a ride-share service to travel from the Deschutes County Stabilization Center to Sisters early Friday morning then…
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Bend Park and Rec’s Kids Inc. after-school care to open 2024-25 school year application process
BEND, Ore. – (KTVZ) – Bend Park and Recreation District is opening the application process for the Kids Inc. after-school care program. The Kids…
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Special Report: Arguing admirably: How Caldera’s Civil Discourse class prepares students for 2024 election
Border security and immigration, gun control and Black Lives Matter are just a few of the hot topics discussed in Tommy Ochoa’s Civil Discourse…
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Bend Park and Rec’s Juniper Swim Center outdoor pool to stay mostly covered this summer
This summer is going to look a little different for the 50-meter pool at Juniper Swim & Fitness Center, the Bend Park and Recreation District said…
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Update: Bend Police say missing, endangered 17-year-old girl has been found
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Bend Police asked the public for help Thursday in finding a missing and endangered 17-year-old who left her southeast Bend home…
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Bend Fire & Rescue opens Camp Fire Axe applications
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon high school students ages 16-19 years old can now apply for Camp Fire Axe, Bend Fire & Rescue’s annual…
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Bend city councilors approve five Neighborhood Street Safety Program projects for 2024
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend City Council approved the construction contract for the 2024 Neighborhood Street Safety Program projects at Wednesday…
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Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler joins other mayors in D.C. to lobby lawmakers, administration on homelessness, housing
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Earlier this week, Bend Mayor Melanie Melanie Kebler traveled to Washington D.C., with the U.S. Conference of Mayors…
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Smoke alarm awakens NE Bend residents, who catch fire early, limiting damage; cause traced to woodstove ashes
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A smoke alarm awakened residents of a northeast Bend home early Wednesday morning, alerting them to a house fire that damaged a…
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Community Conversations: Furnish Hope is a Bend organization that helps make houses homes, with your help
This week, Lynsey Harris sits down with Megan Martin, the founding executive director of Furnish Hope, a Bend organization that furnishes homes for…
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More on upcoming closure of Bend’s IHOP – and word that the Redmond Black Bear Diner has closed
(Update: Adding clarification) We looked into the upcoming closure of Bend’s IHOP Restaurant on Tuesday and learned that the Black Bear Diner in…
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M’s Bakery coming to Bend’s Old Mill District this fall
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – M’s Bakery, a local owner-operator bakery cafe from husband-and-wife Dario Muciño and Macy Davis, is set to open in Bend’s…
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MountainStar Family Relief Nursery’s ‘Walk with a Child’ event spotlights efforts to help vulnerable children, families
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — MountainStar Family Relief Nursery says its mission is to prevent child abuse and neglect through free community support and…
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US Postal Service seeking workers, holding events each Thursday in May at Bend Post Office
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As May arrives, mail carriers, handlers, and clerks are still very much in demand at the Postal Service throughout…
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ODOT’s sixth, likely last blasting operation on Bend’s new Highway 97 route was a two-section shot
Connect Central Oregon used two drones and a camera on the ground to capture the two-section blast Tuesday night on Highway 97’s new Bend North…
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‘Born in Bend – our home’: Crux has no plans to leave, despite putting its tasting room property up for sale
(Update: adding video, comment from managing director) Instead, it plans to lease SW Division site back; $5.5 million sale will ‘free resources to…
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