Second workforce housing employer selection period opens for Rooted at Simpson community in SW Bend
In partnership with the Bend Chamber, RootedHomes announced Tuesday its second workforce housing employer selection is now…
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COCC sets upcoming open house on Madras campus expansion plans
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — An open house event for Central Oregon Community College’s upcoming Madras campus expansion will take place from 4-5:30 p.m.…
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‘I still feel like kicking up my heels!’: Redmond senior shares her story of perseverance for Women’s History Month
Brookdale Redmond, a senior living community, is highlighting an exceptional resident who helped blaze a trail for women in the workforce, Maria…
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Amid rise in use and safety concerns, Bend-La Pine Schools revises e-bike, e-scooter rules, bans middle-school riders
Bend-La Pine Schools officials say a rising use of e-bikes by students not old enough to legally ride them has led to collisions and close calls.…
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‘It’s had a tangible impact:’ Some people who get Deschutes Alerts and have added needs receiving calls about updates
Beginning Monday, the Oregon Department of Human Services is partnering with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Deschutes County 911 to…
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Visit Bend, Bend businesses are expecting to see an increase in customers for spring break
Some of the warmest weather in quite a while has Central Oregonians thinking spring, and people near and far thinking spring break, including the…
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Oregon gas prices up 14 cents/gallon in a week, 50 cents over the past month; average tops $4, GasBuddy reports
CHICAGO (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have risen 14.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.03/g Monday, according to…
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Redmond Police say downtown stabbing victim improving, no suspect identified; seeking witnesses, surveillance video
The victim in a downtown Redmond stabbing late Thursday afternoon is in improving condition, police said Monday as they released more information in…
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Bend woman accused of trafficking fentanyl from Portland area arrested in Highway 97 traffic stop near Terrebonne
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend woman identified as a Central Oregon fentanyl trafficker and accused of bringing and distributing “significant…
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One driver injured in 2-vehicle crash that shut down U.S. Highway 20 west of Santiam Pass for over an hour
A two-vehicle injury crash west of Santiam Pass shut U.S. Highway 20 late Sunday afternoon for over an hour while first responders treated those…
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Fire outside SE Bend home spreads to one next door, causing $300,000 damage; fire pit ash disposal deemed cause
A fire began on an outside wall of a southeast Bend home and quickly spread to a home next door Sunday afternoon, causing substantial damage to both…
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‘This isn’t a town, it’s a local community’: Greg’s Grill to host benefit for Mt. Bachelor Avalanche Dog Team
(Update: Adding video, comments from Greg’s Grill, Mt. Bachelor) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — There will be a benefit for the Mt. Bachelor Avalanche Dog Team…
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Tips, complaints lead to surveillance, drug raid on NE Bend home; six arrested in breakup of fentanyl trafficking ring
Community tips and complaints led to several weeks’ surveillance of a northeast Bend home where fentanyl and other drugs were believed to be…
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Bend, Beaverton educators nominated for National History Day’s Teacher of the Year award
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Historical Society has announced that two Oregon educators, Patrick O’Brien and John Santella, have been…
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‘It’s a really worthy cause’: Lucky weather as St. Patrick’s Day Dash raises money for the Assistance League of Bend
St. Patrick’s Day is Sunday, which means people in Bend were getting a head start Saturday by enjoying the St. Patrick’s Day Dash and a wide variety…
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‘The kids are loving it:’ Students with visual impairment experience the joy of skiing at Mt. Bachelor
Mountain View High School student Evie Moffitt is legally blind, but that didn’t stop her from snowboarding at Mt.…
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‘We are trying to seek justice’: Friends and family of Taylor Wyss react to 2-month delay in Dahnte Cegers’ plea
Dahnte Cegers, the older brother of Bend murder suspect Caleb Cegers, received another two-month delay Friday before entering his plea to a felony…
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‘It’s all about hooking kids early’: Wyden wants stores, wholesalers to pull unauthorized vaping products from shelves
NewsChannel 21 spoke Friday with Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, about how he and four fellow senators recently wrote…
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Prineville to launch nationwide search for new police chief, as fired manager’s lawsuit against city takes odd twist
The city of Prineville has chosen a third-party firm to help conduct a nationwide search for a new police chief in the wake of Larry Seymour’s…
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Man standing in Hwy. 20/27th St. intersection, threatening to stab drivers arrested at gunpoint; no knife found
A Bend man who called Deschutes County 911 Friday afternoon to say he was standing on the middle of the NE 27th Street and Highway 20 intersection…
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