Shorter lines, perhaps? Or skip them: Oregon DMV’s driver knowledge test now offered online
This may sound too good to be true: a way to skip the line at the DMV. As of Wednesday, you can now take the knowledge test for a drivers…
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Levy tells Bend city councilors she will propose tougher, clearer laws for younger e-bike riders in ’24 session
Rep. Emerson Levy, D-Bend, told Bend city councilors Wednesday evening she will be proposing legislation in next year’s “short session” of the…
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COCC brings discussion, bead-making to Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Central Oregon Community College will celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day — Monday, Oct. 9 — with two free events on the Bend campus: an…
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Envision Bend discusses 5-year ‘Vision Action Plan’; residents want parking improvements downtown
Envision Bend released last Friday its five-year Vision Action Plan, a series of strategic actions designed to guide the greater Bend area into a…
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OSU-Cascades holds job fair, hiring students for hundreds of on-campus jobs and research opportunities
OSU-Cascades is recruiting students to fill hundreds of jobs, right on the Bend…
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Bear Creek Elementary students ‘walk and roll’ to class with Bend mayor, city staff and Commute Options
Students across the country biked, scootered and walked to school Wednesday morning as part of International Walk and Roll to School Day. The event…
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Sculpture installed in roundabout at Butler Market Rd., Empire Ave. and 27th Street; another set to be repainted
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Late last week, Golden Squirrel’s Wondrous World by Michael Stutz was installed in the roundabout at Butler Market Road,…
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‘Operation Not Forgotten’: FBI dedicates added resources to women, children in Oregon’s Indian Country
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The FBI on Tuesday announced the results of Operation Not Forgotten, which dedicated over 40 FBI Special Agents,…
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SE Bend Cascades East Transit riders welcome new bus Route 9
Cascades East Transit has launched a new bus route in growing southeast Bend. Our Dylan Anderman climbed aboard Route 9 and found plenty of support,…
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‘Unfortunate part of our business:’ C.O. fire agencies to receive ballistic vests for active threat responses
Several fire agencies around the High Desert, including Bend Fire & Rescue and the La Pine and Sisters-Camp Sherman rural fire districts, are…
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City of Bend seeks citizen involvement in several boards, committees, commissions and advisory groups
Community committees are a great way to get involved with city government. The City of Bend has several Council-appointed boards, committees,…
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‘Hard choices’: Christine Drazan holds roundtable on affordable housing challenges in Central Oregon
Central Oregon’s challenging affordable housing issues were the focus of a lively 90-minute roundtable discussion in Bend on Monday, held by former…
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‘The Breakfast Club’ in Bend is closing its doors, ‘retiring’
After 21 years, The Breakfast Club on NE Greenwood Avenue in Bend is closing – or as the sign on the window says,…
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Parent of Ponderosa Elementary first-grader voices concern over classmate’s threat; district says it wasn’t ‘credible’
A parent’s disturbing report that a Ponderosa Elementary School first-grader had made violent threats spread quickly online Monday morning, but a…
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Fire destroys The Rogue Chef food cart at Tumalo’s The Bite lot; owner thankful no injuries, vows to return
A food cart at The Bite lot in Tumalo was destroyed by a fire Sunday afternoon that officials said was caused by grease that accumulated in the…
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Bend Fall Festival sculptors turn waste into art
Jillian Fortner talked Saturday with two of the many artists at this weekend’s Bend Fall Festival, Joel Stockdill and Yustina Salnikova, who have…
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Bend woman recounts being rescued from drowning in irrigation canal
“I was exhausted from yelling and screaming,” Bend resident Lily Dean recollected recently. “I was screaming all the time — ‘Help! Help!’ — and…
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St. Charles reaches Medicare Advantage agreement with PacificSource; still in talks with three other providers
St. Charles Health System said Friday it’s reached an agreement with Medicare Advantage provider PacificSource that “promotes excellence in cancer…
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Bend’s Epic Aircraft receives ‘Manufacturer of the Year’ award from Manufacturing Council of Oregon
Oregon Business & Industry’s Manufacturing Council of Oregon announced Friday that Epic Aircraft, Radius Recycling and the Tillamook County…
Continue Reading City of Bend road and traffic report: Week of October 2-8
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the city of Bend’s road and traffic report for the week of October 2-8. Intersection of Pettigrew Road and Gardenia…
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