COCC raising curtain on theater-themed art exhibition
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — An extensive collection of costumes, masks, posters, videos and other theater memorabilia that represent more than 30 years of…
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Bend Park & Rec District opens registration for spring recreation, programs Feb. 5-7
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Winter isn’t finished with us yet, but it’s time to plan ahead for blooming daffodils and mowing lawns. Bend Park and…
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Community tips lead to traffic stop, raid, arrest of suspected Bend fentanyl trafficker, his brother and girlfriend
Community tips led to the arrest of a Bend-area fentanyl trafficker during a Highway 97 traffic stop in Terrebonne, as well as his older brother and…
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Bend, Redmond mayors discuss how property tax limits, higher costs pose budget challenges
Oregon voters close to 30 years ago put a cap on how much property taxes could increase each year — just one of the factors that are now a given…
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Bend-La Pine Schools, Bend Education Association leaders talk about new 4-year contract agreement
After months of lengthy negotiations and amid plans to call in a state mediator, negotiators for the Bend-La Pine Schools and Bend Education…
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Bend man halts building ADU after city charges nearly $60,000 in SDCs, fees; city says it’s too big to be an ADU
A Bend man is speaking up about his experience over the last couple of years in dealing with the city of Bend after he says they tried to charge him…
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‘Protect the roads from the elements of Mother Nature’: City of Bend crews patching up potholes from winter storm
With a series of winter storms over, at least for now, the city of Bend is getting to work on the post-freeze potholes.…
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Dog on walk across street from Knott Landfill finds part of human foot; officials say its likely from medical procedure
A person walking several dogs in a vacant field across SE 27th Street from Deschutes County’s Knott Landfill reported a startling, even grisly find…
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Bend’s Portland Avenue Bridge closed for 2 months for major Awbrey Butte waterline upgrade
Bend’s Portland Avenue Bridge is closed for about two months as part of the Awbrey Butte Waterline Improvement Project. Learn more here:…
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Bend man who accidentally shot his 7-year-old son facing assault, other charges; boy recovering at Portland hospital
A 32-year-old Bend man who accidentally shot his 7-year-old son with a handgun at their home Sunday afternoon has been cited on assault and other…
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Volunteers in Medicine Clinic Executive Director Kat Mastrangelo receives national Circle of Caring Award
Bend, Ore., Jan. 29, 2024 — The National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics has awarded Kat Mastrangelo, executive director…
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Train and REO Speedwagon will roll into Bend for Sept. 1 concert at Hayden Homes Amphitheater
Iconic hitmakers Train and REO Speedwagon have announced they will be joining forces for this summer’s hottest co-headlining tour, including a…
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Early-morning fire destroys manufactured home in Deschutes River Woods; cause undetermined
A fire destroyed an unoccupied manufactured home on the south end of Deschutes River Woods early Sunday morning, but Bend Fire & Rescue crews kept…
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Enterprise residents take 2nd, 4th, Bend’s Jane Devlin finishes 5th in Idaho Sled Dog Challenge’s Warm Lake Stage race
WARM LAKE, Idaho (KTVZ) — The results of the Idaho Sled Dog Challenge’s Warm Lake Stage Race, the only race that organizers weren’t…
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‘We’re just here to help’: Community gathers in Redmond to raise funds for Bend family who lost 5 members in crash
A food truck in Redmond hosted one in a series of fundraisers Saturday for a Bend family who lost five members in a recent highway crash. The Ochoa…
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Central Oregon’s high school graduation rates outperform the state in 2023
The statewide graduation rate for the class of 2023 is 81.3 percent, tying the previous class as the second-highest graduation rate ever recorded in…
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M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust makes 94 grants to NW nonprofits totaling $21.9 million, two in Central Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust published its Fall 2023 Grants Report Thursday. The report announces: 94 total grants to…
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Timeline of internal investigation into fired Bend police officer, paid over $180,000 while on leave
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Questions have been raised about the length of the investigation into former Bend Police Officer Kevin Uballez, as he was paid…
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‘They were really creative’: Bend middle schoolers read their original children’s books to 1st- and 2nd-graders
(Update: adding video, comments from students and teachers) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As our Kelsey McGee recently reported, Sky View Middle School’s…
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High Desert Middle School student releases pepper spray in crowded hallway; staff, students affected but ‘unharmed’
A student at High Desert Middle School released pepper spray in a crowded hallway as the lunch period ended Thursday, bringing police and medics to…
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