Mothers Against Drunk Driving holds second annual ‘Walk Like MADD’ event in Bend
Mothers Against Drunk Driving, also known as MADD, put on its second annual Central Oregon walk and bike event , Walk Like MADD Oregon, on Saturday…
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Bend Film Festival moviegoers celebrate two decades of captivating cinema
The Bend Film Festival is always a fun and interesting event, but there’s a special reason to party hearty this weekend as the cinema showcase…
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‘Imagine living at high-stress, 24/7’: Bend in-home care business trains caregivers on Alzheimer’s, brain health
Ahead of National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month in November, Home Instead in Bend is aiming to educate people on the signs of Alzheimer’s and those…
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ODOT sparks C.O. concern over plan to reduce services this winter due to falling gas tax dollars, rising costs
Driving conditions on snowy roads around the state this winter could be more challenging. The Oregon Department of Transportation is reducing…
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Redmond man, 45, struck and killed on Bend Parkway; driver says man was lying in the roadway
A Redmond man was struck and killed on the Bend Parkway early Friday morning by a La Pine man heading home from work who called authorities to…
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Bend couple, in Israel when war broke out, awaken to alarms, rush to airport, get ‘last two tickets’ on flight home
A Bend couple who were in Israel at the end of a cruise when war broke out awakened to the sound of alarms in their Tel Aviv hotel but were able to…
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Bend-La Pine Schools Transportation Director Kim Crabtree honored as district’s Administrator of the Year
Bend-La Pine Schools presented its Administrator of the Year award Thursday to school district Director of Transportation Kim Crabtree. The…
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Squirrel in Bend substation causes power outage that affected 18,000 Pacific Power customers, many for hours
A squirrel at the downtown Bend Pacific Power substation caused a large power outage that hit much of Bend on Thursday morning, affecting more than…
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‘If I can do it, you can do it too!’: COCC’s Adult Basic Skills program expands to meet the region’s growing need
Central Oregon Community College has been busy expanding their Adult Basic Skills program and is now able to help nearly twice as many students…
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Bend man accused of wrong-way hit-and-run crash, brandishing knife; arrested downtown in his underwear
A Bend man allegedly sped down NE Greenwood Avenue the wrong way Wednesday afternoon, rear-ended two pickup trucks, then got out brandishing a knife…
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Twin sisters are driving force behind the Hook and Plow, a new farm-to-table restaurant at Bend’s Westside Yard
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A new farm-to-table restaurant, the Hook and Plow, is now open at Westside Yard, located at 210 SW Century Drive in Bend. …
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Two Bend women share their victories, together
Jenny Widder was diagnosed with breast cancer in June. “I was absolutely shocked, because that happens to somebody else, not me,” Widder…
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‘A whirlwind’: Bend and Caldera volleyball teams hold ‘Pink-Out’ for coach battling breast cancer
Bend is hosting Caldera for a pink out, in honor of a coach, and breast cancer awareness…
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Mirror Pond’s water level to be lowered 1-2 feet for city of Bend’s stormwater outflow improvements project
The city of Bend, with help from Pacific Power, is temporarily lowering the water level at Mirror Pond to make some stormwater outfall improvements,…
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City of Bend holds third roundtable on proposed transportation fee; neighborhood town hall coming up
Bend city councilors joined with community partners Wednesday for a third roundtable on a proposed transportation utility fee. Bend Bikes, the Bend…
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Masseur accused of assaulting customer at Bend spa makes first court appearance; plea date set
A man accused of sexually abusing a massage customer at a northeast Bend spa and of practicing massage without a license made his first court…
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Jewell Elementary’s Araceli Rigney named Bend-La Pine Schools’ 2023 Support Person of the Year
R.E. Jewell Elementary School dual immersion educational assistant Araceli Rigney was named Support Person of the Year for Bend-La Pine Schools…
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Deschutes County Illegal Marijuana Enforcement Team raids Bend outdoor grow, seizes 197 plants, arrests resident
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office’s Illegal Marijuana Enforcement Team raided an outdoor marijuana grow in northern Bend Wednesday morning,…
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Bend Park & Rec secures more than $2 million in federal, state grants for Sawyer Park renovation project
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Park and Recreation District announced Wednesday it has been awarded more than $2 million from a pair of federal and…
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‘Kind of terrifying’: OSU-Cascades parents receive scam phone calls, claiming their child was kidnapped
Scam phone calls are hard to avoid, but some are more than just a bother – they are downright frightening. The parents of some OSU-Cascades…
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