Bend Park and Rec offers more financial assistance for summer activities
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Park & Recreation District is offering additional financial assistance to qualifying families so that all children…
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Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation hires Amy Tarnow as new executive director
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Mt Bachelor Sports Education Foundation has announced the selection of Amy Tarnow as their new Executive Director. Amy…
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Police make 290 traffic stops, write 259 tickets during 2-week Bend Parkway speeding crackdown
Over the past two weeks, Bend Police officers participated in a speed detail on the Bend Parkway in an effort to combat excessive speeds and…
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ODOT contractor hits Greenwood Avenue water main in NE Bend, sending ‘a little tsunami’ down Sixth Street
The first day of summer became something of a bummer for Bend Express Lube owner Louis LaMotte Tuesday afternoon when a contractor on ODOT’s…
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City of Bend adding incentives — and penalties — to address issues with Bird e-bikes being left around town
One month in, Bend’s new Bird electric bike rental program has seen success, but not without some complaints about them being left scattered around…
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Bend police seek man apparently injured in reported accidental shooting in Safeway restroom
Bend police are looking for a man who reportedly said he’d dropped a gun in the restroom of Bend’s Westside Safeway grocery store and it went off…
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Update: Escaped St. Charles psychiatric patient returns to hospital, is arrested and jailed
A man who escaped from the psychiatric unit at St. Charles Bend on Monday morning returned to the hospital late Monday night and was taken into…
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Camp Invention in Bend keeps the learning – and fun – going into summer
Kids from kindergarten to sixth grade are having fun and learning too this week at Camp Invention, taking place at William E. Miller Elementary in…
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Croutons closes Bend Westside location due to continued staffing challenges
A notice on the door at the Bend Westside Croutons says it’s closed permanently due to staffing challenges. It still operates at two other locations…
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New neighborhood park opens in northern Bend
A long-awaited neighborhood park just opened on the north end of Bend. Northpointe Park is located off Hunters Circle on Wellington Street. The 2.7…
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Participants in Bend’s third annual Take the Butte Back March show solidarity
The third annual Take the Butte back March happened Sunday morning at Pilot Butte in Bend, hosted by the Central Oregon Black Leaders Assembly. In…
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Families visit downtown Bend to enjoy Father’s Day in each other’s company
 Father’s Day is a holiday to honor fathers and all that they do, and continue to do for their children and families. NewsChannel 21 wants to wish a…
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Bend’s two-day Juneteenth Celebration concludes at Drake Park
Sunday marked the second and final day of Bend’s Juneteenth Celebration at Drake Park. Many people came out to take part. The newly recognized state…
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Bend’s Whitewater Park surf wave reopens, 7 weeks after tragedy prompted closure
Bend’s Whitewater Park surf wave reopened Saturday, seven weeks after a 17-year-old surfer became trapped and died. There’s now a helmet and…
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Garage fire traced to welding sparks damages home on Hunters Circle in Bend; firefighters rescue 2 cats
A garage fire traced to welding sparks damaged a home on Bend’s north end Saturday afternoon, but the residents escaped uninjured and fire crews…
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Bend’s Juneteenth Celebration brings people together to learn about history
The second annual Juneteenth Celebration started Saturday morning at Bend’s Drake Park. The newly recognized state and federal holiday marks the…
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Racers from ages 3 to 89 participate in 26th annual Pacific Crest Endurance Sports Festival
The first full day of the 26th annual Pacific Crest Endurance Sports Festival took place Saturday morning, at its new Bend location. The activity was…
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Kropf named chair of Oregon House Judiciary Committee
State Rep. Jason Kropf, D-Bend, has been appointed by Oregon House Speaker Dan Rayfield, D-Corvallis, to serve as chair of the House Judiciary…
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100 flower baskets now in place, beautifying downtown Bend
The Downtown Bend Business Association hung 100 flower baskets around downtown Friday morning. Staff, volunteers, business owners, and Bend Mayor…
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Bend Whitewater Park ‘surf wave’ set to reopen Saturday with changes, new signs in place
With structural and policy changes and a dozen new signs in place, the surfing wave at the Bend Whitewater Park – closed after a teen surfer’s fatal…
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