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To prepare for the busy kitten season ahead, Humane Society of Central Oregon is hosting a Kitten Shower
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) - With warmer weather just around the corner, Kitten Season will soon be in full swing. To prepare for the nearly 300 newborn and orphaned kittens that will be coming through our doors this year, the Humane Society of Central Oregon is hosting a Kitten Shower!. Attend...
From sidelines to FFA, Madras' Taft Rice becomes the first elected state officer in more than a decade
Madras High School has an FFA or Future Farmer of America State Officer for the first time in over a decade. The Oregon FFA convention is held at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds every year. Oregon FFA has 16,587 members stretching across 118 unique FFA chapters in 11 districts. Only six members are elected to state office.
Washington Trust Bank, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines award $200,000 to RootedHomes, NeighborImpact
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Washington Trust Bank, the largest independently owned full-service bank in the Northwest, has partnered with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines to award a total of $200,000 in grant dollars from the FHLB Des Moines Member Impact Fund to two Central Oregon affordable housing organizations. Recipients include RootedHomes in Bend and NeighborImpact in Redmond.
Bulldog softball nearly gets first league win
The Culver Bulldog softball team came ever-so-close to picking up its first win versus a varsity opponent this season but fell 19-18 to Central Linn April 23. The Bulldogs, playing with heavy hearts after the death of their teammate Jorja Nelson April 8, were to play a doubleheader against Santiam on the road April 26, but the games were canceled. The Bulldogs will play six of their final eight at home, beginning with a doubleheader against East Linn Christian Wednesday, April 30, with game one starting at 3 p.m. East Linn Christian is 1-5 in league and Culver 0-6. East Linn beat the Dawgs on April 4 20-12.
10 most expensive homes sold in central Oregon, April 15-21
A house in Bend that sold for $3.4 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in central Oregon in the past week. In total, 84 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $685,902. The average price per square foot ended up at $373.
Career capper: Seneca Ball first team all-state
Madras senior guard Seneca Ball — whose senior campaign this winter was among the best seasons any individual has ever had in MHS boys basketball history — capped it with a first team all-state nod. Ball, the Tri-Valley Conference Player of the Year this past winter, was a beast of a guard all season, including at the 4A state tournament, where he led the Buffalos to a fourth-place finish and led the tourney in scoring with 71 over three games, including 37 in the fourth-place...
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