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Panel recommends naming new Bend High School building for Medal of Honor recipient Bob Maxwell Update: (Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- At Tuesday night's Bend-La Pine School Board meeting, a committee proposed that Bend Senior High School's new multi-purpose building be named for Medal of Honor recipient Robert D. Maxwell. The committee, which is comprised of administrators, students, and community members, unanimously agreed on the naming proposal before presenting it to the board. Maxwell, a Bend resident who passed away two years ago Tuesday at the age of 98, was the oldest Living Me...

VA Portland Health Care System today flew 144 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Redmond from Portland to get Veterans vaccinated at the Bend / Robert D. Maxwell VA Clinic. This was the first such authorization in the entire VA to avoid weather-related travel issues and get the vaccine to remote VA clinics. VA Portland has administered more than 400 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine to Bend VA Clinic Veterans since January 19. The health care system has delivered more than 27,500 doses across its entire 26-county area of responsibility in Oregon and Southwest Washington. The majority ...

Free COVID Testing Saturday In Bend Deschutes County is offering a free COVID-19 rapid testing event on Saturday, Feb. 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Highland Magnet at Kenwood School. This testing event is being held to help identify and assess the potential presence of COVID-19 in the school community and the community as a whole, following an outbreak of cases linked to students at Summit High School. People experiencing symptoms and anyone who may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 five or more days ago are encouraged to attend. Those who plan to attend the event are asked to comp...