Oregon State University-Cascades will host an outdoor screening of the film “Encanto” Sept. 27 to celebrate both Bend’s Welcoming Week and Hispanic Heritage Month.

In addition to the screening, the campus will host Hispanic cultural activities such as the card game Loteria and crafts such as the paper craft papel picado and piñatas.

The event begins at 6 p.m. in Edward Ray Hall and the screening begins at 7 p.m. on the Oval Green. The film — a 2021 animated Disney musical about a magical family in Colombia — will be shown in English with Spanish subtitles.

Attendees may bring blankets and low lawn chairs. The first 200 attendees will receive a gift bag that celebrates the month’s theme “Pioneers of Change.”

The screening and activities are being sponsored by the city, and will be free to attend.

A tour of the Oregon Legislature’s bipartisan transportation committee will stop in Bend on Thursday to hear from Central Oregon public as lawmakers prepare to address a gaping hole in the state’s transportation budget in 2025.

A public hearing will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 12 at Ray Hall on the Oregon State University-Cascades Campus, 1500 SW Chandler Ave.

Members of the public who want to testify can register in person starting 30 minutes before the meeting. The public can also register for remote testimony online or submit written comments.

“Transportation has local, regional, and even national importance,” Rep. Susan McClain, D-Hillsboro, a co-chair of the Joint Committee on Transportation, said in a news release. “I’m grateful that each stop we’ve made provides an opportunity to hear from community leaders and from the public, both about their communities’ transportation needs, and, importantly, what funding solutions they would support to meet those needs.”

Without legislative action, Oregon Department of Transportation officials have warned of major cutbacks to staffing and services like plowing snow, patching pavement and removing litter and graffiti. The agency faces a $354 million gap between expected funds available and costs to maintain current levels of service, according to a recent report.

The report forecast cutting 1,000 employees across the agency, including 116 in Region 4, which encompasses Central Oregon.

Declining gas tax revenue, rising material costs and restrictions on use of funds have strapped the transportation agency.

While in Bend, lawmakers on the 12-member transportation committee, local government and ODOT officials will embark on a 90-minute bus tour to view the biggest needs in the area, followed by a roundtable discussion.

Those interested in joining the Bend-La Pine School Board are invited to an information session 5:30 p.m. Thursday to learn more about what the role entails.

The session will be held in the board room of the education center at 520 NW Wall St., Bend.

Superintendent Steve Cook and Board Clerk Janet Bojanowski will share information about the time commitment involved for serving on the board, as well as the responsibilities included.

Applications for the board’s vacant at-large Zone 6 seat are due by 4 p.m. Sept. 30. The term runs through June, and will be on the ballot in May for a two-year term. The seat was declared vacant following Melissa Barnes Dholakia’s resignation in April.

Applicants must reside within a Deschutes County voting precinct and have done so for at least one year, reside within Bend-La Pine Schools’ attendance area and be registered to vote in Deschutes County.

The application can be found online at the Bend-La Pine Schools’ website.

A Bend man accused of stabbing his roommate to death in August pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, assault and unlawful use of a weapon on Monday.

Robert Carter Lawrence, 50, was arrested Aug. 1 on suspicion of killing his roommate, Matthew Kenneth Hallberg, 57, in the backyard of their home on SE Raintree Drive. According to the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office, neighbors heard Hallberg calling for help before Lawrence emerged from the backyard and told his neighbor and another roommate that he had killed Hallberg. When police arrived, they found Hallberg dead with numerous stab wounds.

Lawrence is currently lodged in the Deschutes County jail and is being held without bail.

No trial dates have been set.