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Deschutes, other NW national forests expand area closures due to wildfires
SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest on Friday expanded a forest closure to large portions of the…
Continue ReadingSISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest on Friday expanded a forest closure to large portions of the…
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Humane Society of Central Oregon wants to remind people that unhealthy air quality also applies to animals. If you are…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Employment Department launched online self-certification Friday for the Lost Wages Assistance program, a temporary emergency measure that…
Continue ReadingA Warm Springs man was killed Friday evening in a single-vehicle rollover crash on U.S. Highway 26 north of Madras, Oregon State Police reported…
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Continue ReadingDeschutes County sheriff’s deputies responded around 11 a.m. Friday to a fire on undeveloped land just north of Bend, which Bend Fire crews confined…
Continue ReadingWildfire evacuees are still arriving at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds from various fire-stricken areas around Oregon, and many Central Oregonians…
Continue ReadingThe opening weekend of Football FANdemonium with Max features a matchup between two die-hard Oregon Ducks fans and a San Francisco 49ers fanatic! You…
Continue ReadingA group including veterans braved smoky conditions to put up flags and hold a Patriot Day event at the Bend Heroes Memorial in Bend Friday to…
Continue ReadingMorgan Emerson of the Deschutes County Health Department says masks used to prevent COVID-19 work differently from masks that help prevent smoke…
Continue ReadingBusinesses across Central Oregon closed their doors Friday due to the heavy smoke clouding the…
Continue ReadingA southern Oregon transient has been arrested on arson and other charges, accused of setting a fire during the battle to stop the Almeda Fire,…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown announced Friday that Jefferson and Jackson counties have succeeded in reducing the spread of COVID-19 sufficiently enough to be…
Continue ReadingAs poor air quality continues to hit Central Oregon, there seems to be no escape from the…
Continue ReadingA ridge of high pressure will dominate the area which will result in the northwest flow becoming a west to southwest. The westerly component is…
Continue ReadingAt least seven people have died and dozens more are missing amid dozens of Oregon wildfires that have burned more than a million acres, put a…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, including a 64-year-old Jefferson County man, raising the state’s death toll to 499, the Oregon…
Continue ReadingOn Friday, the results of a nearly four-month investigation into allegations of racism and sexism in the Deschutes County District Attorney’s office…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald J. Trump has declared that an emergency exists in the State of Oregon and ordered federal assistance to supplement state, tribal and…
Continue ReadingAs expected, a shift in winds blew thick smoke from the region’s wildfires into the High Desert late Thursday and Friday morning, sending air-quality…
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