15-year U.S. Forest Service Wildland Firefighter Ben Elkind is at his home in Redmond, recovering from a parachute training…
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There were some unhappy drivers between Bend and La Pine Monday…
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of May 22-28. 2022 Guardrail Improvements (Sunriver…
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The chief of the U.S. Forest Service on Friday ordered a 90-day nationwide pause on prescribed burning projects due to “extreme wildfire risk…
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Deschutes County has released its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023 of $398.3 million, a 5.8 percent increase from the current year, while…
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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Friday five upcoming live on-line town halls hosted by People’s Town Hall for residents of Lincoln,…
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes Cultural Coalition is pleased to announce the availability of an additional distribution of funding for 2022 to…
Continue Reading Firefighters on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to conduct about 280 acres of prescribed burning on Friday, three miles southwest of Sunriver…
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Not one, but two Central Oregon police departments are getting new, larger headquarters. The city of Redmond has won voter approval of its proposed…
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As of Wednesday morning, Jamie McLeod-Skinner is ahead of incumbent Kurt Schrader to become the democratic nominee for Oregon’s 5th congressional…
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With more people moving into Deschutes County, some animal habitats are being…
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Thursday at 1 p.m., the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Deschutes County 911 will be sending a test message to people…
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Law enforcement activity Sunday night closed a five-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 20E, starting about a dozen miles east of Bend, for about two hours,…
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Deschutes National Forest firefighters plan to take advantage of favorable conditions to continue prescribed burning Tuesday across the Bend-Fort…
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With just one day until the primary election, things are starting to ramp up at the Deschutes County Clerk’s…
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A Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team came to the aid of five members of a Bend family whose side-by-side UTV became stuck in the…
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Joseph Myers says he and his wife, Jackie Smit, have been serving the Central Oregon community in various ways over the past seven…
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Deschutes County commissioners this week authorized $20 million in bonds to replace and upgrade the aging Negus Transfer Station on Northeast Maple…
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The U.S. Forest Service opened a 30-day public comment period Friday for a draft environmental assessment on the nearly 26,000-acre Cabin Butte…
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of May 15-21. 2022 Guardrail Improvements (Sunriver…
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