Deschutes County’s population has grown over 25% since 2010, and county planning staff are inviting residents to a series of “Deschutes County 2040” events to learn about and weigh in on plans for future growth and development in the rural county, outside of city limits.
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TERREBONNE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is hosting a free community shred event and drug disposal on October 15th from 10:00 AM to noon in Terrebonne. The location of this event has been changed from the Sheriff’s Office to Terrebonne Elementary School at 1199 B Avenue in Terrebonne. These are residential free shred
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As the Deschutes Public Library comes to the close of its 90-day due diligence period on property in southeast Bend, the Library Board voted Wednesday to move forward with a $10.25 million Purchase Sales Agreement on the 9.37-acre parcel.
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A fire that destroyed a manufactured home in La Pine Tuesday afternoon was spreading toward nearby homes and the forest when the first crews arrived, prompting Level 3 evacuation notices for residents in the immediate area for over an hour, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers searched for a missing hiker on trails near Tumalo Falls overnight and Tuesday morning before another hiker found the man, who told searchers he’d lost his way and sheltered in place overnight.
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued an air quality advisory Tuesday due to continuous smoke impacts in Lane County and intermittent smoke impacts in Clackamas, Deschutes, Douglas, northern Klamath, Lake, Multnomah and Washington counties from the Cedar Creek fire and fires in Washington.
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Continued warm, dry fall weather helped push the nearly 2 1/2-month-old Cedar Creek Fire past containment lines on the southern end on Sunday, prompting an aerial attack by water-dropping helicopters and planes dropping air retardant, officials said.
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The firefighting force that once topped 2,000 has dropped to about 600 on the 121,529-acre Cedar Creek Fire, and above-average temperatures for October has meant more critical fire conditions testing lines, officials said Saturday.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the Deschutes County road construction update for the week of October 9-15. Old Bend Redmond Highway/S Canal Boulevard Pavement Repair (Bend & Redmond Areas) – Pavement repair work will be occurring on Old Bend Redmond Highway & S Canal Boulevard from US 20 to SW Helmholtz Way. Traffic Information – Road
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Some campgrounds west of highway remain closed; 121,000-acre fire now 38% contained BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The forest closure for the Cedar Creek Fire on the Deschutes National Forest will be reduced Saturday, opening up the Cascade Lakes Highway. The forest closure will be adjusted at 12:01 a.m., opening up recreation areas on the eastern
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An 86-year-old Bend man was critically injured Thursday evening when his SUV crashed into the back of a combine on the Powell Butte Highway near the Bend Municipal Airport, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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Despite some above-average early-fall temperatures, all public use restrictions on the Deschutes National Forest were lifted Wednesday, officials said.
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A group of property owners organized to fight the Arnold Irrigation District’s plans to pipe its 12-mile canal have filed suit in federal court against the district and the federal agency that authorized the project, claiming it violates several federal laws.
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The long-time Dewey Decimal System method of organizing books soon won’t be the main organizing method at the Deschutes Public Library, to be replaced in coming months with a topic-based system to make organizing and finding books easier. Learn more about the new system, Wayfinder, at: https://www.deschuteslibrary.org/about/news/news?newsid=31365
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Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife troopers sought the public’s help Monday to identify two people in a recent elk-poaching case on private property near Tumalo.
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The Sisters Ranger District and Heart of Oregon Corps have teamed up for a wetland restoration project along trails in the Glaze Meadow Old-Growth Area on the Deschutes National Forest.
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This week’s early-fall warmup may prompt more activity on the 2-month-old Cedar Creek Fire, but officials said Monday they have reached nearly one-third containment of the lightning-sparked blaze.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Summer operations and facilities across the Deschutes National Forest have started to close for the 2022 season. Lava Lands Visitor Center is open for its final week and will close for the season on Sunday, October 9. Additionally, Paulina Peak Road in the Newberry Caldera is slated to close on Wednesday,
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A Springfield woman who formerly lived in Bend and had summitted South Sister a dozen times lost the climbers trail on her descent Friday afternoon and became disoriented, calling 911 for help and prompting a search and rescue effort that included an AirLink helicopter crew spotting her from the air.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of October 2-8. Deschutes Market Rd/Yeoman Rd Intersection (Bend Area) – Construction of road improvements at the intersection of Deschutes Market Road and Yeoman Road will be occurring. This work is occurring as part of a private development project within the City of
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