A La Pine man became ill while hiking the Tam McArthur Rim Trail near Broken Hand in the Three Sisters Wilderness and his condition worsened overnight, prompting a Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue operation Tuesday and an AirLink flight to St. Charles Bend, officials said.
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The Deschutes County District Attorney’s office is working to secure a nearly $490,000 domestic violence grant award that the county lost a percentage of back in 2018, by speeding the process of HIV testing for suspects.
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A 21-year-old Seattle man setting up a slack line at Smith Rock State Park was injured in a 35- to 50-foot fall Saturday morning, prompting a rescue that took several hours and involved several mountain rescue teams who happened to be training at the park, officials said.
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A fire destroyed a Tumalo-area manufactured home late Saturday afternoon, and the American Red Cross was called in to assist the renter, who did not have insurance, officials said.
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A 64-year-old Bend-area man who Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies asked for the public’s help in finding two days ago has been located and is safe, deputies said Saturday night.
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A 16-year-old Redmond teen was killed and four other people were injured in a four-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 97 about five miles south of Redmond, Oregon State Police said Saturday.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the Deschutes County road construction update for the week of Sept. 18-24. Paving of Alfalfa Market Rd: MP 4 to Johnson Ranch Rd (Bend Area) – Delineation work will be occurring. Work will include installation of recessed pavement markers between MP 4 and Johnson Ranch Road, and installation of roadside
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency extended an air quality advisory Friday for Deschutes, northern Klamath, Lake, and eastern Lane counties through Monday, due to smoke primarily from the Cedar Creek fire near Oakridge.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to receive testimony on proposed local standards for rural accessory dwelling units (ADUs) on Thursday, September 22 at 5:30 p.m. Community members can provide testimony in person at the Deschutes Services Building in Bend or virtually. Additional information on proposed local
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The Deschutes National Forest said Tuesday it has expanded its forest closure order for the Cedar Creek Fire to create more efficient firefighting operations on the eastern zone of the fire and due to increasing fire growth on the southern tip of Waldo Lake and in the Cultus Lake area.
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office will be closing all offices, including the jail administration office, on Wednesday at 12:30 PM in order for staff to attend the celebration of life for Lt. Ernie Brown.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The League of Women Voters of Deschutes County is excited to announce two great opportunities this fall for students to get involved in our democracy. First, the LWV of Oregon is continuing the tradition of the STUDENT MOCK ELECTION for the November 2022 election. LWVDC is attempting to reach as many Deschutes County
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TERREBONNE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 64-year-old Bend man was killed early Sunday in the crash of his SUV on Highway 97 north of Terrebonne, Oregon State Police said Tuesday.
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A somewhat improved picture weather-wise made for less growth on the Cedar Creek Fire Monday, allowing reduced evacuation levels and for two of the seven task forces called in from around the country to return home, but it still grew another 6,000 acres to over 92,000 acres and is still considered 0% contained.
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The vast, 33,000-acre Bull Springs Skyline Forest west of Bend has been on the sales block for close to three years, at a daunting price. So the private owners announced Monday a dramatic, 25% price drop — to “just” $95 million.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth (COPY), a program of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, is offering a class to prepare volunteers to become mentors for children with an incarcerated parent. After initial training and background checks, volunteers are matched with a child that shares similar interests and commits to spending a
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An army of firefighters from across the nation is helping battle the 6-week-old Cedar Creek Fire that exploded in weekend heat and winds to nearly 87,000 acres and forced evacuations, power outages and highway and forest closures. But cooler, calmer weather has improved conditions, officials said Monday as evacuation levels were lowered and thick smoke poured into communities east and west of the fire.
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Extreme fire behavior and strong winds made for another big run by the Cedar Creek Fire east of Oakridge on Saturday, putting up towering pyrocumulus smoke clouds, along with lightning, forcing continued evacuations and breaching lines, prompting a rollback to zero containment of the 6-week-old blaze.
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The Oakridge and Westfir areas were evacuated Friday evening and a Highway 58 closure was lengthened 57 miles in the face of the Cedar Creek Fire as predicted windy conditions also sparked other wildfires around the Northwest that forced people to also flee their homes.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Following a highly competitive national recruitment, Deschutes County has hired Robert Tintle as its new chief financial officer. Tintle, who will join the county in late September, replaces Greg Munn, who served as the Deschutes County CFO for two years. Tintle has served as the Lane County treasurer, financial services manager,
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