BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of Sept. 11-17. Paving of Alfalfa Market Rd: MP 4 to Johnson Ranch Rd (Bend Area) – Placement of aggregate shoulders will be occurring between MP 4 and Johnson Ranch Road. Traffic Information – Road users should anticipate single lane closures facilitated by
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued an air quality advisory Thursday for Coos, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Umatilla, Union and Wallowa counties due to smoke from fires across Oregon and in central Idaho.
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A 17-year-old Bend male was arrested Thursday on attempted murder, assault and other charges, accused of shooting another 17-year-old male during a fight at a large “rave party” off a Forest Service road west of Bend, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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Deschutes County is opening a new clinic at the fairgrounds in Redmond to distribute the new COVID-19 booster vaccine; walk-in clinics should have them available starting Monday. Walk-in Bivalent Booster Dose Vaccine Clinic Opens at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds Starting Thursday, September 8th, Deschutes County Health Services is partnering with Oregon Health Authority to offer free WALK-IN COVID-19 vaccine clinics. Deschutes
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Some southern Bend residents said they were awakened late Tuesday night by the sound of propane tanks exploding from a fire in a transient camp area off China Hat Road that officials said burned a camper and was stopped at 1/10th of an acre.
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory Saturday for Klamath, Lake, Deschutes and Wallowa counties due to smoke from multiple wildfires, including the Cedar Creek and Rum Creek fires.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here’s Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of Sept. 4-10. Paving of Alfalfa Market Rd: MP 4 to Johnson Ranch Rd (Bend Area) – Placement of aggregate shoulders will be occurring between MP 4 and Johnson Ranch Road. Traffic Information – Road users should anticipate single lane closures facilitated by flaggers
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Deschutes and Lane County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue members came to the aid of two Minnesota residents who got lost twice while hiking near the South Sisters Climbers Trail in Lane County, one falling 30 feet and injuring her knee.
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Deschutes County said Thursday it is partnering with NeighborImpact to offer a new domestic well assistance grant and loan program. More than $527,000 in funds are available.
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The Community Assistance Center, which has been providing support following Sunday’s tragic shooting event in Bend, will continue to provide services over the holiday weekend at a new location.
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Numerous firefighters from several agencies, including three structure-protection task forces, rushed to tackle a wildfire that broke out Wednesday afternoon off Southwest Obsidian Avenue west of Redmond, prompting evacuations in the area before it was stopped.
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Deschutes County Health Services, the DA Victims’ Assistance Program, St. Charles Health System and local chaplains are partnering with Bend-La Pine Schools to provide one-on-one or small-group supports for anyone who needs support following Sunday’s tragic shooting event in Ben
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of August 28 to Sept. 3. Paving of Alfalfa Market Rd: MP 4 to Johnson Ranch Rd (Bend Area) – Asphalt paving work will be occurring. Work will include construction of new asphalt pavement between MP 4 and Johnson Ranch Road, as well
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County is seeking new volunteer members who are interested in serving on its Board of Property Tax Appeals. BOPTA is responsible for hearing taxpayer appeals for reduction of the real market or assessed value of their real and personal property. The county seeks candidates who: Have a working knowledge of the
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday released the name of a 41-year-old Bend man who died Tuesday when he went over turbulent Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River on an inner tube.
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest road crew plans to finish pavement repairs Wednesday on Forest Service Road 16, accessing the Three Creek Lake area. On Thursday, the road crew will begin work on the paved portions of Forest Service Roads 14 and 1420 in the Metolius Basin. Work will be focused on
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Central Oregon job gains have slowed dramatically since the region recovered from the pandemic losses earlier this year, the state Employment Department reported Tuesday. Unemployment levels, meanwhile, were unchanged across Central Oregon in July.
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Central Oregon’s counties have been three of the four fastest-growing in the state since 2010, with Deschutes County’s nearly 29% growth rate more than twice that of the Portland area, a state economist said Monday.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the Deschutes County road construction update for the week of August 21-27. Paving of Alfalfa Market Rd: MP 4 to Johnson Ranch Rd (Bend Area) –Asphalt paving work will be occurring. Work will include construction of new asphalt pavement between MP 4 and Johnson Ranch Road. Traffic Information – Road users should
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A man living in a camp trailer on the city of Bend’s Juniper Ridge property threatened a neighbor with a chain and damaged her trailer, leading to a standoff, SWAT Team call-out and arrest of the man, but it took a K-9’s bite to take him into custody, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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