Thinning operations will close segments of the Tyler’s Traverse, Royal Flush, Duodenum trails and Forest Service Road 4130 for public and operator safety, officials said Wednesday.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a request by the Oregon Department of Agriculture to lift a regional quarantine in Deschutes County, imposed due to recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza among backyard chickens and ducks.
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Sunriver Police Chief Cory Darling said Tuesday he is retiring at the end of August after four years at the helm of the resort community’s police force and 34 years in law enforcement.
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A new library for Grants Pass, the restoration of an iconic ski lodge near Sisters, Montavilla Jazz Festival’s 10th anniversary celebration and multimedia documentation of the Talent community’s rise from the ashes of the Almeda Fire – those are just a few of the important arts, heritage and humanities projects to be supported by grant allocations from the Oregon Cultural Trust.
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The Deschutes County Commission has approved American Rescue Plan Act funding to support the Sisters Park & Recreation District’s child care program and to assist Furnish Hope, a local nonprofit that furnishes homes at no cost to families in need.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest road crew will be repairing the pavement edges and patching potholes on Forest Service Road 18 this week. The work is slated to begin Monday and tentatively scheduled to last through the week. The road repairs are scheduled for the stretch of road located between the junction
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Young riders were soaring down mount bachelor on their bikes on Sunday in the sixth year of GraviCross. Riders had to navigate downhill riding– slope styling and gravel-grinding conditions. It was a chance for kids and teens to have their own race events, known as GromCross and KidCross, five miles of riding through the rocky terrain. The
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of August 14-20. Paving of Alfalfa Market Rd: MP 4 to Johnson Ranch Rd (Bend Area) – No work will be occurring this week. Work will resume the week of August 21. Paving of Hamby Rd: US20 to Butler Market Rd (Bend
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Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office K-9s recently were outfitted for duty with some new, potentially life-saving gear.
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Some experts say the country has hit a COVID-19 plateau, and the trends in Deschutes County’s reported cases support that thinking.
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TUMALO, Ore. (KTZ_ — Deschutes County Planning Division is updating the Tumalo Community Plan (TCP) to 2040. The TCP serves as a guide for development, capital improvements, and land use planning in the Tumalo Rural Unincorporated Community boundary for a 20-year period, from 2020-2040. Over the last three months, the Planning Division has been conducting community
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A fire that apparently began on the back deck caused extensive damage to a Sunriver home Monday night, officials said.
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The 2022 Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo closed on Sunday with record-setting attendance and revenue numbers for its 102nd annual event, officials said Monday.
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The parents of a 9-year-old Tacoma, Wash., boy who died after a fatal fall down the icy slopes of Mt. Bachelor early last year have filed a nearly $50 million wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against the ski resort and its parent company, Powdr Corp.
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A La Pine man who was seen failing to stop at a stop sign late Sunday night led a Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy on a pursuit that ended when he went off-road and his pickup got high-centered on a boulder, deputies said.
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An extensive search effort on Sunday found the body of a Prineville man who had disappeared in the Deschutes River while swimming with a friend in the Terrebonne area on Saturday, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue came to the aid Sunday of a Bend man who suffered a broken leg in the crash of his motorcycle on a Forest Service road south of Pine Mountain.
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A Redmond couple broke a record at the Deschutes County Fair’s annual 4-H/Future Farmers of America Youth Livestock Auction this weekend. The couple bought a grand champion turkey for $29,000. The turkey weighed 23 lbs., meaning it went for $1,300 a pound. There was quite a bidding war over the turkey.
Continue Reading A Redmond man was arrested and jailed on drunken and reckless driving and other charges in a head-on crash Friday night in Tumalo that sent the other driver, a California teen, to the hospital with serious injuries, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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The new Den Dive Shop in Sunriver, which held a grand opening last month, also has a new dive club. It’s called the Mountain Muskrats, with plans for fun and a good turn for the waterways they explore.
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