The Central Oregon Fire Management Service is partnering with local structural firefighting departments around Central Oregon to provide an immersive, scenario-based wildland firefighting program designed to illuminate firefighters’ understanding of wildland firefighting suppression tactics, mutual aid and the dynamics of interagency response in an emerging wildfire incident.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County commissioners have appointed Judy Trego and Jim Fister to serve on the Deschutes County Budget Committee. Trego and Fister will serve as two of the committee’s three citizen members. The budget committee, which includes the Board of County Commissioners, reviews the County’s proposed budget and recommends a final version
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of May 1-7. US 20: Ward-Hamby Road Intersection Project (Bend Area) – Ward Road and Hamby Road will remain closed through May 6, 2022 as part of the ODOT US 20 Ward/Hamby roundabout project. Ward Road is closed between US 20 and Bear Creek
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Nearly three years after the daunting $127 million asking price was set for a vast 33,000-acre forest west of Bend – bigger than the city itself — it’s still on the market, so a land-use watchdog group, worried about its potential development, is launching a community effort to “Save Skyline Forest.”
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Sunday, Deschutes County’s Knott Landfill is moving to its expanded summer hours of operation. The landfill will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week, through Oct. 31. “Between spring cleaning and summer projects, we see an increase in the number of folks who want to
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With summer just around the corner and hundreds of job openings still to fill, Sunriver Resort is on the hunt for willing workers, with a new perk in their pocket — free gas, $300,000 worth.
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Two of the engine bays at Bend Fire and Rescue Station No. 306 are actually a classroom right now for Bend Police.
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday it recently outfitted 10 patrol vehicles with MobileSpike — a device a deputy can use to pull up beside a fleeing driver and more quickly flatten their tires to slow and stop them.
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To Deschutes County Democrats Chair Jason Burge, there is no incumbent in the race for Oregon’s vastly redrawn 5th Congressional District seat.
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For the past two years, some residents living near Hunnell Road, known as the Hunnell United Neighbors (HUNS), have been pushing to reduce the impact of a nearly $5 million improvement project between Loco and Tumalo Road at the north end of Bend. Construction is set to begin in June.
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April 24-30 marks this year’s Crime Victims’ Rights Week. This year’s theme: “Rights, Access, Equity, for all Victims,” embodies the unique challenges experienced by underserved populations in Deschutes County and across the nation, District Attorney John Hummel said Monday in announcing this year’s Crime Victims’ Rights Award recipients.
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For the last few years, Alex Rebielak has found a get away on the Deschutes National Forest near Phil’s Trail.
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Three days after Oregon State Police released three trail camera photos of three young ATV riders who apparently trespassed on private property northwest of Sisters, seeking public tips, troopers said Monday they have found and interviewed the visiting trio and they “are no longer of interest.”
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Gov. Kate Brown signed an executive order Monday that declared “a state of drought emergency” for Deschutes, Grant, Lake and Malheur counties, bringing to 11 the number of Oregon counties that have sought and received such orders for access to federal and state assistance.
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Investigators said Monday a burn barrel sparked a fire that destroyed an outbuilding Saturday night west of Terrebonne, setting off a large amount of ammunition and black powder stored inside, explosions that were heard by over a wide area and forced fire crews to take shelter for a time.
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On Wednesday, more than 153,000 ballots for the May 17 Primary Election will be mailed to registered voters in Deschutes County.
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Judy Trego, who has been a Deschutes County resident for 28 years, announced she will run for Oregon House District 54 in the Republican primary.
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Residents of two homes, in southeast Bend and south Deschutes County, were awakened by smoke detectors early Sunday morning – key to not just keeping exterior fires from causing more extensive damage to their homes, but allowing them to escape unharmed, authorities said.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Starting May 2, Cascades East Transit will relocate the existing Route 30 (Bend to La Pine) bus stop in Deschutes River Woods from the Riverwoods Outreach Church to the Riverwoods Country Store. The Route 30 schedule will remain the same and can be accessed at www.cascadeseasttransit.com. CET officials said the new
Continue Reading Small nonfarm businesses in 18 Oregon counties and neighboring counties in California, Idaho and Washington are now eligible to apply for drought-related low‑interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, Director Tanya Garfield of SBA’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West announced Friday.
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