Firefighters continued to make good progress Monday and brought the Rosland Road Fire near La Pine to 60% containment as more hot, dry weather pushed the region’s fire danger to “extreme” levels.
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State parks staff on Monday proposed adding 25 to 50 parking spaces near Smith Rock State Park to alleviate overflow parking concerns by nearby Terrebonne residents, while Deschutes County commissioners said they may no longer allow parking along some busy nearby streets.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County is accepting applications for its new Facility Project Review Committee. The committee will provide recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners on pending and upcoming county building and facility projects, as requested by the board. The committee will provide recommendations in the following areas: development options and alternative solutions,
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A wildfire that broke out Saturday afternoon just east of La Pine on the Deschutes National Forest has been fully lined at 393 acres, and a Level 1 pre-evacuation notice for the nearby Newberry Estates neighborhood has been lifted, officials said Sunday.
Continue Reading BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is Deschutes County’s weekly road construction update for the week of July 19-25: Sisemore Road Bridge Rehabilitation Project (Tumalo Area) – Concrete repair work will continue at the Sisemore Road Bridge.Closure Information – Sisemore Road is closed at the bridge site and is expected to remain closed until September 30, 2020. Road users
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A bystander helped fire crews put out a quarter-acre brush fire that broke out northwest of Redmond Thursday afternoon, officials said.
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In the midst of a recession and health crisis, Redmond city officials told NewsChannel 21 Wednesday industrial projects are at an all-time high. Four major businesses in Redmond have already completed or are undergoing facility expansions, despite the many issues and uncertainties raised by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Deschutes Public Library Board announced Wednesday evening it plans to send a $195 million bond measure to the November ballot and has voted to spend $1.35 million to buy a new Central Library site on Bend’s north end.
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The recently opened Deschutes County Stabilization Center has received a $2.4 million state grant that will allow the facility, a place for people experiencing mental health crises, to expand to 24/7 operation.
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Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday they are looking for a driver who got out and assaulted a traffic flagger working on a house-moving project east of Bend late Monday night.
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A La Pine man was killed and a La Pine woman was injured Friday evening when their SUV left Highway 97 just north of Sunriver and overturned, Oregon State Police reported.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County on Friday began distributing close to 130,000 masks to community partners, including local cities, chambers and nonprofits. The distribution effort follows the announcement of a statewide mandate requiring face coverings to be worn in indoor public spaces. Children under 12 years of age are not required to wear one. Individuals who
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After the Oregon Liquor Control Commission reprimanded 12 bars and restaurants in Deschutes County for failing to ensure social distance over the holiday weekend, it referred five of those businesses to the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Continue Reading BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County Natural Resources invites applications from county land owners who would like financial assistance with upcoming range improvement projects, including noxious weed control, seeding, fencing improvements/new fence construction or water source development. Proposed projects must fall within a grazing district in Deschutes County. Maps of the grazing district are available
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Plans to modernize a portion of Central Oregon Irrigation District’s irrigation infrastructure by piping canals in the Redmond area have been approved by a federal agency to move forward into construction.
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A Redmond man was killed late Wednesday afternoon when his motorcycle struck the back of a pickup truck whose driver had stopped to turn left on U.S. Highway 20W just east of Sisters, Oregon State Police said.
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A wildfire that broke out Wednesday afternoon southeast of La Pine quickly grew to 45 acres before firefighters from numerous agencies in a ground and air battle were able to stop its forward progress.
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A two-vehicle reportedly head-on crash closed U.S. Highway 97 near Deschutes Junction, about five miles north of Bend for a time on Wednesday afternoon.
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The grieving family of a Terrebonne man killed in a head-on crash on Highway 97 told NewsChannel 21 Wednesday they want the Oregon Department of Transportation to improve safety on that stretch of road, to spare other families similar tragedies in the future
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Friends and family have rallied to raise money for the family of a Bend man who nearly drowned in the Deschutes River on Sunday but was found and rescued by several good Samaritans.
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