(Update: Added video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Work begins next week to reduce wildfire risk by removing flammable vegetation on ODOT and railroad property in the Deschutes River Woods community, Bend Fire & Rescue officials said Friday. The Deschutes River Woods Wildfire Fuels Mitigation Project is part of a three-year Oregon State Fire Marshal Community
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Federal staffing cuts to the Natural Resources Conservation Service could have an impact on the accuracy of data used by the Central Oregon Avalanche Center to make its forecasts of danger levels in the mountains.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Authorities are looking for the cause of a fire that heavily damaged a home on O’Neil Way northeast of Redmond Thursday morning, but firefighters kept it from spreading to nearby vegetation and also were able to save some personal belongings. Redmond Fire & Rescue crews were sent around 10:30 a.m. to
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Planning Commission invites property owners to attend a public hearing on Thursday, March 13 as it reviews proposed changes to the requirements for temporary hardship dwellings. Under Deschutes County Code (DCC), Title 18, property owners may obtain a temporary use permit for secondary dwellings on their property if
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A fire traced to improper disposal of oily rags destroyed a large warehouse and office building off Highway 126 in the Dry Canyon between Redmond and Sisters Wednesday night, but 20 firefighters from three agencies kept it from reaching a nearby 500-gallon propane tank.
Continue ReadingDeschutes County Republicans say they feel Oregon’s Democratic members of Congress are not listening to their constituents following Tuesday’s presidential joint address.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Think Wild, Central Oregon’s wildlife hospital and conservation center, said Wednesday it recently rescued and is caring for a young American goshawk after the bird became entangled in netting in a Sunriver-area chicken coop. American goshawks are a “Species of Greatest Concern” in Oregon and are known for their size and
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(Update: Added video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – An SUV left unlocked with the keys in it was stolen in southern Bend on Tuesday, police said. It was later spotted on Redmond’s south end and chased to downtown Bend, where the driver ran, prompting a manhunt and a late-night alert to area residents. Deschutes County sheriff’s
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A group of Smith Rock climbers opposed to the Trump administration’s policies decided to hang a U.S. flag upside down – a well-known sign of protest or distress – on the famed Monkey Face feature at the state park on Tuesday, hours before the president’s address to a joint session of Congress.
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A head’s up to drivers around Bend and Deschutes County: It’s always better to drive safely, of course – but especially early next week.
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Nearly 35,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service land off China Hat Road south of Bend will be closed off to visitors and homeless encampments starting in May as the agency begins work on the Cabin Butte Vegetation Management Project.
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The Deschutes County Circuit Court is recruiting volunteers to work as mediators in small claims and landlord-tenant cases.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Born and raised in Jamaica by his grandmother, Deschutes County Circuit Judge Raymond Dean Crutchley immigrated to New York at the age of 11, where he lived with his mother. Judge Crutchley says his time in Jamaica taught him why family was so important. “We were poor, but I can’t ever
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A cellphone’s automated crash notification and a witness report brought rescuers to the scene of a snowmobile crash into a tree off Century Drive on Thursday that seriously injured a Portland man and his 14-year-old daughter, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deschutes County 911 dispatchers were contacted around 10:15 a.m. Thursday
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Police Department, in collaboration with the Redmond Police Department and the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office, will host a series of Retailer Listening Sessions as part of the Organized Retail Theft grant that Deschutes County secured in the fall of 2024. The goal of this initiative is to stop
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County is encouraging residents to prepare their homes for wildfire season and will be offering free disposal of yard debris at collection sites around the county later this spring. The 2025 FireFree disposal events begin on May 2, but the drop-off dates and times of operation vary by location. “Wildfire embers can
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A family of eight and their dog and cat escaped a fire that destroyed their Tumalo home late Monday night, thanks to smoke alarms that awakened them, officials said. Losses are estimated at $1.4 million.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Scatter plans and join Deschutes Public Library in the wake of “Know Chaos” this March. Stay on the edge of your seat with a live performance of Agatha Christie’s legendary murder mystery, The Mousetrap, or participate in a relaxed reading of the play. Discover our state’s historic natural disasters with author
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Deschutes County commissioners returned to the heated controversy over the state’s revised wildfire hazard map Monday afternoon and after more debate voted 2-1 to file an appeal with the state on behalf of the owners of all 21,000 properties in the county designated at high risk from wildfire.
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(Update: specifics of Coos Bay arrests) SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) – A south Deschutes County woman wanted on a $1 million nationwide felony arrest warrant on 19 charges, including attempted murder, in a disturbing child abuse case was arrested Friday morning at a Coos Bay hotel and second location, along with her parents, also wanted on
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