BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon firefighters saw more progress Friday in containing the remaining large wildfires in the region, despite some warmer and windier conditions that burned more fuel within the fire perimeters, officials said Saturday. Another sign of progress came Friday at 6 p.m., when Highway 126 west of Sisters and south of
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Central Oregon couple say they feel defeated after learning their daughter’s year-long sex abuse case could be dropped, without their knowledge. “We were told that everything that’s going on in the last year has been for no reason, dismissed,” the victim’s stepmother said. “Absolutely devastated, heartbroken that our kid isn’t going
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Nearly two weeks after lightning sparked a rash of fires in the Cascades and points east, the more than 450 firefighters battling the Bachelor Complex southwest of Bend, including the Little Lava Fire, has reached 37% containment, while the Firestone and Flat Top fires are now 87% contained, officials said Friday.
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It’s been nearly three weeks since the new Measure 110 reforms and deflection program began in Deschutes County and across the state — and at this point, local treatment services are calling it a miracle.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend man was arrested on drug charges after a traffic stop on Highway 97 near Terrebonne late Tuesday night, accused of transporting fentanyl from the Portland area to distribute in Central Oregon. A search of the car turned up fentanyl powder and related items under the passenger seat. The Central
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 32-year-old Beaverton man got lost on a solo hike to the summit of South Sister last weekend as fog and bad weather moved in, prompting a challenging 26-hour rescue effort involving both Deschutes and Lane County searchers and two helicopters that could not land due to the worsening weather. Instead,
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Respiratory illnesses like influenza, COVID-19 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) are known to spread more rapidly during fall and winter months, so Deschutes County Public Health is advising residents to take precautions to stay healthy and protect others in the community. “One of the most effective methods to prevent the transmission
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County Solid Waste is encouraging county residents to gather their gently used, unwanted items and participate in the inaugural Drop It, Swap It event on Saturday, Sept. 28. The objective is to promote sustainability and help reduce the amount of waste going into the county landfill. Residents are invited to drop off
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — No evacuation notices remain in place, but area closures are still in effect as hundreds of firefighters continue mop-up work, bulldozer lines are built and burnout work planned to ensure the Little Lava and other fires don’t spread. It’s a similar situation on the Firestone and Flat Top fires to the
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The Deschutes National Forest announced Tuesday that it will close and begin reconstruction of about six miles of Forest Service Road 18, also known as China Hat Road, south of Bend next Monday, an expanded project expected to conclude by November.
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LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ)– Sixty volunteers, five dumpsters and hundreds of pounds of trash. That’s what one Saturday in August looked like for volunteers who helped clear the trash left behind at an abandoned homeless camp off Jackpine Loop south of La Pine, “It’s easy to get angry. It’s harder to get out there and do
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With the continued recent success of fire operations and improved conditions, and at the advice of fire managers, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday dropped all evacuation notices on the Little Lava/Bachelor Complex, Flat Top and Firestone fires.
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Dan Cochrane and Chris Porter are a local duo looking to have Mt. Bachelor come into local community ownership. It’s a tall order, they know – perhaps as tall as the mountain itself, with big bidders expected to vie with big bucks for the well-known, popular resort.
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The delayed grand opening celebration for the remodeled Sunriver Library has been scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28 from noon to 2:00 p.m. The original event, planned for Sept. 14, was canceled due to area wildfires.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes Soil and Water Conservation District said Monday it has placed Measure 9-176 on the Nov. 5 ballot, asking Deschutes County voters to approve a permanent tax rate at a limit of six cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. If approved, the measure would provide a stable funding source
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest said Saturday it has updated and decreased the temporary emergency fire closure area on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District for the Bachelor Complex. The Bachelor Complex includes Little Lava Fire and Backside Fire as well as 30+ smaller fires within the area around Mt. Bachelor. Bachelor Complex
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Continued progress on the Little Lava Fire led to some reduced evacuation levels for nearby residents and businesses on Friday, with Mt. Bachelor being placed in “normal” status, allowing fall operations to resume Saturday, a week after the lightning-sparked fire began.
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Mt. Bachelor, which evacuated and halted fall operations when the Backside Fire arose west of the resort last weekend, will hold off until at least Saturday to reopen, continuing to review the firefighting situation on a daily basis, officials said Thursday.
Continue Reading After five days of the Little Lava Fire racing across 10,000 acres and advancing miles a day toward populated areas, evacuation zones are being held steady for now, but a favorable change in the weather has helped firefighters stop its forward progress, and that’s boosting hopes people won’t have to leave.
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The cooler, wetter weather has given firefighters on the previously fast-moving Little Lava Fire the upper hand, and that means downgraded or lifted evacuation levels for Sunriver and thousands of nearby homes in southern Deschutes County, emergency managers said Thursday.
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