Upcoming DCSO class prepares volunteers to mentor children with incarcerated parents
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is offering an upcoming class to prepare volunteers to become mentors for children with an incarcerated…
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Deschutes County 2040 Comprehensive Plan receives Planning Commission nod; public hearings set
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Following a 24-month development process, the Deschutes County Planning Commission has recommended approval of the revised draft…
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League of Women Voters of Deschutes County, City Club of C.O. announce Primary Candidate Forum Series
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The League of Women Voters of Deschutes County and City Club of Central Oregon are pleased to announce their 2024 Primary…
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Deschutes County will seek $19.7 million EPA ‘Community Change’ grant for south county septic, other issues
Deschutes County commissioners gave the green light Wednesday for the county to apply for a $19.7 million “Community Change“ grant from the U.S.…
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Kelly Cannon-Miller of the Deschutes County Historical Society to receive Oregon Heritage Excellence Award
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Kelly Cannon-Miller, executive director of the Deschutes County Historical Society, is among a dozen individuals,…
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Tweaks made, numbers up, views shared as Central Cascades Wilderness Permit system opens for season’s reservations
The Deschutes and Willamette National Forests opened this year’s reservations for the Central Cascades Wilderness Permit system on Tuesday. The…
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As Deschutes County CDD makes up for projected $1.4 million shortfall, expect to pay more for most permits   Â
Deschutes County’s Community Development Department, funded mostly by planning and building permit fees, has eliminated 14 positions over the last…
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‘A critical tool’: Deschutes National Forest plans to start stepped-up prescribed burn season in mid-April
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Prescribed burn season is starting up again on the High Desert. The Deschutes National Forest is planning more than ever before,…
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Deschutes National Forest plans up to 11,000 acres of spring prescribed burning: Here’s more about where
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest announced Monday that its firefighters plan to start spring prescribed burning season in…
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Deschutes County Planning Commission to hold public hearing on Planning Division Work Plan
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The public is invited to provide input on the Deschutes County Community Development Department’s Work Plan for Fiscal Year…
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Deschutes County officials briefed on new 180-mile Pacific Power transmission line, still in early planning stages
A lot of work and attention these days is focusing on new ways to generate power – but if we keep depending on utility companies to move a lot of…
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‘Know Gardens’ this April with Deschutes Public Library; several programs bloom throughout the month
Are you dreaming of a backyard bounty or looking to garden more sustainably? You can join the Deschutes Public Library as they sew, dig, and harvest…
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DCSO deputies interrupt burglary in progress at La Pine home; 3 suspects arrested, one with the help of K-9’s bite
La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies interrupted a burglary in progress at a La Pine home Friday evening and arrested one…
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DCSO K-9 team catches two Redmond SUV theft suspects after brief pursuit, wide-ranging manhunt
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Redmond man and woman were arrested Saturday afternoon in the theft of an SUV earlier in the day after a brief pursuit,…
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Fire destroys Tumalo barn; cause traced to weed-burning with propane torch earlier in the day
A fire that destroyed a barn in Tumalo Saturday evening was caused by the residents burning weeds with a propane torch earlier in the day,…
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Deschutes County to start work on new roundabout at Butler Market Road/Powell Butte Highway intersection
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The eastern end of Butler Market Road at Powell Butte Highway, by the Bend Airport, closes Monday as work begins on a new…
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Deschutes Public Library Board appoints Betsy Tucker to fill vacancy left by Ray Miao’s resignation
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes Public Library Board members voted Thursday afternoon to appoint Bend resident Betsy Tucker to the Zone 4 Library…
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Bend neighbors relieved, ‘shocked’ by Deschutes County commissioners’ 2-1 vote to close sex offender housing program
One week after voting to find a new location for a sex offender transitional housing program within a year, Deschutes County commissioners voted,…
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Deschutes County to press ahead on new rules for RVs to become legal rural dwellings, ease code violation cloud
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Deschutes County code enforcers already have their hands full with dozens of RVs and other illegal dwellings in rural areas.…
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‘There’s a way to hold them to justice’: Bend sex-trafficking case brings more awareness to national hotline
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Staff at Bend anti-human trafficking nonprofit In Our Backyard say the recent rescue of a 31-year-old Salem woman from a…
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