WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is sending a total of $2,182,023 in Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grants, and $3,176,875 in a REAP loan, to support renewable energy projects in the state, including a rooftop solar array for the horse arena at JGW Ranch in Tumalo.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued another air quality advisory Wednesday for Deschutes, Klamath and eastern Lane counties due to smoke from fires in Oregon. The agencies said they expect the air quality advisory to last until at least Friday afternoon. DEQ and partner
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The citizen initiative to expand the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners from three to five members has officially received enough signatures to appear on the November ballot.
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BOTHELL, Wash. (KTVZ) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Mile Marker 132 Fire burning in Deschutes County, Oregon. The state of Oregon’s request for a federal Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) was approved by FEMA Region 10 Administrator Willie G. Nunn on Friday
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office turned to the public early Tuesday morning to help them looking for a La Pine woman who suffers from dementia and walked away from her home Monday evening, failing to return. She was reported found a few hours later.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued an air quality advisory Monday due to smoke from wildfires across Oregon, but for the first time in a while, all three Central Oregon counties are expected to see only “intermittent” smoke. The following areas are affected: · Eastern
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Repairs are complete and water service is being restored to most of the 1,800 affected Central Oregon Irrigation District customers after a lava tube caused a major breach and 40-foot sinkhole on the Central Oregon Canal last weekend. But now, a wildfire-related power outage has shut off service to some irrigators, officials said Saturday.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued a new air quality advisory Friday due to more smoke from wildfires in Oregon, California, Idaho, Washington and Canada. The following areas are affected: Deschutes County Eastern Douglas County Grant County Harney County Klamath County Lake County Eastern
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Deschutes County Fair and Expo are again offering emergency messaging to Deschutes County Fairgoers. Attendees can text DCFAIR to 888-777 to be anonymously subscribed to emergency alerts. If you subscribed to this system in past years you need to sign up again because each year’s
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The search for a 31-year-old Warm Springs man who jumped into the Crooked River at Lake Billy Chinook with a friend late Sunday night and soon slipped underwater ended in tragedy late Wednesday afternoon when divers helped by sonar found Triston Boise’s body in 42 feet of water, Jefferson County Sheriff Jason Pollock said.
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Central Oregonians are ending a record-hot, dry and smoky July with more “unhealthy” air quality readings, and with the traditional peak-wildfire month of August still ahead.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A lot of time, money and attention has been spent for years on helping homeowners and communities create “defensible space” around their properties, so a wildfire doesn’t have as much fuel to spread and cause even more danger and destruction. Much the same has taken place on national forests and in
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County is encouraging residents to review and comment on a draft version of the statewide wildfire hazard map, which is available on the Oregon State University Wildfire Risk Explorer website. The wildfire hazard map was created to: Help educate residents about wildfire hazard in their community Assist public agencies when prioritizing
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) –The Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District on the Deschutes National Forest is unlocking the gate at Todd Lake Tuesday to open Forest Service Road 370, which provides driving access to the Broken Top and Crater Ditch Trailheads. Forest Service Road 370 is a very rough road with sections through which low clearance vehicles
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo is back, promising an unforgettable experience filled with top-tier entertainment, thrilling rodeo events, and fun-filled activities for all ages. Scheduled from Wednesday, July 31 to Sunday, August 4, this year’s fair is set to be the largest and most exciting yet, attracting visitors from across
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo is thrilled to announce the return of our spectacular pre-fair drone show in the Old Mill District, now with even more excitement! This year, the show will feature 33% more drones, brighter displays, and breathtaking 3D effects. Join us in the Old Mill District, or
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A Forest Service paving project that was set to begin later this week on China Hat Road south of Bend has been delayed indefinitely due to the high fire danger in the woods and the related shutdown of all industrial operations in the Deschutes National Forest.
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Deschutes County commissioners wrestled and split once again Monday afternoon, but in the end decided 2-1 to move ahead with efforts to create a managed homeless camp on county-owned land along Highway 126 on Redmond’s east side, to get dozens of people off a parcel they’ve been trying to swap with the state for nearly 20 years.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Two members of Oregon’s congressional delegation on each sides of the aisle pointed in recent days to advancing legislation that will if they make the final version will send millions to five Central Oregon projects and numerous others around the state. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer voted for an Interior Department appropriations bill that
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A nonprofit and its many volunteer helpers picked up trash at several locations along the Deschutes River on Saturday, collecting more trash than ever before in nearly three decades of hard work.
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