BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Wednesday, May 15, the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners will host a public hearing to seek community input on the County Planning Division’s Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2024-25. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. and will be held at the Deschutes Services Building which is located at
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ)– This week, over $10 million was brought into Central Oregon to build new affordable housing. In Sisters, Habitat for Humanity received over $4 million to help build 24 new units. “It’s a wide swath of people that are stuck in that scenario where they cannot afford to buy a house. We’re going to
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Deschutes County commissioners held a public hearing on Wednesday for residents to weigh in on a proposal to allow recreational vehicles to be used as long-term rental dwellings on residential properties in the county.
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Deschutes County Jail staff took quick, crucial steps Sunday night to save the life of an inmate who suffered a suspected drug overdose while being booked into the facility, deputies said Tuesday.
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A proposed footbridge over the Deschutes River in southern Bend has created quite a lot of controversy since it was first suggested back in 2012. A group called Connect Bend is now hoping that endorsing candidates for this election might help finally get the bridge built.
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SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Thursday, firefighters on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to conduct prescribed burn operations on up to 269 acres approximately one and a half miles west of Sunriver along Forest Service Road 41 near the access for Besson Day Use Area. Ignitions on the West Maintenance 5D Prescribed Burn are
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The office of Deschutes County Clerk Steve Dennison did Tuesday what it does before each election: hold a public certification test of its ballot scanning and processing system.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — This week, May 6-12, is designated as National Nurses Week, and Deschutes County has produced a special video to help recognize the dozens of nurses who work for the Deschutes County Health Services Department. From reproductive health, immunizations and support for new moms and babies to communicable disease investigation, behavioral health,
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Last week, NewsChannel 21 reported on Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels’ alarm over the growing public defender shortage and how that is impacting courts and posing a ‘severe public safety’ risk.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Wednesday, during the Deschutes Board of County Commissioners meeting, the Board will hear a presentation about heavy cannabis use and its impacts on mental health. The presentation is only for information purposes, there will be no board action following the presentation. County Behavioral Health and Public Health staff will provide
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Wednesday firefighters on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to conduct prescribed burn operations about 10 miles south of Bend and five miles east of Sunriver. If conditions are favorable, firefighters will ignite up to 201 acres east of Highway 97 near the Exit 153 interchange and directly north of
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(Update: Precipitation prompts cancellation of prescribed burn) SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Overnight precipitation has prompted the Sisters Ranger District to cancel a prescribed burn planned for Tuesday about two miles southwest of Sisters as part of an Agency Administrator Workshop hosted by the National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC), a multi-agency training center based
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A Deschutes County jury has ruled in a $34 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of Bend teen killed in June 2021 crash at Wickiup Reservoir that she and the teen himself represented nearly half of the negligence leading to his death, resulting in expected damages of less than $20,000 being awarded to his estate.
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The Deschutes County Clerk’s Office said Friday it has learned that a small number of ballot packets for the May 21 Primary Election were inserted into the wrong outgoing mailing envelope.
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The numbers are concerning: Suicide rates by firearms in Central Oregon are higher than state and national averages. The Central Oregon Suicide Prevention Alliance recently launched a campaign to address that, focused on safely storing firearms.
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Primary election ballots have begun hitting mailboxes across the High Desert, and one of the most closely watched races is on the Democratic ticket. The two Democratic candidates for Oregon’s Fifth Congressional District, Jamie McLeod-Skinner and Janelle Bynum, are vying for your vote, and a chance to take on first-term Republican incumbent Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Forest Service Road 9702600 and Deschutes River access off FSR 9702621 will be closed starting Monday, May 6 through at least Friday, May 10 for road improvements. The road provides access from Sunriver to the Deschutes River on the Bend-Fork Rock Ranger District. Forest Service Road 9702600 will be closed from
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The Eagle Crest area west of Redmond is home to seven neighborhoods’ homeowners associations, one of which recently sparked debate by moving to ban the display outside homes of all flags except the US flag.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — A former Bend resident and Portland State University football player who was arrested in southern Deschutes County on a murder charge two years ago has begun serving a 23-year prison term for shooting and killing his girlfriend, another PSU student, in 2022, KGW reported. Keenan Reece Harpole, now 22, pleaded guilty on
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Trends in Deschutes County indicate people aged 55 and older have the highest voter participation, while young adults aged 18 to 24 years old are the least likely to turn in ballots.
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