Deschutes County commissioners have been discussing for months the idea of enacting a business license for short-term rentals in the unincorporated county, to better assure land-use, health and safety issues are addressed and help neighbors deal with any conflicts.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The two candidates who are seeking to become the next Deschutes County sheriff, Captain William Bailey and Sergeant Kent Vander Kamp, will participate in their first candidate forum of the election season next Monday evening in Sunriver, organizers announced Tuesday. The event is scheduled from 5:30-7 p.m. Monday at the Sunriver
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A local family says it recently took Deschutes County’s Community Crisis Response Team nearly two hours to help their son in mental health crisis, causing Bend High to lock their doors.
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Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies who had sought the public’s assistance in finding a 41-year-old man last seen on Thursday morning, when he left a home along Highway 31 in the La Pine area now report he’s been found.
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(Update: Matthew Draxton adding video and comment from Cascade East Transit) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — With Presidents Weekend beginning with fresh powder, CET shuttles offer a great alternative to those trying to reach the mountain who don’t want to drive in the conditions or even may want to save gas. It is $7 one way,
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A fire early Thursday morning destroyed a large, unoccupied home undergoing a major remodel north of Sisters, and losses are estimated at $2.5 million. The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the blaze.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest said Thursday it plans to update temporary trail closures within the trails network west of Bend due to operations to reduce wildfire risk and restore forest resiliency in the wildland-urban interface. Beginning Monday, February 19, the following trail segment will be closed: COD – Closed Monday through
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The long-debated, nearly 2,000-acre Thornburgh Resort at Cline Buttes west of Redmond is gearing up for more construction, despite lingering land-use battles over groundwater, wildlife and other impacts that have gone on for nearly two decades.
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There have been 15 fires in Bend-area homeless camps since the start of the year, the most recent destroying a motor home Saturday morning north of Juniper Ridge, officials confirmed Tuesday. The Redmond area, meanwhile, has had six such blazes.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Next Monday, crews will begin dismantling and cataloguing the stone blocks of the front façade of the historic AJ Tucker building, located at the corner of NW Greenwood Avenue and Harriman Street, making way for a Deschutes County Courthouse expansion after no one took the county up on a free offer
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Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies sought the public’s help Monday in finding the owner of eight puppies that apparently were abandoned last week in the La Pine area.
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A driver left SW Helmholtz Way near Canal Boulevard south of Redmond Sunday evening in a rollover crash that broke one power pole and left others leaning and lines down across the road, knocking out power to about 450 Central Electric Cooperative members for several hours.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A frying pan left on a stove sparked a kitchen fire at a home in Deschutes River Woods on Sunday evening, but the resident and his dogs evacuated safely and Bend Fire crews quickly knocked down the blaze. Bend Fire & Rescue responded to a home on Creek Circle shortly before
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County Environmental Health said Friday it has received multiple reports from community members who have received spam phone calls that appear to come from the county. Callers appear to be “spoofing,” or faking, the Health Services’ Environmental Health main phone number, so the call appears to be coming from Deschutes
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The case of a Redmond man found guilty of murder “except for insanity” in the May 2022 killing of a Cloverdale woman puts yet another sad spotlight on the challenges of mental illness.
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With four people in Bend reported to have fentanyl overdoses in just six hours Tuesday — all saved by first responders’ use of Narcan — resources among the agencies involved are increasingly being spread thin, but stepping up efforts to combat the problem through greater awareness and preparedness.
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The Bureau of Land Management opened a 30-day public scoping period Friday to seek input on the Horse Ridge Recreational Area Non-Motorized Project, an effort to establish an official trail system at the popular mountain biking area, about 13 miles southeast of Bend.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County Health Services said Wednesday it has confirmed a rare case of human plague in a local resident, Oregon’s first in nearly a decade. They said the individual was likely infected by their symptomatic pet cat.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 23-year-old Redmond man was found guilty of murder except for insanity Thursday in the May 2022 strangulation death of Cloverdale farmer Tina Klein-Lewis, at the close of a rare two-day stipulated-facts trial, and was immediately sentenced to lifetime custody with the state Psychiatric Review Board.
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Two Deschutes County commissioners voted Wednesday to declare a 90-day state of emergency due to the addiction and overdose crisis brought on by cheap, powerful and deadly fentanyl causing a spike in addiction and overdose deaths – a drug you can easily order online. But a third abstained, calling the order “premature” and lacking anything new of substance.
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