Deschutes County internal audit program gets highest rating
Following a successful peer review four years ago, the Deschutes County internal auditing program has received the highest rating for compliance of…
Continue ReadingFollowing a successful peer review four years ago, the Deschutes County internal auditing program has received the highest rating for compliance of…
Continue ReadingFuels specialists on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District began to ignite piles in several spots on Friday afternoon, with ignitions lasting one day.…
Continue ReadingCommunity advocate and attorney Emerson Levy announced Thursday that she is filing to run again for state representative for House District 53,…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes County Commission has unanimously approved their largest American Rescue Plan Act investment to date, allocating an additional $6.6…
Continue ReadingFour of the five Redmond teens convicted of conspiring to brutally kill Barbara Thomas at her home on the Old Bend-Redmond Highway just over 20 years…
Continue ReadingThe only energy source of its kind in the world could take shape in Central Oregon in coming…
Continue ReadingThe Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest will release Friday a draft environmental assessment of the Green Ridge Landscape…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County will mail 110,438 property tax statements by next Monday. Annual property tax bills are only mailed once a year, but property…
Continue ReadingA nearly 30-year Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office employee has resigned after a personnel investigation led to unspecified “personnel action,”…
Continue ReadingThe winding, scenic and seasonal McKenzie Pass Highway will be closing in one direction this week and likely on Nov. 1 going the other way, the…
Continue ReadingSens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Tuesday that seven Oregonians, including Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel, will be…
Continue ReadingEvery year, Central Oregon irrigation districts reduce the river flow in the Upper Deschutes River from Wickiup Reservoir to Bend to prepare for the…
Continue ReadingIf conditions remain favorable, fuels specialists on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to burn an additional 445 acres on Wednesday, about five…
Continue ReadingDebris burning opened on Saturday for all areas in Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District #2. County 911 dispatch has received many…
Continue ReadingHere is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of October…
Continue ReadingWith Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joining critics in calling on Powdr Corp. to drop plans for a ‘Fast Tracks’ quick-access pass at Mt. Bachelor, the…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon school districts and health care facilities have been tracking vaccination rates among its employees as next Monday’s deadline…
Continue ReadingEarlier this week, at least one cold Central Oregonian was lucky enough to capture the Northern Lights at Sparks Lake through a camera lens.…
Continue ReadingFall is here. and some sprinkler systems are still programmed to turn on as people try to make their vegetation last as long as possible. With the…
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., expressed concerns Wednesday in a letter to the parent company of Mt. Bachelor that the introduction of the “Fast Tracks”…
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