Control lines held and there was no growth overnight on the 12-acre Fuzztail Fire that broke out five miles south of Bend Tuesday afternoon, while other crews built a line around the 4.4-acre Johnson Saddle Fire, reported later in the day seven miles northeast of Prineville.
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Shocked friends are mourning the death of Taylor Shane Wyss, a 33-year-old Redmond man who was shot and killed on the sidewalk in front of Duda’s Billiards and Sidelines Sports Bar & Grill in downtown Bend last week.
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The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued an excessive heat warning for much of Central Oregon and other areas of the state that began late Monday morning and continues until 11 p.m. Thursday, warning of “dangerously hot conditions, with temperatures up to 103 to 110” degrees expected.
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Gov. Tina Kotek has told three Central Oregon elected officials at a meeting on homelessness issues that she is not willing to support managed camps located outside of Bend’s or Redmond’s urban growth boundaries. But she said the talk “yielded common ground and, I hope, a path forward.”
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of August 13-19. Deschutes Market Road/Hamehook Road Intersection Improvement (Bend Area) –Excavation, Concrete and Paving work will be occurring at the Deschutes Market Road/Hamehook Road Intersection. Work will include excavation/grading of roadbeds, installation of concrete curbs and islands, and asphalt paving. Traffic
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Bola Gbadebo visited Smith Rock State Park, where several popular trails won’t be accessible for up to six weeks while an aging footbridge is replaced with a new, wider one.
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued an air quality advisory Friday for Deschutes County and eastern Lane County due to smoke from the Bedrock fire.
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Homeowners in Sunriver are voting this month on electing directors to the Sunriver Owners Association board.
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Bend, Redmond, Sisters, La Pine and … Mountain View? That’s the name of a vast new city proposed across 265 square miles of thinly populated Deschutes County southeast of Bend, both north and south of Highway 20, with the “ghost town” of Millican close to its center.
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Central Oregon drug agents concluded a long-term investigation Wednesday evening with the arrest of a La Pine woman who allegedly was trafficking fentanyl in the La Pine area of Deschutes and Klamath counties.
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According to the 2023 Point-In-Time Count, the city of Sisters saw an increase in the number of residents living unsheltered, rising from 55 last year to 64 this year.
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A 25-year-old Sunriver man admitted in a plea deal entered in court Wednesday that he fired a high-powered rifle shot that hit the Deschutes County Jail in early March, hours after his father was arrested and jailed on charges of luring a minor.
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Medical Teams international parked its big red bus at the Deschutes County Jail this week to provide much needed dental care for inmates. The bus is really a rolling dental care facility, Dylan Anderman reports.
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A 31-year-old Bend man who allegedly trafficked fentanyl in the homeless encampments on China Hat Road south of Bend was arrested during a traffic stop Monday evening, and large amounts of drugs and cash were seized, drug agents said.
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Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers had a busy weekend, first rescuing an injured hiker in the Three Sisters Wilderness on Saturday in an overnight mission involving two helicopters, and then a fallen, injured climber near Smith Rock Sunday in a five-hour effort by several agencies.
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality lifted an air quality advisory Monday for Central Oregon due to improved smoke conditions and a favorable weather forecast.
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Last month, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reassigned and dedicated a full-time deputy to patrol homeless encampments along China Hat Road south of Bend and Juniper Ridge north of the city for fire risks and other health and safety issues.
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A Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy who was suspended for a day without pay and lost his detective assignment due to an incident at a Bend bar last year has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of new criminal and internal affairs investigations, the agency said Monday.
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Smith Rock State Park is slated to get a new, wider pedestrian bridge this summer and fall, which means there will be no bridge access for up to six weeks, starting Aug. 14, Oregon State Parks officials said Monday.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of August 6-12. Deschutes Market Road/Hamehook Road Intersection Improvement (Bend Area) – Earthwork and Concrete work will be occurring at the Deschutes Market Road/Hamehook Road Intersection. Work will include grading, aggregate base placement, and installation of concrete curbs and islands. Traffic Information –
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