Outdoor debris burning season set to open Friday near Bend and Sisters, officials say
Outdoor debris burning will open at sunrise on Friday for areas outside the City of Bend within the boundaries of Deschutes County Rural Fire…
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Central Oregon jobless rates edge upward in September amid private-industry pullback, school start
Private industry pulled back last month across Central Oregon, while local education welcomed the start of a new public school year. Unemployment…
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Deschutes County launches commercial property clean energy finance program
Deschutes County announced Monday that a Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (CPACE) finance program is now available to eligible property…
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Former long-time DCSO deputy, detective Ron Brown charged with official misconduct
Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel filed official misconduct and other charges Monday against a former long-time sheriff’s deputy and…
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C. Oregon families get ready for Halloween by taking in all the fun at pumpkin patches
Halloween is right around the corner, with Casper and many other friendly ghosts, goblins and others ready to scare you (or ask you for candy).…
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Deschutes County road construction update: Week of October 23-29
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the Deschutes County road construction update for the week of October 23-29. U.S. Highway 20: Tumalo-Cooley Project…
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Fall half-price FireFree yard disposal event at Knott Landfill begins Oct. 29
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Beginning Saturday, Oct. 29, Deschutes Recycling is offering residents an opportunity to recycle their yard debris at half…
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Deschutes National Forest closes Forest Service Road 370 for the season
The Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District on the Deschutes National Forest on Friday closed the gate at Todd Lake and also closed Forest Service Road…
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Deschutes National Forest reduces Cedar Creek Fire closure, reopening areas around Cultus, Davis lakes
The Deschutes National Forest on Friday reduced the forest closure for the Cedar Creek Fire, opening up a portion of the area around Cultus Lake and…
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Large Knott Landfill compost piles catch fire in wind; Bend firefighters help put it out
Large mulch piles being turned into compost caught fire in stiff north winds late Thursday afternoon at Deschutes Recycling’s hard at Knott…
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A month into job, area’s first houseless strategies director ‘hit the ground running’ on challenging crisis
Following a highly competitive national recruitment, Deschutes County and partnering cities Bend, La Pine, Redmond and Sisters recently hired…
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Oregon DEQ extends air quality advisory to Deschutes County due to smoke from Cedar Creek Fire
he Oregon Department of Environmental Quality expanded an air quality advisory Thursday to include Polk, Yamhill and Deschutes counties due to smoke…
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Mt. Bachelor, Deschutes County receive $1 million state DOE grant for biomass project at resort
The Oregon Department of Energy said this week it has selected 21 recipients for a total of $12 million in Community Renewable Energy Grant…
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‘Know Flight’ this November with the Deschutes Public Library
November is National Aviation History Month. Get a 30,000-foot view with Deschutes Public Library programs next month, centered around “Know…
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South Deschutes County man arrested on drug, weapons charges in wake of woman’s fatal overdose
Drug agents investigating a 31-year-old south Deschutes County resident after a woman’s recent overdose death arrested him in a traffic stop…
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As ballots hit the mail, Deschutes County clerk offers tips and reminders to voters
More than 153,000 ballots for the Nov. 8 election hit the mail Wednesday to registered voters in Deschutes County, much as counties across the state…
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Deschutes DA Hummel voices support for Measure 114, opposed by state sheriffs’ group
Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel joined a group of current and former law enforcement and prosecutors Tuesday in voicing his support…
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Temporary closure planned for section of Suttle Lake Loop Trail
SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ — The Deschutes National Forest said Tuesday it will temporarily close a section of the Suttle Lake Loop Trail next week to…
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BLM to close area of public lands near La Pine for city water line maintenance
The Deschutes Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management’s Prineville District will implement a temporary closure of public lands near La Pine…
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Deschutes DA confirms Bend real estate investor, developer was shot, killed in driveway of his home
Nearly a week after a 70-year-old real estate investor and developer was shot and killed in the driveway of his home just east of Bend, Deschutes…
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