LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ)– Sixty volunteers, five dumpsters and hundreds of pounds of trash. That’s what one Saturday in August looked like for volunteers who helped clear the trash left behind at an abandoned homeless camp off Jackpine Loop south of La Pine, “It’s easy to get angry. It’s harder to get out there and do
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — This summer, the Darlene 3 and Jackpine fires near La Pine shone a spotlight on the negative effects of long-term overstays and illegal dumping on public lands. In response, community members approached the Bureau of Land Management with a request: Could they organize a group cleanup? The newly formed Newberry Regional
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – An overdue, missing 7-year-old La Pine boy prompted a Deschutes Alert to a large number of area residents before he was found unhurt and reunited with family members, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. The sheriff’s office received a call around 5 p.m. regarding the overdue and missing boy, Sergeant Jason
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A deadly dog attack took place recently in the driveway of a La Pine family returning home from a birthday celebration, resulting in the death of their beloved dog, Genie.
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A standing-room-only, overflow crowd attended a La Pine Planning Commission hearing Wednesday night, many to voice opposition to Habitat for Humanity La Pine Sunriver’s proposed 34-townhome subdivision in the Newberry neighborhood.
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Believe it or not, summer is heading to an end, and school is just around the corner. For those riding the school bus for the first time, it can be intimidating. Bend- La Pine Schools is trying to make the first day a little easier for the youngest students, and their nervous parents.
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office turned to the public early Tuesday morning to help them looking for a La Pine woman who suffers from dementia and walked away from her home Monday evening, failing to return. She was reported found a few hours later.
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Central Oregon is at the center of a social media controversy following hundreds of calls for action from across the country to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.
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Organizers with the Newberry Regional Partnership met with a packed room of more than 100 La Pine community members Monday night to discuss possible solutions to the growing homelessness problem in the area and the risk of wildfires it poses.
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Firefighters continued Sunday to hold the 180-acre Jackpine Fire south of La Pine within its perimeter and brought the blaze to 25% containment. Meanwhile, crews also made good progress on the Wickiup and Round Mountain fires near Wickiup Reservoir.
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A pair of 3-day-old wildfires north of Wickiup Reservoir and on Round Mountain were still held to about 250 acres total Saturday as crews made more progress and brought the Wickiup Fire to 20% containment and Round Mountain to 5% containment, officials said.
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 61-year-old La Pine man arrested last week on drug charges also now faces 20 counts of encouraging child sex abuse by distributing material on a social media account after a tip from a national organization led to raids on his home and cellphone, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Friday.
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A homeless camp resident was arrested Wednesday afternoon on a reckless burning charge, accused of leaving a burn pit unattended, which ignited a fire near the Huntington Meadows subdivision that firefighters stopped at a small size. Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched around 2:15 p.m. to a fire reported in
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Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ore., visited La Pine Tuesday for a “focused tour” and discussions with worried La Pine residents and officials about public lands management in the wake of the nearly 4,000-acre Darlene 3 Fire that threatened the town late last month.
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Fire season is in full force, as several large blazes over the past two weeks have shown. But regular, ongoing efforts by the Bureau of Land Management’s Prineville District and others to thin and reduce potential fuels have helped prevent much more damage from occurring.
Continue Reading La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A reported dispute involving gunfire brought Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies to a La Pine home late Saturday night – and when they heard more gunshots, the SWAT Team was activated. A 33-year-old La Pine man was arrested, with the help of a K-9 bite, and no one else was injured.
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Bend-La Pine Schools on Wednesday paid a nearly $7,000 fine imposed by Oregon OSHA for failing to investigate injuries reported by staff at the La Pine Elementary School Learning Lab on four occasions last year, an agency spokesman said. Online reports indicated the injuries were caused by students.
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A week ago, the Darlene 3 wildfire broke out on public lands near the community of La Pine. “Fortunately, decades of land treatments performed by the Bureau of Land Management helped stop the fire in its tracks,” the agency said Tuesday.
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A week after the fast-growing Darlene 3 Fire forced hundreds of La Pine-area residents to evacuate their homes, the blaze held by crews at just under 4,000 acres reached official full containment Tuesday as all Level 3 GO NOW evacuation levels were dropped.
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LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ)– As the Darlene 3 Fire reportedly reaches 100% containment, all of those affected by the fire are able to return home. But for one homeless family, everything is gone. Ivy and Ayla were living in homeless camps near the La Pine Cemetery when the fire sparked. Ayla said Monday, “I called her because
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