At the Bend City Council’s last meeting, councilors chose a faster, hands-on approach to craft unsanctioned camping rules, wanting to play a more…
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As firefighting crews across Oregon work to stop wildfires large and small, many ignited by recent lightning, a new fire on Green Butte southeast of…
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“We’re asking for $100,000 (bail) — that is still a significant amount,” Sergio Suarez-Sanchez’s defense lawyer said Wednesday in a Jefferson…
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The sound of carnival rides and the smell of funnel cakes are back! Wednesday kicked off the 102nd annual Deschutes County Fair and Rodeo. Doors open…
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A fast-growing new wildfire in rugged, hard-to-access terrain on the Willamette National Forest 18 miles east of Oakridge was growing fast — 500…
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The wind-driven Miller Road Fire that broke out Tuesday in the Juniper Flat area of Wasco County, about 13 miles southwest of Maupin, prompting…
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A Bend woman allegedly fired about 15 gunshots at a relative’s unoccupied northeast Bend home early Wednesday morning, hitting it several times,…
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With two new cases discovered in Deschutes County, leading to euthanizing close to 150 birds, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)…
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While some streets in Bend have been cleared of campers, residents are noticing long term vehicles parked in other areas of town, including Mary Rose…
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Bend RV dealer employees spotted a man and woman sought by Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies in a recent rash of thefts from parked vehicles at…
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Deschutes County Fair and Expo announced Tuesday they will be utilizing Nixle event subscription or…
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Months of reports from community members about possible drug activity at a southeast Bend home across the street from an elementary school led to the…
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The cost of housing continues to rise in Deschutes County, while wages are not keeping…
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The developer of the controversial Thornburgh Resort west of Redmond said Monday he has withdrawn a much-criticized request to buy 400 acres of…
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A lightning-sparked fire that prompted campground evacuations and pre-evacuation alerts in the Three Rivers subdivision near Lake Billy Chinook has…
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The era of turboprop planes flying in and out of Redmond Municipal Airport ends over the next several months, as part of Alaska Airlines’…
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The Windigo Fire that broke out Saturday near Windigo Pass on the Umpqua National Forest has grown quickly to 1,300 acres, officials said Sunday…
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You can count on a lot of food, fun and frivolity when the Deschutes County Fair begins its five-day run on Wednesday. But don’t count on a…
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A dangerous combination of extreme heat, strong thunderstorms and winds sparked several fires around Jefferson County late Saturday afternoon,…
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Several gunshots were fired early Saturday morning in a southwest Redmond neighborhood and one resident reported finding several bullet holes in…
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