Dry conditions expected to fuel early wildfire season
Wildfire fuels like brush, needles and trees are already drier than normal — more typical of what would be seen in early June — officials…
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Wildfire fuels like brush, needles and trees are already drier than normal — more typical of what would be seen in early June — officials…
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Given favorable weather conditions, Deschutes National Forest fuel specialists on the Sisters Ranger District plan to conduct a prescribed burn by…
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Deschutes County’s special tactical team was called out early Wednesday to a standoff at a home in La Pine that ended peacefully with the…
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The road to Newberry National Volcanic Monument’s Newberry Caldera will open to motorized travel on Friday, as will other facilities, officials…
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The nonprofit Tower Theatre Foundation’s award-winning educational programs connected with a record number of students, teachers and parents…
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Bend-La Pine Schools plan to take a popular before- and after-school program for a much more expensive one. Tuesday night. parents sounded off at the…
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Attorneys for Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort and injured snowboarder Myles Bagley met Tuesday before Deschutes County Circuit Judge Stephen Forte, a day…
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In early June, the Deschutes National Forest, Klamath County and Bend-La Pine School Districts, High Desert Museum, Children’s Forest of…
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Burgess Road will be closed at the junction with Hwy 97from May 4-7 for a Highway 97 railroad crossing replacement project being done by BNSF…
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Another sign that wildfire season is closing in on Central Oregon came Tuesday afternoon, as crews were called out to encircle and douse a brushfire…
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After a very mild, low-snow winter, Deschutes County’s Road Department will open the Cascade Lakes Highway for the spring and summer season at…
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An overturned semi-truck trailer hauling food blocked a lane of Highway 126 for several hours Tuesday morning, and authorities said the crash…
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The Oregon House on Tuesday unanimously passed a measure designed to better protect Oregonians from invasion of personal privacy crimes. House Bill…
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The Bethlehem Inn is proud to announce it has been awarded two challenge grants in support of its upcoming annual fundraiser, Spotlight on…
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Due to low snowpack, lack of rainfall and early season warming, all debris, commercial and agricultural burning in areas protected by Deschutes…
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The leaders of every public college and university in Oregon are asking the Legislature to restore budget cuts, rebuild educational programs and help…
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The Regional Aviation Group of the US Forest Service is planning to conduct a flight operations training exercise north of Gray Butte on the Crooked…
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Oregon businesses reported 39,400 vacancies this winter, an increase of 6,600 vacancies from the prior year, the state Employment Department reported…
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Effective June 1 , the public will be barred overnight and restricted from certain uses on three state-owned properties totaling 1,745 acres in…
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Bat conservation just got a big lift. The Forest Service will now host the award winning “Project EduBat: Education Taking Flight!“—a…
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