Deschutes County Archives

Rep. Bynum, Senator Merkley introduce bill to continue federal funding for Deschutes River Conservancy

April 1, 2025 10:32 am Barney Lerten

ep. Janelle Bynum, D-Ore., and Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced on Tuesday the Deschutes River Conservancy Reauthorization Act of 2025. The…

Deschutes Swift Water Rescue Team Burns flooding

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Swift Water Rescue Team checking flooded Burns homes, evacuating trapped residents

April 1, 2025 10:56 am Barney Lerten

BURNS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Swift Water Rescue Team has been busy since arriving in flood-stricken Burns, checking on…

Deschutes County commissioners decide to create a citizen districting committee for commission expansion

March 31, 2025 11:09 am KTVZ

Nearly five months after Deschutes County voters approved a measure to expand the Board of County Commissioners from three to five, the three…

Smith Rock rescues Deschutes County SAR Foundation

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue assists injured, lost Smith Rock hikers in separate incidents

March 31, 2025 5:21 pm Barney Lerten

(Update: Adding video) TERREBONNE, Ore. (KTVZ) – Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies and Search and Rescue volunteers responded to help an…

South Deschutes County man arrested on charges of posing as a minor online to receive explicit images of girls

March 28, 2025 1:48 pm Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 51-year-old south Deschutes County resident has been arrested and indicted on nine felony counts of encouraging child sex…

Attendees talk together at Unofficial Logging Co. during transportation night at Engage Deschutes

Unofficial Logging Co. hosts transportation discussion at monthly Engage Deschutes event

March 28, 2025 10:23 am KTVZ

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Unofficial Logging Co. in downtown Bend has begun hosting a monthly Engage Deschutes gathering. The events are meant to…

Deschutes County seeks public input on East and West County Community Wildfire Protection Plan

March 27, 2025 4:09 pm Barney Lerten

Deschutes County is encouraging the public to review the draft East and West County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) and provide…

Bicycle pedestrian sign Deschutes County

Community invited to tri-county summit on ways to improve biking, walking in Central Oregon

March 27, 2025 3:47 pm Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Community members passionate about sustainable transportation are invited to attend the 2025 Tri-County Bicycle and Pedestrian…

Crooked River Ranch Fire invites the community to help ceremonially push its first new fire engine into the station

March 26, 2025 5:57 pm Barney Lerten

(Update: Adding video) CROOKED RIVER RANCH, Ore. (KTVZ) — For the first time in its 48-year history, Crooked River Ranch Fire & Rescue placed an…

Fireproofing your property: What buyers and sellers need to know before wildfire season arrives

March 26, 2025 10:50 am Jillian Fortner

With summer wildfire season just around the corner, it’s important for both sellers and buyers to consider steps to fireproof a…

‘Moving the problem’: Campers living off China Hat Road plead with Forest Service to delay or cancel closure

March 26, 2025 11:17 am KTVZ

An 81-page document entitled “Request to Reopen, Redo, and Delay or Cancel the Cabin Butte Vegetation Management Project” released Tuesday listed 80…

80 people living along China Hat Road claim disability discrimination, seek to delay or cancel Cabin Butte project

March 25, 2025 1:15 pm Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Forty days before a Deschutes National Forest deadline to move hundreds of people living in camps near China Hat Road south of…

Deschutes County Farm Bureau expands scholarship program with new Lance Hill Memorial Scholarsip

March 25, 2025 7:19 pm Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Farm Bureau is proud to announce the establishment of the Lance Hill Memorial Scholarship, honoring the…

Knott Road closure Arnold Irrigation District

Knott Road in southern Bend to close for most of April for bridge removal, canal piping work

March 25, 2025 6:03 pm Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A stretch of Knott Road on Bend’s south end will be closed to through traffic for nearly three weeks for removal of a bridge…

Central Electric Cooperative Tumalo area outage map

Tumalo-area power outage leaves 2,100 Central Electric Co-Op members in the dark for 3 hours; Bend Costco, too

March 25, 2025 2:00 pm Barney Lerten

A power outage in the Tumalo area hit 2,100 Central Electric Cooperative members for about three hours Tuesday afternoon and extended into the Bend…

Central Cascades Wilderness Permit system opens for reservations on April 1

March 25, 2025 11:31 am Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes and Willamette National Forests announced Tuesday that reservations for the Central Cascades Wilderness Permit…

Sisters man arrested suspected of burglary, multiple businesses damaged

March 22, 2025 3:06 pm Gregory Deffenbaugh

(Update: Adding video) SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 26-year-old Sisters man was arrested early Saturday morning after a series of reported break-ins at…

La Pine-area couple cited after drug raid turns up large dismantled marijuana grow, butane honey oil and a handgun

March 20, 2025 3:42 pm Barney Lerten

La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A drug raid on a La Pine-area couple’s property found a dismantled large marijuana grow in their shop, authorities said…

Deschutes County commissioners meeting - DEI issue

Divided residents pack Deschutes County Commission meeting, sound off on disbanding of DEIA committee

March 19, 2025 11:59 am KTVZ

A packed crowd Wednesday passionately voiced both sides of a contentious debate over Deschutes County commissioners’ recent elimination of a…

Tree well, safety top of mind in snow sports community following tragedy at Mt. Bachelor

March 18, 2025 6:14 pm KTVZ

Following Monday’s tree well tragedy at Mt. Bachelor, winter safety is at the top of experienced skiers’ minds, like Dan McGarigle, the owner of…