Wilderness poses unique challenges to firefighters
The Pole Creek fire continues to burn 5 miles southwest of Sisters. The blaze has now consumed 17,500 acres but by Tuesday night was 20 percent…
Continue ReadingThe Pole Creek fire continues to burn 5 miles southwest of Sisters. The blaze has now consumed 17,500 acres but by Tuesday night was 20 percent…
Continue ReadingWildfires can have devastating consequences on our forests, but what about the impacts on our economy? For the firefighting companies who were…
Continue ReadingThe Bend-Ft. Rock Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest issued its final decision Tuesday on the development of a new sno-park at Kapka…
Continue ReadingThe first week of October will see hundreds of cultural events occurring throughout Oregon, including Bend, Sisters and Moro. A historic talk at the…
Continue ReadingParking in the Centennial Parking Garage in Downtown Bend will be limited next week due to maintenance work. The garage will be closed from the 2nd…
Continue ReadingThe Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce wants to assure people that Sisters is open for business despite the Pole Creek Fire currently burning southwest…
Continue Reading“We can’t afford to have a careless fire now,” says Tom Fields , fire prevention coordinator for the Oregon Department of Forestry.…
Continue ReadingPrineville Chamber of Commerce announced the resignation of Bill Gowen, who has served as Chamber CEO since 2010. Prineville native and local…
Continue ReadingWildfires have damaged thousands of acres of Oregon’s High Desert land this summer, and restoring it will be a prime topic at this week’s…
Continue ReadingOregon State Police and Wasco County officials are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting around midnight Tuesdaymorning in the Dalles. The…
Continue ReadingAnother packed crowd of Sisters-area residents heard some hopeful news from the lines of the Pole Creek Fire on Monday evening, as the containment…
Continue ReadingThe recess bell rings out across an empty school yard as a normally chaotic playground stays empty at Sisters Elementary School. Smoke has blanketed…
Continue ReadingOn Thursday, Sept. 13, stakeholders throughout Deschutes County participated in a one-day workshop for the development of integrated strategies to…
Continue ReadingOn Saturday, Sept. 15th, about 130 motorcyclists delivered almost 1,800 teddy bears to the Bend, Prineville, Madras and Redmond hospitals. This was…
Continue ReadingA late fire season around the Northwest and Friday night thunderstorms have ignited new fires in Central Oregon, several on the Warm Springs Indian…
Continue ReadingWhen a wildfire breaks out in the national forest, forest rangers sometimes risk their lives leading people out of the woods and back to safety. But…
Continue ReadingFormer COCC instructor Thomas Bray looked on in a blue jail uniform, hands and feet shackled – his first court appearance out of a suit and tie –…
Continue ReadingA heating unit in an unoccupied guest room at Bend’s Shilo Inn ignited curtains in a blaze Monday morning that fortunately went out on its own,…
Continue ReadingThe state of Oregon and HomeSource of NeighborImpact announced new resources Monday to help Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook county homeowners at risk…
Continue ReadingA 32-year-old Redmond woman was killed early Monday when her car left the Old Bend-Redmond Highway and struck a tree head-on, Deschutes County…
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