Deschutes County Solid Waste Director Tim Brownell said sage grouse habitat maps have changed and a previously identified golden eagle nest is far enough away that it won’t require environmental ...

Elected leaders from the city of Bend and Deschutes County will come together Monday to discuss two of the biggest issues affecting Central Oregon: homeless camps and wildfire. The county’s downtown ...

More than 100 people were forced to leave a long-term forest homeless camp south of Bend on May 1 for a project aimed ...

Emily Cureton Cook / OPB Next month, Deschutes County officials expect a packed ... feeds the Deschutes River and its tributaries. A map shows the footprint of the nearly 2,000 acre Thornburgh ...

A map he created last year shows a handful of ... “It’s just saying this is a process that’s available in Deschutes County like it is in all other 35 counties.” That part of the ...

Jesse Rabinowitz, campaign and communications director for the National Homelessness Law Center, said many people at the China Hat camp were actually brought to the camp by Deschutes County ...

a lobbyist for Deschutes County. “A lot of people misinterpreted it as a bill to create wildfire maps when actually it’s a bill just to comply with existing wildfire policies, whatever they ...

In the heart of Bend, Oregon, where the Cascade Mountains stand sentinel and the Deschutes River flows, there’s a sandwich shop that’s causing quite the commotion among locals and visitors alike.

Spring arrives with Indian plum, trillium, and rhododendrons blooming across Oregon’s forests. This seasonal guide explores native wildflowers, their uses, and forest survival skills, while also ...