Ten structures — including four homes — have been destroyed by a wildfire sweeping through central Oregon as thousands of ...

The Flat Fire, which has burned nearly 22,000 acres in Jefferson and Deschutes counties, is 5% contained and has destroyed 10 ...

Overview: More than 12,000 families in Deschutes County face an annual average $1,300 increase in health care costs as federal rule changes and looming budget cuts threaten to strip coverage from over ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Public Health officials from Deschutes, Jefferson and Klamath counties, in coordination with the U.S. Forest Service, are encouraging community members to prepare for smoke ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners and the Public Health Advisory Board recognized the winners of the 2025 Health Heroes Awards at a special ceremony Tuesday at ...

The Deschutes County Health Services confirmed the case of the plague in a local resident last week. The resident was likely "infected by their symptomatic pet cat," health officials said in a Feb ...

Oregon authorities on Tuesday identified two people who died in a fatal waterfall accident as search operations continued for the one person who remains missing. The Deschutes County Sheriff's ...

The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office, seen here in 2017. Five applicants for the interim Deschutes County sheriff position squared off in a forum Monday evening, focusing on how they would bring ...

Deschutes County is not planning for the future — it’s reacting to pressure from speculative developers motivated by how easy it has become to convert farmland into rural sprawl and build ...