On July 18, the second FairWell Festival will kick off at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, bringing people across the country to Redmond, '?Significant changes'? have been made made from last ... Read More

Hover over the Redmond Municipal Airport on Google Maps and scroll north of the Ochoco Highway. From a distance, the parcels of public land look like undisturbed patches of Oregon's high desert: ... Read More

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An attempted traffic stop in Redmond Friday afternoon turned into a brief pursuit of a stolen pickup, the use of a remotely fired GPS tracking device called StarChase, a manhunt on BLM land east of ... Read More

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A vehicle fire along U.S. Highway 97 at Juniper Butte sparked a wind-fanned brush fire Wednesday afternoon that quickly grew to more than 600 acres, closed a six-mile stretch of the highway between ... Read More

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A vehicle fire Wednesday afternoon along U.S. Highway 97 between Madras and Redmond spread quickly to nearby grass and sage brush due to high winds and extremely dry conditions, says ... Read More

An evacuation shelter has been established at Powell Butte Christian Church. 13720 OR-126, Powell Butte. As of 8 p.m., OR Highway 126 remained open for traffic, according to ODOT's TripCheck ... Read More

A wildfire just outside Redmond has brought level 3 "go now" evacuation orders in Central Oregon, and hot and gusty ... Butte Christian Church at 13720 SW Highway 126 in Powell Butte. Read More

A new fire has ignited in central Oregon and is forcing Level 3 '?Go Now ... A Temporary Evacuation Point has been established at Powell Butte Christian Church: 13720 SW Highway 126, Powell Butte, OR ... Read More

Some small businesses on the north end of Bend say they are feeling the negative effects of the construction of the new Highway 97 route. Read More

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An attorney and former Terrebonne resident was arrested Wednesday near his Portland home, charged with criminally negligent homicide in a June 2023 hit-and-run crash in Redmond that claimed the life ... Read More

A house in Sisters that sold for $2.9 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in central Oregon in ... residence at 65815 Old Bend Redmond Highway, The property ... Read More

POWELL BUTTE ... a driver drifted partially off Highway 126 just west of Powell Butte, over-corrected and his car was struck by an oncoming SUV, Oregon State Police said Saturday, OSP troopers ... Read More

Sparks from a train car's locked-up brakes ignited two small fires on Monday in Bend and Redmond along the tracks that parallel U.S. Highway 97, authorities said. Around 2:45 p.m. Bend Fire ... Read More