Cuts could raise premiums for 12,300 local families, officials say U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., made a stop in Bend this ...

New Deschutes County 2025-26 budget preps for five-member board, building youth mental health care facility KTVZ News file By Barney Lerten Published June 19, 2025 2:52 pm ...

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 ...

Every year, the County honors one individual and one organization with Health Heroes Awards for their contributions to promoting the mental, physical, spiritual and social well-being of Deschutes ...

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 ...

The body of another missing person swept over Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River over the weekend was recovered Monday morning by search and rescue divers, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office ...

Five applicants for the interim Deschutes County sheriff position squared off in a forum Monday evening, focusing on how they would bring accountability and trust back to the office following ...

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

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