The last recall petition that made it to a vote in Deschutes County was in 2014, Dennison said, when Kay Walters and Sharon ...

The Deschutes County Public Safety Campus soon will become a temporary home for people with nowhere else to go.  Nonprofit ...

The 2-day-old Alder Springs Fire burned across 3,400 acres but reached 21% containment Tuesday, putting up far less smoke and leading to lowered evacuation levels as officials report more progress on ...

The first large fire of the year in the tri-county area burned through around 800 acres of dry scrubland and juniper in ...

Sheriff Wilkerson will serve in his appointed capacity through 2026 and, if elected by voters, would begin a full four-year ...

The Alders Springs fire, which sparked on Monday, quickly grew to 3,400 acres by Tuesday evening. The Jefferson County and Deschutes County Sheriff’s offices have issued evacuation orders since Monday ...

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office issued evacuation orders for the nearby residential areas, including the Crooked River ...

Red Incident Management Team held its in-briefing at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday and joined the Central Oregon Type 3 Team in unified command of the Alder Springs ...

Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp confirmed Tuesday he plans to step down Aug. 31, just eight months into his first ...

DESCHUTES COUNTY, Oregon — The Police Policy Committee of the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training recommended a lifetime ineligibility period for Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der ...

The DPSST committee found that van der Kamp lied to the state and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office multiple times throughout his 20 years of service. Van der Kamp, the committee found ...

The Alder Springs Fire broke out around midday Monday. By 9 p.m., the fire had reportedly burned 2,500 acres, according to an OEM dashboard.