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 ...

KTVZ News learned through an anonymous source that a meeting at the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office took place last Thursday. According to the source, Undersheriff Aaron Wells stood up to address ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp confirmed Tuesday he plans to step down Aug. 31, just eight months into his first term in office. The planned move comes as a state board is poised to ...