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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners has unanimously adopted the budget for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY 26), following a series of budget committee hearings held in May.

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 ...