Central Oregon — Firefighters secured 50% containment on the 1,024-acre Long Bend Fire (Incident #277) yesterday. The fire is located approximately two miles southwest of Maupin on the west side of the Deschutes River. Yesterday afternoon, the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office reduced the evacuation notice to Level 1 “Get Ready” for […]
Central Oregon —The Long Bend Fire (Incident #277) is burning approximately four miles southwest of Maupin on the west side of the Deschutes River. The fire is currently estimated at 625 acres and 0% contained burning on Bureau of Land Management and private lands. Overnight the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office issued […]
On Thursday, May 23, firefighters will be conducting a prescribed burn of up to 325 acres 15 miles south of Bend and 2 miles east of Sunriver. The burn will be located east of Highway 97, south of the Hwy 97 Exit 153 interchange, north of the Vandevert Road interchange […]
On Tuesday, May 21, firefighters are planning prescribed burn operations approximately ten miles south of Bend, five miles east of Sunriver, and a quarter mile east of Lava Lands Visitor Center. Ignitions are planned for 10 a.m. Smoke will be highly visible from Bend, La Pine, and Sunriver. Public is […]
Meeting was held at Dean Drabin’s House, 55520 Big River Drive. Present: Dean Drabin, Doug Patterson, Bart Gernhart, Andra Smith. Absent: Tim Jenning Dean called the meeting to order at 10:09 a.m. Treasurer’s Report A. Checking Account: $20,924.26 B. CD […]
Today, May 13, Firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest are conducting prescribed burn operations approximately 10 miles south of Bend and 5 miles east of Sunriver. If conditions are favorable, firefighters will ignite up to 87 acres east of Highway 97 near the Exit 153 Interchange and directly north of […]
On Thursday, May9, firefighters on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to conduct prescribed burn operations on up to 269 acres approximately one and a half miles west of Sunriver along Forest Service Road 41 near the access for Besson Day Use Area. Ignitions on the burn are planned for […]
La Pine, Ore—Starting Tuesday, Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District firefighters plan to conduct prescribed burn operations adjacent to Paulina Lake Road approximately six miles northeast of La Pine and approximately two miles east of the Newberry Estates subdivision. If conditions are favorable, ignitions may continue on Wednesday and Thursday. Smoke will […]
With the help of Deschutes County, OWW1 has arranged to have yard debris chipper service, tentatively scheduled for early June. In order to take advantage of this, residents are requested to bring all of their woody debris (no lawn clippings) to the roadside and arrange it in piles with butt-ends […]
Many thanks to all of our residents who showed great patience, tolerance, and good cheer in the face of our recent snow-storm difficulties. Due to numerous mechanical issues, our contractor had been reduced to using back-up vehicles, and was therefore only able to initially plow a narrow lane on all […]