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Primary school pupils from across the north-east participated in a challenge designed to get them thinking about the environment.

Beginning Saturday, Oct. 30, Deschutes Recycling is offering residents an opportunity to recycle their yard debris at half price, only $2 per cubic yard. The special fall FireFree event will run through Saturday, Nov. 6 at Knott Landfill. Residents are encouraged to improve the defensible space around their homes and other structures by participating in the half-price yard debris recycling event. With wildfire and defensible space on all of our minds, now is a great time to increase your wildfire preparedness. The FireFree program helps residents by reducing the cost of their fall clean up a...

Humane Society of C. Oregon offers disaster preparedness tips for animals (Update: Adding video, comments) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Are you prepared to quickly evacuate your home with your pets?  NewsChannel 21 spoke Monday evening with Humane Society of Central Oregon Community Outreach Manager Lynne Ouchida to learn how to plan in advance and be prepared when the moment is comes. "A lesson learned from the wildfires and evacuees from last fall that we received was the reason they left without their animals was because during the chaos of loading up their cars, the animals either got out of ...

Deschutes County also declares emergency, bans all fireworks use through July 9 KTVZ Joins similar moves by Bend, Redmond, other areas of region; urges residents not to call 911, email instead BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Due to exceptionally hot temperatures and dry conditions, Deschutes County said Wednesday it has approved an order declaring a local emergency and announced an immediate ban on the use of all legal and illegal fireworks through Friday, July 9. "This difficult decision has been made recognizing that it will have a serious impact on businesses depen...

Update of Sunriver Community Wildfire Protection Plan released Deschutes County SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Sunriver Community Wildfire Protection Plan Steering Committee, which includes members of the Sunriver community, Sunriver Owners Association, Sunriver Fire Department, Oregon Department of Forestry, the US Forest Service, Deschutes County and Project Wildfire, has announced release of the 2020 revision of the Sunriver Community Wildfire Protection Plan.  A CWPP is a strategic plan developed by the local fire department, federal and state fire managers, local governments and communit...