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Darlene Fire evacuation levels reduced; community meeting set for this evening
Deschutes County
Level 3 evacuation orders were dropped on Darlene Fire area late Friday, to Level 2 (Get Set) while the previous Level 2 area south of the Klamath County line was reduced to Level 1 (Get Ready)
(Update: Evacuation levels reduced)
Level 3 evacuation orders dropped; meeting to be streamed live on Deschutes National Forest’s Facebook page
LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) Deschutes and Klamath County emergency managers reduced evacuation levels Friday afternoon on the nearly 700-acre Darlene Fire southeast of La Pine, less than two hours before U.S. Forest Service officials will meet with community members to give an update on firefighting efforts
(Update: adding authorities comments, video)
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Central Oregon is known for its outdoors and recreation, but now one of its most beloved caves, Boyd Cave southeast of Bend, has been vandalized.
The Deschutes National Forest Service and the Deschutes County Sheriff s office have teamed up to try to find out who defaced a 1,900-foot lava tube with graffiti.
Eddie Cartaya of the Forest Service and Neil Marchington of the Sheriff s Office are spearheading the investigation. We re assisting the Forest Service in any way we can, to find these folks and bring them to justice, Marchington said Friday.
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