La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A pair of 3-day-old wildfires north of Wickiup Reservoir and on Round Mountain were still held to about 250 acres total Saturday as crews made more progress and brought the ...

La PINE,, Ore. (KTVZ) -- An outflow tube that carries water from the Wickiup Reservoir into the Deschutes River was turned off Friday afternoon, the latest troubling milestone of a very dry year and ...

WICKIUP DAM — From the top of the dam holding back the waters of Wickiup Reservoir, Curtis Wood, Josh Bailey and Gary Calhoun — three employees of the North Unit Irrigation District — huddled against ...

Reconstruction of the parking area at North Wickiup boat launch is under way, to be followed by reconstruction of the parking area at Gull Point Campground boat launch, in the Deschutes National ...

This story has been updated with new evacuations at Diamond Lake, the Pacific Crest Trail and the Wickiup Reservoir area in Central Oregon A total of 1,050 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes raked ...

Phil Fine pays close attention to the weather as he walks across a field on his farm near Madras, Ore., on Jan. 4. Fine said water shortages are forcing some farmers to leave fields unplanted. MADRAS, ...

High algae levels in the Wickiup Reservoir, 40 miles southwest of Bend, prompted a health advisory today, according to the Oregon Department of Human Services. The blue-green algae found in the ...

Water levels at Central Oregon’s largest reservoir are lower than they’ve been in 27 years. And with no rain in the forecast, those water levels likely aren’t done dropping. “I’ve never seen a season ...

BEND, Ore. — A water reservoir considered to be a key bellwether for the amount of water available for farmers in Central Oregon is nearly empty again at the end of the irrigation season. The Bulletin ...

LA PINE, Ore. — Wickiup Reservoir, which stores water for thousands of ranchers and farmers in Central Oregon, has been drained to its bare bottom. As farmers attempt to manage water cutbacks, ...

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a 29-year-old Bend man is presumed drowned after a canoe he was in with a friend tipped over in Wickiup Reservoir southwest of Bend. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s ...