BEND — Chris Daggett spent the night of April 30 and the morning of May 1 attempting to pull out as many friends and neighbors as possible from the China Hat homeless camp south of Bend.

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Dozens of homeless people who have been living in a national forest in central Oregon for years were being evicted Thursday by the U.S. Forest Service, as it closed the area ...

The Deschutes National Forest closed 34,600 acres south of Bend for a yearlong forest management project, displacing a large homeless encampment. The closure, intended to mitigate wildfire risk ...

The Deschutes National Forest closure will affect approximately 34,600 acres and could lead to fines or jail time for homeless campers who remain. Homeless advocates argue the closure will ...

BEND, Ore. — Dozens of homeless people who have been living in a national forest in central Oregon for years were being evicted Thursday by the U.S. Forest Service, as it closed the area for a ...

BEND, Oregon — A federal judge rejected a last-minute request to delay Thursday’s eviction of nearly 150 homeless campers in the Deschutes National Forest. They’ll be forced to leave the ...

The federal agency has been working for years on plans to close part of the Deschutes National Forest near Bend for forest restoration and wildfire mitigation. But the number of people living in ...

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SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) — Stage one fire restrictions will go into place for Santa Fe National Forest on Sunday, May 4 until Sept. 30. The restrictions are being put into place forest-wide due to ...