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Firefighters to Use New Recruits on Prescribed Burn Outside of Sisters

Students Will Work Beside Qualified Firefighters in Live Fire Exercise

SISTERS โ€“ Taking advantage of cooler weather and localized precipitation, the Deschutes National Forest fuel specialists and firefighters will conduct a prescribed burn on Thursday, June 16, as a live fire training exercise for new firefighters. This week the Central Oregon Fire Management Service, a service-first organization made up of Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests […]

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Letters 5/12-5/19

IN REPLY TO: “ROBBING THE PRINCE TO PAY THE PAUPER” (5/13) While I agree with the editors that it would be great to allocate funds from the Hotel Tax for other purposes, under state law 70 percent of hotel tax revenue must be applied towards tourist related advertising or infrastructure. Currently the remaining 30 percent […]

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