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KTVZ8d
Forest Service closes China Hat gate as ‘scared’ homeless scramble to move on: ‘The answer is housing, not handcuffs’
The gate on China Hat Road south of Bend swung shut early Thursday, closing a large area of homeless encampments on the ...
The Bulletin8d
Homeless campers pour out of China Hat Road as Forest Service clears camps
When the U.S. Forest Service announced in January that it would be closing 30,000 acres of Deschutes National Forest ...
KTVZ9d
Federal judge rejects plea to cancel or delay Forest Service project; China Hat homeless must move
A federal judge in Eugene on Tuesday rejected a plea by homeless people living in the woods south of Bend to delay Thursday's ...
The Bulletin17d
Homeless China Hat residents ask court to halt Forest Service eviction
Four residents of the homeless encampment along China Hat Road have filed a request with the U.S. District Court of Oregon seeking to halt the Forest Service’s impending closure of the area ...
OPB16d
Advocates ask courts to slow Forest Service project that would remove houseless campers near Bend
The Forest Service announced the May 1 closure on Jan ... But residents near China Hat Road — a major camping area inside the proposed closure — told OPB last month they were under the ...