Forest Service faulted for handling of central Oregon homeless camp closure

Former residents of one of Oregon’s largest homeless encampments say they lost cars, work tools, irreplaceable family photos ...
KTVZ

Forest Service closes China Hat gate as ‘scared’ homeless scramble to move on: ‘The answer is housing, not handcuffs’

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The gate on China Hat Road south of Bend swung shut early Thursday, closing a large area of homeless encampments on the Deschutes National Forest as dozens of people who had been ...
KTVZ

Homeless service providers sue Forest Service in federal court, seek order to block China Hat Road area closure

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Service providers Chuck Hemingway and Eric Garrity, along with four other homeless people living off China Hat Road, have filed suit in U.S. District Court, seeking a temporary ...
The Bulletin

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, scheduled ...
OPB

Advocates ask courts to slow Forest Service project that would remove houseless campers near Bend

A lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service seeks to stall the camp removal, citing the needs of disabled people and the need for a more thorough environmental assessment. FILE - A sign posted on a tree ...