Metolius News

Because "blue" doesn't do the water justice. Blue doesn't scratch the surface. Blue doesn't tell the story of the last translucent, breathtaking thing Alex Rovello saw before he jumped to his death Saturday at this tranquil break of the McKenzie River.

Given favorable weather conditions, Deschutes National Forest fuel specialists on the Sisters District plan to conduct prescribed burns on three separate projects next week.

He tilts his face toward mid-April's laboring sun and seems to drink in details: the cloudless sky; the butterscotch-hued bark of Ponderosa pines; grass pushing up between pockets of snow; a kingfisher's rattling call; a butterfly's shadow; the rapids and eddies of that gin-clear Central Oregon gem, the Metolius River.

The Bulletin will update items in the Police Log when such a request is received.