PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Crook County is in the process of updating its 20-year Transportation System Plan (TSP), a critical roadmap that will guide future transportation investments across the county. As part of this effort, the County said Friday it is hosting a Juniper Canyon Community Meeting to present the preferred access alternative from the TSP
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Prineville Police are asking for the public’s help in an early-morning break-in and theft from several vendors at the Crook County Fair. Police say a security guard reported that two people had broken into a vendor’s booth at 3:35 AM Friday. Sergeant Daniel Pelayo told KTVZ News that several other
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — You name the fun, our Lynsey Harris was partaking in it during her live segments Thursday evening from the 2025 Crook County Fair. From the tall slide to the Dinky Train to a pair of 4-H turkey-raisers and their birds, she was having a blast, and taking us along for the
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Crook County Sheriff’s Office is proud to announce a generous donation from Country Financial in the amount of $8,064 to support the purchase of 16 complete sets of Nomex wildland fire Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the Crook County Search and Rescue team. This critical donation ensures that SAR volunteers
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department announced Friday that it’s updating some visitor fees at select parks “as part of a broader, proactive effort to build a more resilient financial future for Oregon State Parks.” Starting Oct. 1, Oregon State Parks will no longer waive the parking fee at 21 additional day-use
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A new fire, Incident 667, was reported late Wednesday morning southwest of Mackey Mountain in the southeast corner of Crook County.
By mid-afternoon, it was reported to be about 50 acres, according to Watch Duty.
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Storms rumbling through Central Oregon Monday brought hundreds of lightning strikes that have ignited more than a dozen fires so far – most stopped by crews at a very small size, but two that were still being fought Tuesday. Officials said Tuesday, “Interagency resources responded to a number of smoke reports
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Highland Fire burning in the Juniper Canyon area southeast of Prineville is now 75% contained and remains at 719 acres, officials said Thursday. Here’s what apparently will be the last daily update from officials on the fire that broke out in the Juniper Canyon area Saturday afternoon: Yesterday, task force
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As of Tuesday morning, containment of the Highland Fire in Crook County is now at 55%. All evacuation levels have been reduced to a level 1 or 2.
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Containment is growing on the Highland Fire near Prineville, and so is the gratitude — from firefighters working long hours on the front lines to residents who prepared their homes long before the flames arrived.
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The Willow Fire has grown to 4,403 acres, burning on Prineville District BLM and private land in southeast Crook County, officials said Friday. Despite zero containment and a new BLM closure order, progress led county officials to reduce Level 3 GO NOW and Level 2 GET SET evacuation alerts to Level 1 GET READY.
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Firefighters working through the night secured a perimeter of the UDC Fire that burned close to 1,000 acres and prompted Level 2 and 1 evacuation alerts on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.
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(Update: Adding video, not guilty pleas) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ)– Prineville resident Martin Ray Terry, who was arraigned last week on murder, manslaughter, attempted murder and assault charges, was back in Crook County Court Monday afternoon for another arraignment hearing on a grand jury indictment. He was charged after an incident two weeks ago in Prineville
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One of several new fires quickly grew to about 450 acres in eastern Crook County on Monday, while another east of Mount Bachelor burned about three acres before it was stopped, as crews prepared for potential abundant lightning from a new round of storms on Tuesday.
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Think Wild, Central Oregon’s wildlife conservation nonprofit, invited community members to join a volunteer day on Thursday to help launch a new habitat restoration project in Prineville.
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(Update: Adding video) POWELL BUTTE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Crook County Board of Commissioners have invited representatives from PacifiCorp to attend a public community meeting to discuss the Blueprint South 500-kilovolt (kV) Transmission Line Project. The meeting will take place on: Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2025 Time: 6:00 PM Location: Powell Butte Community Center Address: 8404 SW Reif Rd, Powell
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(Update: Adding video) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Hundreds are pouring into the cowboy capital of Oregon for this years Crooked River Roundup. The unofficial kick started this evening in downtown Prineville for the Stampede Street Party. Steve Holiday, who is President of the Crooked River Roundup told KTVZ News, “Even though you have big data
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – In an effort to preserve and protect the structural integrity of the historic Crook County Courthouse, six cedar trees surrounding the building will be removed this Friday, officials announced. The trees — four located on the front of the Courthouse and two on the west side — are large, mature cedars that were not
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Initial attack crews and a helicopter responded to a new lightning-sparked brushfire Wednesday afternoon in southern Crook County. Incident 252, named the Sage Hollow Fire, was reported shortly after 2 p.m. and had burned about three acres of grass and brush, Central Oregon fire officials said. It was burning on BLM
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A small but very visible fire broke out Wednesday along Highway 126 in Prineville and was quickly extinguished by Crook County Fire & Rescue crews. The 217 Od Grade Fire was reported in the Lookout Butte area on the north side of “the grade” into Prineville shortly after 1 p.m. and
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