For weeks, no months, we’ve gotten occasional questions about a red semitruck tractor that’s prominently visible in the Prineville Reservoir State Park live webcam shot that we show most nights in our Local Alert Weather. We checked with Oregon State Parks and learned it belongs to the camp host. Mystery solved!
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It’s just about back-to-school time once again, and for students at Barnes Butte Elementary School in Prineville, the first day is next week.
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An Oregon Army National Guard helicopter crew rescued a climber injured by a falling rock near Ochoco Reservoir Wednesday night after search and rescue teams from Crook and Deschutes counties were unable to remove her from a narrow ledge 30 feet above the valley floor.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The recent cooler, wetter weather has been helping Oregon firefighters tackle several larger wildfires, many over a month old. But the threat of new wildfires remains high, as another warmup is due in coming days. As of Sunday morning, there were still about 250 firefighters battling the remaining lightning-sparked wildfire on
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PAULINA, Ore. (KTVZ) — Winds gusted up to 50 mph Saturday on the nearly month-old Crazy Creek Fire, but containment lines held and crews reached 93% containment, allowing Crook County emergency managers to reduce some evacuation levels, officials said Sunday. Here’s the full update on that and the more than month-old, 730-acre Red Fire burning
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Family Access Network has received a $10,000 grant from Les Schwab Tire Centers to support the families of Central Oregon. Les Schwab has dedicated $5,000 of these funds to Crook County, helping FAN provide access to vital resources for people living in rural communities. Rural families experience barriers such as limited
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The over 3-week-old Crazy Creek Fire has grown to over 86,600 acres in Crook and Wheeler counties, but that’s all interior burning, as the perimeter has been holding and the blaze is now 63% contained, officials said Tuesday.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — In a significant effort to preserve a piece of Oregon’s natural and cultural heritage, HistoriCorps, Inc., in partnership with the Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National Grassland, have begun restoring the historic Field Headquarters, located along Highway 26 in the Rimrock Springs Wildlife Management Area. Established in 1960, the Crooked
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“Let the Good Times Grow!” is the theme for this year’s Crook County Fair that runs through Saturday, with all the events, vendors, animals, activities and dining options you might expect.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – On Wednesday, Crook County commissioners became the latest to formally request “continued discussions” between Oregon and Idaho lawmakers concerning moving the Oregon border, as proposed by the Greater Idaho movement and supported by a majority of voters in 13 Oregon counties. Crook is now the eighth county in Central and
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The Crook County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with area churches for a ‘Faith & Blue Weekend’ community event, an August 17th and 18th barbecue in Prineville’s Pioneer Park, now in its third year
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PAULINA, Ore. (KTVZ) — Wind and “critically low humidity” fueled fire behavior Tuesday on the eastern flank of the more than 75,000-acre Crazy Creek Fire, resulting in spot fires and more challenging conditions for crews, officials said Wednesday. Wednesday’s Crazy Creek Fire update: Wind and critically low humidity increase fire activity on east flank of
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A Prineville woman who allegedly sped east on Highway 126 Friday evening, dragging a tire and driving on a wheel rim that threw sparks and caused a destructive 10-acre wildfire, refused to appear in court from jail Monday to face one felony and a dozen misdemeanor charges.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Bureau of Land Management’s Prineville District recently transferred a Type 6 engine to the Post-Paulina Rangeland Fire Protection Association, boosting their wildland firefighting capacity in a key time of fire season. The transfer was part of the Rural Fire Readiness equipment transfer program, which aims to bolster the capabilities of local
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The nearly 2-week-old Crazy Creek Fire in Crook and Wheeler counties has continued to grow dramatically in recent hot, dry weather to now cover more than 64,000 acres, and on Sunday prompted a Level 2 BE SET pre-evacuation alert to the town of Paulina and nearby areas.
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(Update: All evacuation levels dropped around Jackpine, Wickiup fires) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A person who shot a pound of Tannerite explosive target compound on BLM land south of Prineville Saturday afternoon, sparking a fast-growing 20-acre wildfire, was cited by Crook County sheriff’s deputies for reckless burning and criminal mischief, an official said Tuesday —
Continue Reading Ground and air crews were called out Saturday afternoon to tackle a new brush fire reported east of George Millican Road and about six miles southwest of Prineville that burned about 20 acres by early evening and held it to that size overnight.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to ongoing wildfire activity, the Ochoco National Forest announced Thursday it’s implementing a closure of Paulina Ranger District, effective immediately. It’s a step the Malheur National Forest to our east took earlier this week. “This closure is necessary to ensure public safety and to allow fire personnel to effectively engage
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Thunderstorms moving across Central Oregon Sunday brought lightning that sparked more than 25 fire starts around the region that firefighters were busy responding to Monday, many stopped small but one that quickly grew to about 3,000 acres northeast of Paulina and prompted evacuations and road closures.
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Deschutes County residents can expect ‘intermittent smoke’ PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory Monday for several areas around the state, including Crook County, due to smoke from wildfires. The areas include: Baker Grant Wheeler Crook Union Southern Morrow Southern Umatilla Klamath Eastern Douglas Jackson Josephine Northern
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