A security guard working at a Prineville-area saloon was arrested early Sunday morning, accused of committing a sex crime in the parking lot, Crook…
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If conditions remain favorable, firefighters will be igniting a prescribed burn in downed juniper Tuesday on the Crooked River National Grassland…
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Prineville resident Jennifer Hill says Nicholas Rodin “was my best friend for 20 years now” – but she also knew he was wanted on an arrest…
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A Crook County sheriff’s deputy reportedly shot and killed a person in the Juniper Canyon area south of Prineville Friday afternoon. Sheriff John…
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A second straight day of phone messages threatening staff and students at Powell Butte Community Charter School Thursday led Crook County Sheriff’s…
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Powell Butte Community Charter School canceled classes and closed the campus Wednesday after receiving violent threats by voicemail and text message,…
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More than 200 pieces of mail stolen in a recent burglary at the Powell Butte post office were found dumped in a rural area off state Highway 58 just…
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Beginning Monday, Jan. 31 and extending through Sunday, Feb. 13, the Crook County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies throughout…
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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Thursday he will have three live online town halls hosted by People’s Town Hall from Jan. 25-27 for residents…
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The Powell Butte post office is usually a fairly quiet one, only serving a few thousand people. But this week the typically tranquil location…
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The fascinating history of Crook County doesn’t only belong to the men who settled here. Women arrived as wives, adventurers, and entrepreneurs.…
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Rimrock Trails Treatment Services is grateful to receive $4,000 in grant funds from the Northwest Farm Credit Services Rural Community Grant Fund.…
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The Crook County School Board voted unanimously this week to place a $66 million school bond measure before voters at the May election, largely for…
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A Prineville man is under investigation for drugged driving in a head-on crash Monday evening on state Highway 370, the O’Neil Highway, that sent him…
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A Redmond man was killed Monday morning when his pickup truck went into the oncoming lane and collided head-on with a semi-truck on state Highway 126…
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Gov. Kate Brown announced Monday that, in light of the holidays, she is extending the application deadline for the position of Crook County district…
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Crook County 911 said Tuesday it recently became the first dispatch center in Oregon to implement a new integrated outbound Text-From-911 system.…
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A fire heavily damaged a Prineville family’s home while they were away Saturday night and also claimed their dog’s life, Crook County Fire and…
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Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that she is inviting applications for the position of Crook County district attorney, to fill the vacancy caused by…
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From December 15, 2021 through January 1, 2022, to help keep drunk or drug-impaired drivers off the streets during the holiday season, the Crook…
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