A fairly snowy, wet start to winter has not taken Crook County out of “extreme,” even “exceptional” drought categories, so county officials have…
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Two recent rescue calls for people stranded in the backcountry prompted Crook County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue to issue some tips Monday…
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A 29-year-old Prineville man was detained late Sunday afternoon as homicide detectives investigated the shooting death of a 27-year-old Prineville…
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Crook County sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday released the names of two Prineville men killed in a fiery head-on crash on Juniper Canyon Road late…
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The 1017 Project surpassed the 200-ton donation mark in 2022, with 266,714 pounds of fresh ground beef going to food banks during 2021 and 2022.…
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 The Crook County Sheriff’s Office says it arrested one of its most wanted suspects over the holiday weekend — the Grinch! The Grinch was arrested…
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A two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon briefly closed the O’Neil Highway (state Highway 370) about seven miles west of Prineville and sent an…
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While heavy snowfall prompted cancellation of Monday’s classes in the Crook County School District, Friday’s classes at Crook County High School…
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A downtown Prineville smokehouse almost went up in smoke Tuesday afternoon, but Crook County Fire and Rescue crews were able to quickly knock down…
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From Dec. 15 through Jan. 2, 2023, to help keep drunk or drug-impaired drivers off the streets during the holiday season, the Crook County…
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After hearing impassioned public testimony on a proposal to label and place children’s books on LGBTQ issues in a separate area of the Crook County…
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LGBTQ-related books have become a major point of contention at the Crook County Library, as they have at other libraries around the…
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Oregon State Police and the Department of Fish and Wildlife recently came to the aid of a mule deer doe in Powell Butte struggling with some wire…
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ ) — A federal appeals court panel has granted Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project’s motion for a stay, leaving in place an…
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As part of the master planning process for the Barnes Butte Recreation Area, the City of Prineville enlisted Barnes Butte Elementary School students…
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A 66-year-old Prineville woman with Alzheimer’s and dementia who left her home Monday afternoon with a red rolling suitcase, prompting a major…
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The Ochoco National Forest said Thursday it has released the draft Environmental Assessment for the Lemon Gulch Trails Project. The proposal –…
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A large maintenance building went up in flames early Tuesday on SW Brasada Ranch Road in Powell Butte, and fire investigators were unable to…
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On Election Day and the day before, Deschutes County received 45,000…
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Crook County Clerk Cheryl Seely says they began to livestream election ballot observing during the COVID-19 restrictions but are still doing it,…
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