The Department of the Interior announced Friday a $35 million investment in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for 39 projects in 22 states – including Crook County, Oregon – that will address outdated or obsolete dams, culverts, levees and other barriers fragmenting our nation’s rivers and streams.
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A Bend man pleaded not guilty Friday to assault, hit-and-run and other charges in an alleged road rage incident last week east of Alfalfa in which Crook County authorities said he rammed an Idaho man’s car from behind several times during a high-speed pursuit, causing a rollover crash.
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The Oregon Public Utility Commission is hosting a virtual public comment hearing next Wednesday at 6 p.m. to give Crooked River Ranch Water Company customers an opportunity to comment on the impacts of the utility’s proposed 33 percent increase to its water rates.
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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Friday he is continuing to hold in-person town halls in 2023, with community conversations in five Oregon counties in April: Wheeler, Grant, Harney, Crook, and Jefferson counties, the latter two on Sunday, April 23 in Prineville and Madras.
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It’s time to bust out your Western wardrobe as Crook County welcomes rodeo fans to one of Oregon’s oldest family-friendly events—the historic Crooked River Roundup rodeo, presented by Papé and Oregonians Credit Union, is scheduled for Thursday, June 22, through Saturday, June 24.
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A criminal investigation of a non-injury hit-and-run crash closed Southwest Reservoir Road east of Alfalfa for several hours Monday, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said.
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The city of Prineville has just received a $1 million boost from the U.S. Forest Service for its plans with Crook County to build a 25-megawatt renewable energy biomass plant that officials say will speed and expand forest restoration projects while reducing wildfire risk.
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The Crook County Library, in partnership with the Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Bowman Museum and Central Oregon Disability Support Network, is excited to announce the Oregon’s Dino-Story Exhibit at the Crook County Library and the Bowman Museum.
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The Crook County Sheriff’s Office is proud to announce that we will be hosting Town Hall Meetings throughout Crook County.
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Join the Crook County District Attorney’s Office, Prineville Police Department, Crook County Sheriff’s Office, Crook County Fire and Rescue, Oregon State Police, Saving Grace, and Jeep Girls Connect this April to “Shine a Light on Sexual Assault.”
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The Crook County Sheriff’s Office would like to let everyone know April is a National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The Sheriff’s Office along with other agencies around the state and nation will be participating in a State and National Distracted Driving Awareness Blitz. This Blitz will be held April 3-10.
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Two-dozen neighbors of a mine northwest of Prineville, and their attorney claim mining operations have contaminated the their water. But a state agency said its review of well test samples from a resident and the company, Knife River, found no evidence the mine caused such problems.
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Isabelle Trent, a ninth-grader at Crook County High School, has been nominated as a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders near Boston in June, and is raising funds to attend the event.
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It’s now on to the National Finals in Washington, D.C., in early May for the Cookin’ Cowgirls of Crook County High School. They won the state culinary championship last weekend in Salem.
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Five culinary arts students from Crook County High School brought home the top prize Monday after competing in the Oregon Hospitality Foundation’s Statewide Oregon ProStart® Championships in Salem.
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Meta and the Prineville Data Centers announced another round of 17 Community Action Grants on Tuesday. Crook County School District was awarded $53,500 for three programs at Barnes Butte Elementary, Crook County Middle School and Crook County High School.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Between Monday, Jan. 30 and Sunday, Feb. 12, the Crook County Sheriff’s Office and the Prineville Police Department conducted 35 stops which produced: 5 citations for seat belt violations, 2 warnings for distracted driving, 11 warnings for seat belt violations, 10 warnings for speed, 2 warnings for crosswalk/pedestrian safety, 4 warnings
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A traffic stop by drug detectives and police in Crook County brought the arrest of a Redmond woman, accused of trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine from the Portland area into Redmond and Prineville. A search of her SUV and raid on her home turned up substantial quantities of drugs, officials said Tuesday.
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Crook County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue undertook two more rescues of motorists stranded in the snow on Sunday, bringing this year’s total such operations to 14 and more than 30 people rescued.
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Crook County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue has been very busy this winter rescuing stranded motorists stuck in the snow, including two more such operations already this week.
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