St. Charles gives $100,000 to help Crook County Fire & Rescue buy an ambulance
St. Charles Health System said Wednesday it is donating $100,000 to Crook County Fire & Rescue to help the district with its purchase of two new,…
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Crooked River Roundup Horse Races return July 14-17
The Crooked River Roundup Horse Races, known for attracting the largest average daily attendance of any track in Oregon, return to Prineville…
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DUII suspected in Nevada crash that killed Prineville man
The Nevada Highway Patrol suspects a 32-year-old Prineville man was driving under the influence when he died in a single-vehicle rollover crash in…
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Fire crews head into hot holiday weekend battling several blazes across Central Oregon
While many Oregonians were preparing to hit the road or relax over a long holiday weekend on Friday, hundreds of firefighters were spending the day…
Continue Reading Stormy aftermath: Lightning strikes ignite several new wildfires around Central Oregon
Thunderstorms that moved through Central Oregon Wednesday evening and early Thursday blanketed the landscape with hundreds of lightning strikes and…
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Prineville-area couple lose home to fire that sparked evacuations, O’Neil Hwy. closure
Two residents escaped unharmed, but lost everything when a fire destroyed their home on Northwest Deer Lane west of Prineville Tuesday afternoon and…
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Crook County 911 launches upgraded emergency medical dispatch system
Crook County 911 is implementing a new emergency medical response system this week, designed to improve response times and first responder…
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Keeping livestock cool at the Crooked River Roundup rodeo
We talked with a veterinarian about the steps taken to take care of livestock as the 75th annual Crooked River Roundup rodeo rolls on and a big heat…
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Prineville man seriously injured in Powell Butte UTV-car crash
A Prineville man driving a side-by-side UTV was seriously injured Thursday when he failed to yield to a car that struck the vehicle on Southwest…
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Crook County HS Navy JROTC to compete in national Academic Bowl Championship in D.C.
COVID-19 has presented many challenges in schools over the past year. From in-person to remote to hybrid learning, high school students across the…
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Crook County parents protest state mask mandate at school board meeting
For the first time in 15 months, the Crook County School Board held an in-person meeting Monday evening. And they got an earful from several parents…
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Conservation groups hail settlement of lawsuit to protect Ochoco Forest riparian areas from logging
A federal judge on Monday approved a settlement between Central Oregon LandWatch, Oregon Wild and the U.S. Forest Service to exclude sensitive…
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Merkley plans remote, phone town hall for Crook County residents next Friday
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., will hold a remote and telephone town hall for constituents in Crook County next Friday, June…
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Prineville man killed, Crook County HS student seriously injured in rollover crash south of Prineville
A northeast Oregon man was killed and his younger sibling, a Crook County High School student, was seriously injured Wednesday night in a…
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Crunching the numbers: Oregon lawmakers look at redistricting’s C.O. impacts
Oregon lawmakers held a committee meeting Tuesday night to discuss changes in county demographics, as lawmakers prepare for the once-a-decade setting…
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Gov. Brown declares drought emergencies in 7 more Central, Eastern Oregon counties
Gov. Kate Brown signed a pair of executive orders Tuesday declaring drought emergencies in seven Central and Eastern Oregon counties “due to lack…
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Truck driver injured, cited for DUII in rollover crash on George Millican Road, deputies say
A Georgia semi-truck driver who became distracted by his GPS unit Monday morning left George Millican Road and locked up his brakes, sending the…
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Crook County HS graduating seniors visit elementary, middle schools on ‘Honorary Senior Tour’
The Crook County High School Class of 2021 visited each of the district’s schools Thursday as part of a new tradition called the Honorary Senior…
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Oregon House panel: Witt violated workplace rules with texts to Breese Iverson
An Oregon state representative violated workplace rules against sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment with a series of texts to a…
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Bend man’s alleged two-county crime spree ends in stolen pickup crash, arrest
A Bend man was arrested on numerous charges Saturday after a crime spree that allegedly began in Bend, continued to Redmond and ended in Crook…
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