PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A new series of free, public events about the Crooked River watershed is coming to Prineville, starting this July. Your Watershed: Community Conversations is a participatory forum where local experts and neighbors will explore the environmental and ecological conditions, trends, and solutions around the Crooked River watershed and its inhabitants. The
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Crook County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting a high-visibility enforcement event during the Crooked River Roundup from Thursday June 23rd through Saturday, June 25th and the Horse Races, July 13th through July 16th. The goal is to increase the number of law enforcement officers on the street aggressively seeking out
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Emotions ran high among the packed crowd at Powell Butte Community Center Tuesday evening on topics such as traffic and water. Residents expressed concerns and criticism about the substantially revised destination resort possibly coming to their community, called Crossing Trails.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Following USDA’s announcement of $503 million in new funding for conservation and outdoor projects in fiscal year 2022 through the Great American Outdoors Act, the Forest Service’s total investment in addressing the deferred maintenance backlog on Washington and Oregon national forests is $54 million for 72 projects during the first two
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Beginning Monday, a small section of Forest Service Road 42 east of Deep Creek Campground on the Ochoco National Forest will be closed to install a new cattle guard. This cattle guard will effectively keep cattle from entering the new riparian pasture, outside of the grazing plan. The current painted cattle
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The Prineville-Sisters Unit of the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District will enter fire season at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, June 13, officials said Thursday.
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A federal district court issued an order on May 17 requiring Waibel Ranches to allow the public and the government the use of Teaters Road, the Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday. The BLM’s Prineville District said it “is pleased to announce that the gates blocking Teaters Road were opened on Wednesday, June 1st, and will remain open, in line with the federal court’s order.”
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A Crook County property owner on Friday reported receiving a phone call from a person who identified as a member of law enforcement from the “Powell Butte Police Department” — which doesn’t exist.
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– A 41-year-old Prineville man has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison after a jury convicted him of rape and other charges in an assault on a 17-year-old girl earlier this year, Crook County District Attorney Kari Hathorn said Thursday.
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Three people were injured and taken to St. Charles Bend after a two-vehicle head-on crash Wednesday morning on the Powell Butte Highway east of Bend, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (KTVZ) Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Tuesday a total of $3.97 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture headed to four Oregon communities to assist with expenses related restoring and modernizing water infrastructure damaged by wildfire, droughts, and other extreme weather events.? “Oregonians’ resilience has been inspiring through
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Beginning as early as next Monday, a section of Forest Service Road 42 on the Ochoco National Forest will be closed through November for repair work.
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A nearly 50-50 split on the Crook County School District’s $66 million bond measure is not surprising to Jason Carr, the district’s communication director.
Continue ReadingSome High Desert incumbents easily fended off challengers as Central Oregon’s primary election results flowed in Tuesday night, but in one hot, high-profile race, appointed Jefferson County Sheriff Marc Heckathorn was losing to challenger Jason Pollock.
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Electric vehicle charging is coming to the Oregon State Park system. Starting this summer and over the next year, Level 2 EV chargers will be installed in selected state parks as part of a pilot project created by Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and the nonprofit Adopt a Charger.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Beginning Monday, May 23 and extending through Sunday, June 5, the Crook County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies throughout Oregon will use federally funded overtime to educate the public about safety belt and child seat laws. High-visibility seat belt enforcement is important 24 hours a day, but nighttime is
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Teams of students at Parkrose, Pendleton, Grant, North Eugene, Crook County, and West Linn high schools have earned top prizes in a media contest designed to increase awareness about workplace safety for young workers.
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As spring and summer recreation ramp up, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation advised the public Friday to expect lower than normal water levels in Prineville Reservoir and Crooked River this spring and summer.
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While the hiring crisis has appeared to improve some around Central Oregon, one area is still feeling the struggle. Prineville businesses still face shortened hours and skeleton crews.
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Three candidates are running for Position 2 on the Crook County Board of Commissioners in the May 17 primary, as incumbent Brian Barney seeks re-election and faces two challengers.
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