Crook County Archives

Juniper burning continues on Crooked River Grassland

January 8, 2020 10:47 am KTVZ News Partners

Firefighters plan to burn more juniper slash piles beginning Wednesday and continuing through the rest of the week on the Crooked River National…

Crook County Schools plan K-4 ‘theme school’ for this fall

January 7, 2020 8:24 pm KTVZ News Partners

In response to continued growth, Crook County School District administrators said Tuesday they are developing plans to open a theme elementary school…

Juniper burning planned Tuesday on Crooked River Grassland

January 7, 2020 10:28 am KTVZ News Partners

Central Oregon firefighters plan to burn juniper slash left over from a large thinning project in the Willow Creek drainage of Crooked River National…

Pacific Power warns C.O. customers of phone scams

December 30, 2019 7:11 pm KTVZ

Pacific Power is warning of scams targeting several utility customers from Bend to Madras, with the crooks threatening to shut off their power if…

MIA no longer: For one C.O. family, nearly 70-year wait for answers ends

December 30, 2019 12:06 am Barney Lerten

It may not make lists of top news of the year, but an August phone call to an Air Force facility in New Mexico brought big, very long-awaited news…

2020 marks 75 years for the Crooked River Roundup

December 26, 2019 4:29 pm KTVZ News Partners

One of Oregon’s oldest family entertainment events celebrates its 75th year in…

Person dies in Juniper Acres travel trailer fire, explosion

December 9, 2019 11:13 am Barney Lerten

A person was found dead Sunday morning in a travel trailer destroyed by a fire and explosion in the off-the-grid Juniper Acres subdivision east of…

Prineville couple’s fall prompts 2-county rescue effort

December 10, 2019 11:29 am Barney Lerten

A Prineville man was seriously injured in a 30-foot fall when part of a rock ledge broke loose during a hike in the Crooked River Canyon south of…

Crook County firefighters union wins unfair labor practice claim

December 8, 2019 9:32 pm KTVZ, Barney Lerten

The Oregon Employee Relations Board has unanimously found that the Crook County Fire & Rescue District and its fire chief violated state labor laws…

Crook County SO’s holiday reminder: Buzzed driving is drunk driving

December 6, 2019 9:30 pm KTVZ News Partners

This holiday season, the Crook County Sheriff’s Office is teaming up with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety…

Juniper Acres raid turns up stolen pickups, felon’s gun

November 26, 2019 10:20 pm KTVZ

Crook County sheriff’s deputies and U.S. Forest Service law enforcement raided a property in the off-the-grid Juniper Acres subdivision south of…

Prineville home to C.O.’s only ferret shelter

November 26, 2019 7:08 pm KTVZ

There’s only one animal shelter in Central Oregon focused on rehoming ferrets, and it’s located in Prineville.…

Crook County Sheriff Gautney posts letter, defends jail staff

November 19, 2019 9:44 pm Barney Lerten

Crook County Sheriff John Gautney posted a three-page letter Tuesday on Facebook, refuting and responding in detail to complaints and rumors about…

Driver injured in O’Neil Highway crash

November 17, 2019 1:05 am KTVZ

An injured driver was flown to the hospital Saturday after a pickup truck left the O’Neil Highway near Redmond and crashed into a tree, authorities…

Nevada pair injured in Geo. Millican Road truck crash

November 15, 2019 9:08 am Barney Lerten

Two Nevada residents were taken to the hospital with injuries early Friday after their rental box truck overturned on Southwest George Millican Road,…

Prescribed burns planned near Big Summit Prairie

November 10, 2019 6:45 pm KTVZ

Fire managers on the Ochoco National Forest plan to take advantage of recent warm, dry weather to implement two prescribed burn projects north of Big…

Powell Butte Korean War MIA soldier’s remains recovered

October 30, 2019 9:43 pm KTVZ

The U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced this week that Army Cpl. Norvin Dale Brockett, a Powell Butte resident who died in…