(Update: Adding photo, burn takes place) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) -— Firefighters from the Ochoco National Forest ignited piles of woody debris at Skull Hollow Campground on the Crooked River National Grassland on Tuesday, officials said. The piles of woody debris are leftover brush, limbs and small diameter juniper that were removed in the construction of
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — An open house event for Central Oregon Community College’s upcoming Madras campus expansion will take place from 4-5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, at the Madras campus, 1170 E. Ashwood Road. With light refreshments, architectural renderings and a brief program of speakers that begins at 5 p.m., the event will showcase
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Trail Blazers Foundation has awarded 15 grants, totaling $100,000, to schools throughout Oregon through its ‘Take It To The Court for Education’ school grant program. The grants will be distributed to schools in nine counties throughout Oregon, reaching from the southwest in Josephine County to the northeast in Union County. For more information, visit trailblazers.com/schoolgrants. “Celebrating each of these
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After several days spent notifying family members, Jefferson County Sheriff Jason Pollock late Thursday released the names of an Idaho couple killed Sunday when their small plane traveling from an airport south of Portland to Idaho crashed southeast of Madras.
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A mother and her teen daughter were traveling from Crooked River Ranch to Bend early last week when they say they became victims of a frightening road rage incident that lasted for several miles and led to a Terrebonne man’s arrest on DUII and other charges by Oregon State Police.
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A 20-year-old Madras man allegedly driving at 130 mph without headlights led law enforcement on a high-speed pursuit late Saturday night that turned into a manhunt involving Jefferson, Crook and Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies, a K-9 team and a drone and led to the arrest of the driver and two passengers.
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A family welcomed a leap day baby Thursday at St. Charles Madras who won’t officially celebrate her first birthday for another four years. St. Charles Health System said the Cuellar Perez family welcomed leap day baby Melany into the world. “They told us they would like to say thank you to
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A total of 74 Oregon high schools serving more than 36,000 students have secured career readiness grants topping $7.629 million, including $250,000 to Jefferson County School District 509J for their new Health Sciences CTE program.
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CULVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State Parks is asking boaters at Lake Billy Chinook to use caution and patience when boating during temporary lower-than-typical reservoir levels at The Cove Palisades State Park this winter and spring. Lake Billy Chinook will experience temporary lower reservoir levels as Portland General Electric and the Confederated Tribes of Warm
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A Redmond man was killed and two family members injured in a five-vehicle crash on icy Highway 97 in Jefferson County early Monday morning, Oregon State Police said Tuesday. It began when one semi-truck struck the rear of another that slid into the oncoming lane, where it was struck by two pickup trucks.
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The Jefferson County Fire &; EMS Board of Directors will be voting on Feb. 22 at 4:30 p.m. on a resolution to ask voters to consider a $14.5 million capital bond request on the May 21 election ballot.
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A Bend woman listened Friday afternoon to the evidence against her and the tearful pain expressed by relatives, friends, a supervisor and coaches of three members of a tight-knit Warm Springs family she killed in a 2022 head-on crash, then stood and said: “I wish I could trade my life for theirs.”
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A Bend woman has pleaded no contest to three counts of manslaughter and DUII-alcohol in a November 2022 head-on crash on Highway 26 that killed three members of a Warm Springs family. Prosecutors are recommending a 25-year prison term at sentencing set for Friday.
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CULVER, Ore. (KTVZ) – Jefferson County firefighters used their 105-foot aerial ladder Tuesday afternoon to reach a fire in equipment at the Bright Wood Corp. plant in Culver and confine it to the area of origin. Investigators soon determined a dust accumulation caused a device to catch fire. Jefferson County Fire and EMS personnel were
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fire destroyed a tent and belongings in a homeless camp area in Madras Thursday afternoon, but Jefferson County Fire & EMS crews kept it from spreading to other tents and items, officials said. Firefighters were dispatched around 2:30 p.m. to a reported wildland fire with a propane tank going off
Continue ReadingRoads that were still icy in places prompted Jefferson County School District 509J to delay classes by two hours, but reopen schools after five straight school days of weather-related closures.
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The Steel Stampede is leaving Crooked River Ranch, though it’s not yet decided where the new location will be.
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A return of freezing rain that shut U.S. Highway 26 near Warm Springs prompted Central Oregon Community College and OSU-Cascades to close early Thursday afternoon, while Redmond Airport closed its runways and early closures were announced, from courts to libraries.
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Jefferson County firefighters battled 4-degree cold, icy roads and freezing fog Monday morning to get to and extinguish a fire that destroyed a garage/pole barn structure and several vehicles on Northeast Gumwood Lane north of Madras. Losses were estimated at $350,000.
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Senator Ron Wyden begins his 2024 town hall schedule with seven in-person town halls this week, the first in Madras on Wednesday morning.
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