Oregon reports 9 more COVID-19 related deaths, 3 in Central Oregon; 616 new cases
There are nine new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including three from Central Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,558, the Oregon…
Continue ReadingThere are nine new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including three from Central Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,558, the Oregon…
Continue ReadingThere are eight new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including Jefferson County’s 34th death, raising the state’s death toll to 2,522, the Oregon…
Continue ReadingJefferson County Education Service District and the High Desert Education Service District announced this week that Shay Mikalson will serve as…
Continue ReadingRon Adams of Portland is suing Jefferson County after his wife, Nadia Rankov Adams, was killed in a fatal car crash last August at the intersection…
Continue ReadingThere are six new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including Jefferson County’s 33rd, raising the state’s death toll to 2,508, the Oregon Health…
Continue ReadingTwo COVID-19 cases at Sisters High School and a possible connection to Sisters Middle School closed both schools Thursday, for a return to distance…
Continue ReadingThe Airshow of the Cascades is still planned for late August at Madras Airport, after last year’s cancellation. The plans include two B-17s – one you…
Continue ReadingDeschutes National Forest fuel specialists will implement a prescribed burn on Thursday and Friday north of Camp Sherman along Forest Service Road…
Continue ReadingJefferson County and the Oregon Department of Transportation are hosting a public meeting Wednesday evening to talk about the proposal to close Bear…
Continue ReadingBirthday letters are being collected for Dustin Gallegos, a Crooked River Ranch soldier who is currently deployed…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown on Tuesday announced updates to county risk levels under the state’s public health framework to reduce transmission and protect…
Continue ReadingA Redmond man was arrested Monday on a charge of criminally negligent homicide in the shooting death of a Prineville man whose body was found Sunday…
Continue Reading‘Ezra’s Law,’ a bill to hike sentences for some crimes that’s named for a young Madras boy severely injured by his mother’s boyfriend, has stalled in…
Continue ReadingA Crooked River Ranch home was destroyed Friday by a fire that was sparked by residents’ outdoor weed burning that spread under the home’s deck…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon is filled with waterfalls, beautiful landscapes and places to explore. Most of these sites have been discovered for years, and they…
Continue ReadingJefferson County Sheriff Jim Adkins, a 35-year veteran of the sheriff’s office and its leader for over a decade, said Tuesday he plans to retire…
Continue ReadingFunds raised by students, as well as equipment and supplies, were stolen from the Madras Pep & Cheer Studio during a break-in Friday night, the owner…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon drug agents made a traffic stop on Highway 97 south of Madras, arrested a 65-year-old Redmond man and seized methamphetamine, heroin…
Continue ReadingMany Pacific Power customers in Jefferson County have seen their lives turned upside down by the economic turmoil caused by more than a year of the…
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Monday he will have live online town halls, hosted by People’s Town Hall, early next month for residents of…
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