The U.S. Interior Department announced Wednesday a $585 million investment in water delivery system repairs across the West, including making a $10 million loan available to the North Unit Irrigation District for fish-screen replacements on its main canal in Bend.
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Jefferson County Sheriff Jason Pollock said Friday that deputies have identified the juvenile suspects in a destructive case of restroom vandalism Thursday afternoon at Panorama Park in Crooked River Ranch.
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Central Oregon and federal drug agents arrested two Jefferson County men, accused of importing large quantities of drugs from Mexico, during simultaneous raids on their homes that turned up a variety of drugs and eight guns, officials said Saturday.
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Fire season is quickly approaching, and now is the time for Central Oregonians to plan to reduce their risk by creating defensible space and taking advantage of upcoming spring FireFree events. This spring, partners in Deschutes and Jefferson counties will host FireFree days for local residents.
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The Jefferson County School District 509J is holding a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday afternoon to celebrate the start of construction on its bond projects.
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A 29-year-old Bend woman pleaded not guilty Monday to six counts of manslaughter and one of DUII, three days after her arrest in a November 2022 head-on crash on Highway 26 north of Madras that killed three Warm Springs residents – two teens and their aunt.
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A Warm Springs man was killed in a rollover crash on Highway 26 early Friday morning, Oregon State Police said.
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Health care providers and educators are planning and preparing for the launch of the Three Sisters Rural Track Program Family Medicine Residency – the first graduate medical education residency primarily based in Central Oregon.
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Warm Springs Tribal Police detectives and FBI agents raided a Warm Springs home on Thursday and arrested the second of two suspects in the shooting death of a 24-year-old man last Halloween night in Madras.
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Gov. Tina Kotek last week declared a drought in Crook and Jefferson counties through Executive Order 23-05, and directed state agencies to coordinate and prioritize assistance to the region. It was the state’s first drought declaration of the year — but likely not the last, as Deschutes County on Wednesday took similar action and asked the governor to do the same.
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council, in a collaborative effort with the Jefferson County Fire Chiefs, is offering private landowners the opportunity to apply for funding in an effort to minimize fire danger as outlined in the Jefferson County Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Eligible residents will be offered a flat-rate reimbursement of
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An Oregon State Police trooper made a traffic stop for speeding on Highway 97 in Madras Sunday evening, leading to the discovery of more than seven pounds of methamphetamine and the arrest of two Washington state residents.
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A Jefferson County judge sentenced a 31-year-old Redmond man to nearly 19 years in prison Friday for a drunken-driving crash on Highway 97 in November 2020 that claimed the life of a 19-year-old Culver mother and seriously injured two other people.
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A Jefferson County jury on Monday convicted a 31-year-old Redmond man of manslaughter, drunken driving and assault in a November 2020 head-on collision that killed a Culver teen and seriously injured two others.
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Oregon State Police are conducting a criminal investigation into this week’s crash on Highway 97 in Klamath County that claimed the lives of a Madras man and his 12-year-old son, whose grieving mother recounted his always-happy ways during an interview Friday.
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The Jefferson County Forestland Classification Committee will meet Friday, January 6 at 1 p.m. at the Jefferson County Fire Station, 65 S. 5th Street in Madras.
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A Madras woman and her son were sentenced Tuesday to 9 ½ and nearly 7 ½ years in prison, respectively, for physically abusing a 4-year-old girl and 7-year-old boy placed in their care as foster parents.
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Jefferson County Fire & EMS held its first annual coat drive Nov. 14-Dec. 8 and reported receiving over 1,500 articles of clothing, including, hats, gloves, boots, coats, etc.
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A 26-year-old Madras woman pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and other charges in the fatal shooting of her ex-husband, a 28-year-old Prineville man, last Friday evening at her southeast Madras home.
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Oregon State Police on Tuesday identified and asked the public for help in locating two murder suspects – one considered armed and dangerous – in the Oct. 31 shooting death of a 24-year-old man in the Strawberry Heights neighborhood of southeast Madras.
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