Stolen truck chase in Warm Springs leads to crash, arrest
Warm Springs police said a pursuit of a stolen pickup truck ended in a crash and an arrest Wednesday…
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NeighborImpact seeks applicants for home weatherization
NeighborImpact has funds provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture available for weatherizing homes in Jefferson County, with more funding from…
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Jefferson County seeks interest in developing ‘South Madras Gateway’ site
Jefferson County, in close consultation with the City of Madras and the Madras Redevelopment Commission, is seeking expressions of interest from…
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Jefferson County teacher on leave after viral video of Bend protest confrontation
A first-year teacher with Jefferson County School District 509-J has been placed on leave pending an investigation after being identified as the…
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Deer Ridge inmate with COVID-19 dies at hospital amid growing outbreak
A Deer Ridge Correctional Institution inmate who tested positive for COVID-19 died Wednesday at an area hospital, amid an outbreak of the virus at…
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Early-morning fire heavily damages manufactured home NW of Madras
A fire early Friday morning heavily damaged a manufactured home northwest of Madras, and one of the five occupants was taken to the hospital with…
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New round of COVID-19 relief grants for Deschutes, Jefferson county businesses
The Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council, together with Deschutes and Jefferson counties, are offering another round of grants to Central Oregon…
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$109,000 in grants awarded, more available for Jefferson County small businesses
NeighborImpact has awarded $109,000 in grants to 13 Madras small businesses and microenterprises that were financially impacted by the COVID-19…
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Bright Wood Corp. in Madras buys Culver mill
With home-building continuing at strong levels despite COVID-19, Madras-based Bright Wood Corp., the region’s largest manufacturing business, is…
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Culver man gets probation for ‘flagrant’ poaching of Metolius River bull trout
Culver resident Thomas Ray Campbell, 29, was sentenced Monday to five years federal probation “for the flagrant and repeated poaching of protected…
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Mosaic Medical receives nearly $1 million federal grant for new Madras clinic
Mosaic Medical, Central Oregon’s largest community health center, said Monday it was one of 165 such entities across the nation to recently receive…
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Madras woman killed, 3 people injured in Hwy. 97 head-on crash
A 19-year-old Madras woman was killed and three people were injured in a head-on crash late Friday night on U.S. Highway 97 in southern Jefferson…
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One person killed, two seriously injured in 3-vehicle Hwy. 26 crash NW of Madras
A Vancouver, Washington, man was killed and two other people were seriously injured Tuesday in a three-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 26 northwest of…
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Fourth suspect, grandmother, arrested in Culver kidnap of baby
CULVER, Ore. (KTVZ) – Three Madras residents accused in the kidnapping of a 7-month-old girl from her paternal grandmother were arrested Sunday and…
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Oregon COVID-19 death toll tops 700; Jefferson County woman, 47, among 9 latest
COVID-19 has claimed nine more lives in Oregon, including a 47-year-old Jefferson County woman, raising the state’s death toll to 701,along with…
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Fire destroys mobile home at Crooked River Ranch; no injuries
A fire late Wednesday night destroyed a mobile home, also causing a propane cylinder to explode, but caused no injuries, officials…
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Redmond police arrest Crooked River Ranch man in drug raid
Redmond police detectives raided a Crooked River Ranch home on Wednesday and arrested a 57-year-old man on various charges related to drug sales in…
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Oregon reports 7 more COVID-19 deaths, including Jefferson Co. man; 424 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon, including a Jefferson County man, raising the state’s death toll to 671, along with 424 new cases,…
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Jefferson County libraries, C.O. Stem Hub deliver 2,400 STEM kits to youth
The Jefferson County Library District and Central Oregon STEM Hub have partnered to create and distribute 2,400 individual STEM exploration kits to…
Continue Reading USDA home repair funds to go to NeighborImpact for 6 Jefferson County homes
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development is investing $250,000 to support home repair programs for low-income residents and seniors in…
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