Jefferson County Archives

September 30, 2019 6:45 pm KTVZ News Team

A Washington state man was cited for drunken driving and assault after a crash Saturday afternoon on rain-slick U.S. Highway 26 northwest of Madras…

March 27, 2024 1:17 pm Barney Lerten

MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Jefferson County commissioners on Wednesday declared a local drought disaster and began the process of seeking a state…

June 13, 2023 5:35 pm KTVZ News Sources

Jefferson County School District 509J School Board member Jamie Hurd announced her resignation at the board’s Monday meeting, for an interesting…

May 19, 2023 12:32 pm Barney Lerten, Liam Gibler

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on Friday confirmed five more livestock kills by wolves across the state, including the second in the…

February 2, 2023 10:56 am KTVZ News Sources

WASH, INGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Thursday that a federal investment totaling more than $1.7 million…

August 1, 2022 7:00 pm Bola Gbadebo

Firefighters made strong progress Monday on stopping a rash of new wildfires across Central Oregon in the wake of weekend storms and lightning,…

June 29, 2022 5:51 pm KTVZ News Sources

A truck driver from Washington state got a ticket and some major trouble when he decided to take Pelton Dam Road late Tuesday night and crashed on…

October 3, 2020 4:16 pm KTVZ News Sources

Four Snake River Correctional Institution inmates who tested positive for COVID-19 have died at an area hospital in the past four days, bringing to…

July 22, 2020 8:50 am KTVZ News Sources

Many Oregon veterans living in rural areas will soon have an easier way to get to and from medical appointments, thanks to a program authorized by…