Housing discrimination is not just an urban issue, but rather a statewide concern. Through Senate Bill 1534, Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle and state Sen. Shemia Fagan, D-Portland, hope to pass legislation that would enforce more fair housing laws.
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A passing good Samaritan used a pickup and chain to pull a smoking car from a Culver home’s garage before it caught fire Wednesday evening, preventing any damage to the structure, officials said.
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Part of Crooked River Ranch was under a precautionary boil-water notice on Wednesday due to a break in the main water line, officials said.
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More snow at varied elevations fell during the weekend, and high winds caused several trees to fall along Santiam Pass.
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Mickey Killingsworth of the Jefferson County Farm Bureau was inducted into the prestigious Oregon Farm Bureau Hall of Fame on Dec. 12 during the 87th Oregon Farm Bureau Convention at the Salishan Resort in Gleneden Beach.
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Crashes involving nine vehicles in freezing fog and ice, including a semi-truck and a jet-fuel tanker truck that caught fire, sent two people to the hospital and closed U.S. Highway 26 three miles north of Madras all day Tuesday.
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PAULINA, Ore. (KTVZ) — Three representatives from Fortis Construction traveled to Paulina Elementary School this week to give the rural school $5,000 to build a new stage and for new playground equipment. Fortis will design and build the stage, which will be easier for students to use, and will help install and build the new
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Oregon Department of Transportation officials and Deschutes County commissioners still have yet to finalize a chosen path forward for safety improvements on U.S. Highway 97 through Terrebonne.
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A fuel tanker truck burned at the weigh station on Highway 97 south of Culver Friday morning, but Jefferson County firefighters said they were able to keep the flames from reaching 3,400 gallons of fuel or an empty tanker trailer it was towing.
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Cove Palisades State Park and Jefferson County Public Works crews quickly cleared a Thanksgiving eve rockslide that blocked Jordan Road with boulders, a deputy said.
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There’s a new sign in place along the road leading to the community of Camp Sherman, dedicating the road in remembrance of Jefferson County sheriff’s Deputy Dave Blann, who passed away earlier this year.
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A vacant mobile home northwest of Madras was destroyed by a fire Sunday night and the cause is under investigation, officials said.
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As we continue to reflect on the significance of Veterans Day, a dedication ceremony took place Wednesday in Madras for the Veterans Healing Memorial.
Continue ReadingA 72-year-old man who moved from the La Pine area to Metolius about a year ago and frequently babysat for neighbors was arrested Wednesday on more than a dozen sex abuse counts involving one girl, and it’s believed there is more than one victim, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Thursday. The sheriff’s office received a
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(Update: New vote tally) Metolius voters decided in ballots counted Tuesday night to recall Mayor John Chavez over his two recent arrests and legal problems that city councilors and residents were unaware of. There were 124 votes in favor of the recall in ballots counted Tuesday night, to 73 no votes. The ballot returns represent
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A long-time records clerk for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office who resigned last week was indicted Wednesday on 18 felony and misdemeanor theft counts, accused of stealing more than $15,000 in dues from the union representing department employees. Sheriff Jim Adkins said Jennifer Goelze, 46, of Madras, submitted her resignation on Sept. 23 after serving
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The 36th annual Rural Health Conference kicked off Wednesday at the Riverhouse on the Deschutes in Bend. The two-day conference attracts health care leaders from around the state to collaborate on ways to address health care barriers in rural Oregon. The agenda covers topics including working with patients in their homes, providing better health care
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The North Unit Irrigation District and project partners will hold a public meeting later this month on their canal-piping proposal to modernize aging infrastructure to conserve water, reduce energy use, improve operational efficiencies, improve water quality and enhance fish and wildlife habitat in the Deschutes and Crooked rivers, federal regulators said Wednesday. By converting open-ditch
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Jefferson County has finalized a grant program that offers a cash incentive for the private development community to construct new industrial or light industrial space within the county’s borders. For years, all existing heavy and light industrial space has been fully occupied in Madras, Metolius, Culver, Crooked River Ranch and Warm Springs, which the Jefferson
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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 that sent him and his 8-year-old son to the hospital, authorities said. Oregon State Police were dispatched to the single-vehicle crash near milepost 109 shortly before 4 p.m., troopers said. They
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