A 15-year-old Warm Springs resident has been arrested on burglary charges involving recent break-ins at a Madras gas station and cannabis dispensary and weapons charges stemming from a fight last July at the Jefferson County Fair, authorities said Tuesday.
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A fire heavily damaged a Madras apartment Thursday morning, prompting evacuation of residents and neighbors and a continued investigation into its cause, officials said.
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Marley, an Oregon State Police drug-detection K-9, turned up more than 14 pounds of hidden fentanyl powder during a traffic stop on Highway 97 in Madras last week, leading to the arrest of two Arizona men, troopers said Tuesday.
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Oregon State and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office alerted the public Wednesday, asking them to help look for a missing and endangered Madras resident last seen more than two weeks ago.
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A passing motorist early Wednesday morning spotted a fire that destroyed an apparently unoccupied mobile home on the Culver Highway in Madras, but fire crews were able to protect nearby homes and property, officials said.
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Central Oregon Community College announced plans Thursday to expand its Madras campus with a new 15,000 square-foot facility that will house a range of new training and education opportunities to meet workforce needs, as well as a child care center for the community.
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The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs is seeking volunteers for its Veteran Volunteer Program who are interested in serving aging veterans in their own communities by helping veterans learn how to access potential earned benefits and resources.
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The Airshow of the Cascades is back Friday and Saturday at Madras Airport and bigger than ever this year, with a festival and three national acts performing for the crowd. Find out more at https://www.cascadeairshow.com/
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Mosaic Medical, a nonprofit community health center providing quality care for all in Bend, Redmond, Prineville and Madras, was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from The Reser Family Foundation. The funds will be used to support Mosaic’s new Madras Health Center, a project in partnership with Jefferson County Public Health that
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The sixth annal Threshing Bee concluded its two-day run Sunday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Madras, with plenty of antique farm engines and equipment on display and in operation.
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A second memorial brick-laying took place Saturday at the Veterans Healing Circle at the Jefferson County Community Center. The first event placed bricks for all who were listed as MIA in Vietnam, along with 30 bricks with veteran names, purchased either by the veteran or a loved one. The second event was to place over
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Brad Johnston, local high school teacher, veteran and former Astoria police chief, with 25 years experience in public service, has announced he’ll be running for mayor of Madras. And it’ll be a crowded field, with five candidates so far.
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Detectives with the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team and other agencies raided a Madras home with a large shop building Friday, seizing over 800 marijuana plants in a follow-up to six June raids of an alleged Chinese cartel marijuana operation, the biggest drug bust in Jefferson County history.
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Malachi Morales celebrated his seventh birthday this year in a belated but unexpectedly happy way — a dream come true, in fact.
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Mosaic Medical, a nonprofit community health center providing quality care for all in Bend, Redmond, Prineville and Madras, was recently awarded a $50,000 grant from the Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation, as well as a substantial grant from The Ford Family Foundation. The funds will be used to support the development of the new Madras Health
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The city of Madras is about to use a $300,000 grant from the ODOT Safe Routes to School Construction Grant Program for a two-block sidewalk and infrastructure project along a designated route for students at Madras Elementary and Madras High School.
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Madras veterans and others gathered Saturday at the new Veterans Healing Memorial, a healing circle by the Jefferson County Community Center, for a special brick-laying ceremony honoring those still missing in action, a half-century after the Vietnam War.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday it will provide $32 million to help fund Oregon’s $70 million plan for key drinking water projects and $70 million plan to improve wastewater infrastructure.
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A 22-year-old Madras man was arrested on criminally negligent homicide, DUII-alcohol and other charges after a crash early Sunday morning that killed one of his two passengers, a 19-year-old Culver resident, police said.
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