An inaugural festival featuring a wide variety of fun events took place Saturday in Prineville, called the High Desert Moonfest, a celebration of the community’s heritage, beauty and culture.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Visitors to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Southeast Portland can observe and learn about the museum’s “newest” steam locomotive. on Wednesday, crews positioned the historic Mount Emily Shay #1 inside the Enginehouse for the first time. The locomotive came to the center from Prineville in 2022 after the Oregon Historical
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to staffing, the Prineville DMV office will be closed Thursday, agency officials announced. Much user business can be accomplished online at https://dmv2u.oregon.gov/eServices/_/
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — In recent months, High Desert Christian Academy staff and community partners have been blazing the trail and garnering community support to revitalize and transform the old Pioneer Memorial Hospital (AKA Hospital Hill) into an educational and community campus. The non-denominational school changed its name to High Desert Christian Academy (HDCA) in
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A Prineville woman has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for using stolen identities – some from jail rosters – to submit fraudulent health care claims, resulting in over $1.5 million in misappropriated funds from the Oregon Health Authority’s Medicaid program, and with filing false tax returns that failed to report earnings she received.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Central Oregon couple say they feel defeated after learning their daughter’s year-long sex abuse case could be dropped, without their knowledge. “We were told that everything that’s going on in the last year has been for no reason, dismissed,” the victim’s stepmother said. “Absolutely devastated, heartbroken that our kid isn’t going
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Thursday the Rogue Valley International Airport and the Prineville Airport have secured more than $10.4 million combined in federal grants for improvements to taxiways, lighting, runways and more. “These federal investments to modernize and improve airports in Medford and Prineville benefit Oregonians relying on these
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SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Prineville woman was arrested in Springfield on several charges after her 8-year-old child called 911 from the car’s back seat to report their mother was driving recklessly and looking for “water to drive into,” police said. Officers were made aware around 8:30 p.m. last Sunday of a blue Subaru being
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It’s just about back-to-school time once again, and for students at Barnes Butte Elementary School in Prineville, the first day is next week.
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Our month-long campaign to Clear the Shelters takes us now to the Humane Society of the Ochocos. The no-kill shelter in Prineville was founded in 1995 to find homes for hundreds of cats and dogs.
Continue Reading PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon DMV office in Prineville is closed Thursday due to staffing issues, the agency announced. Staffing problems have led to several similar closures of DMV offices in the region in recent months. Much of the business conducted at the DMV offices can be done online at https://dmv2u.oregon.gov/
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Creating Prineville’s first urban renewal agency entails a comprehensive plan, which was unveiled during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, and was aimed at revitalizing the city’s aging downtown district. If approved, the Prineville Urban Renewal Agency’s focus will be to rejuvenate Prineville, attract new businesses, and improve the quality of life for residents.
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A Prineville woman who allegedly sped east on Highway 126 Friday evening, dragging a tire and driving on a wheel rim that threw sparks and caused a destructive 10-acre wildfire, refused to appear in court from jail Monday to face one felony and a dozen misdemeanor charges.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A string of thefts from “many unlocked vehicles” in several Prineville neighborhoods this week prompted police to ask citizens to report any information or suspicious activity on caught security cameras to help solve the crimes, and police are working a few leads as a result. The thefts occurred between 6 p.m.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The City of Prineville is looking for a new police chief. At Ron’s Comfort Food Café, community members were invited Wednesday evening to meet-and-greet three finalists: Tom Crino, Kenneth Booker and Chad Davis. Prineville City Councilor Marvin Sumner said, “I think we want someone that’s going to bring in stability, knowledge,
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The city of Prineville announced Tuesday a new list of three finalists to become Prineville’s next police chief, after an earlier set of candidates who visited last month failed to produce one that city officials found suitable for the position. Community members will have the opportunity to meet the three finalists
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The Crook County Sheriff’s Office on Monday morning reduced the evacuation notice to Level 1 BE READY for a wildfire fanned by heat and wind that broke out Saturday afternoon near McKay Creek Road, about six miles north of Prineville, burning over 200 acres and brought by 100 firefighters to 30% containment.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The City of Prineville is once again inviting community members to meet three candidates vying to become the city’s next police chief, after a previous round of three finalists failed to find approval of any of them. The informal meet-and-greet with the three finalists will provide an opportunity for community members
Continue Reading PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to staffing issues, the Oregon DMV office in Prineville is closed Tuesday, officials said. Many services offered by the DMV can be taken care of online. Similar staffing-related closures have happened over the past several months at DMV offices around the High Desert and the state.
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It’s somehow somewhat fitting that the close-knit community of Prineville, like much of the High Desert, was under a Red Flag Warning on Saturday, meaning a combination of extreme heat, winds and low humidity brought what forecasters call “critical fire weather conditions.”
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