Premature infant twins from Prineville flown to Portland hospital, battling RSV
Hartlee and Holden Puckett, premature twins from Prineville, are battling RSV at Randall Children’s Hospital in Portland, KGW…
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Crook County Sheriff’s Office, Prineville Police Dept. conduct seat belt, child seat education, enforcement
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Beginning Monday and extending through Sunday, Feb. 12, the Crook County Sheriff’s Office and the Prineville Police…
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Pioneer Alternative High School in Prineville to celebrate first permanent home with ribbon-cutting
Students and staff at Pioneer Alternative High School have a permanent location to call home for the first time in school history, and a…
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Prineville man detained in connection with fatal shooting of another man during fight
A 29-year-old Prineville man was detained late Sunday afternoon as homicide detectives investigated the shooting death of a 27-year-old Prineville…
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Redmond firearms training business concerned about uncertain impacts of Measure 114
As the future of Measure 114 remains uncertain, law enforcement, businesses and the general public await further court rulings and details on whether…
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Fire-hit Prineville smokehouse grateful for community support
F5 Smokehouse in downtown Prineville, hit by a smoker fire earlier this week, is expressing gratitude for strong community support in the days…
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Raw sewage backs up in some classrooms at Crook County High School; Friday classes canceled
While heavy snowfall prompted cancellation of Monday’s classes in the Crook County School District, Friday’s classes at Crook County High School…
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Crook County Fire crews knock down blaze in downtown Prineville smokehouse
A downtown Prineville smokehouse almost went up in smoke Tuesday afternoon, but Crook County Fire and Rescue crews were able to quickly knock down…
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Crook County Sheriff’s Office, Prineville Police have holiday DUII message: If You Feel Different, You Drive Different
From Dec. 15 through Jan. 2, 2023, to help keep drunk or drug-impaired drivers off the streets during the holiday season, the Crook County…
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Crook County Library faces community pressure to label LGBTQ books, remove from children’s section
LGBTQ-related books have become a major point of contention at the Crook County Library, as they have at other libraries around the…
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Prineville man gets 17 1/2 years for seeking photos, traveling to Bend for sex with ‘teen’ undercover officer
A Prineville man was sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison Thursday after he requested sexually explicit photos from an undercover law…
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Prineville, Bend students make ADA-compliant covered wagons
A project five years in the making comes to fruition at this weekend’s Prineville Lighted Christmas Parade with the debut of two special covered…
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Prineville community comes together to build wheelchair-accessible covered wagons
As part of the master planning process for the Barnes Butte Recreation Area, the City of Prineville enlisted Barnes Butte Elementary School students…
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Update: Missing Prineville woman, 66, located at Madras truck stop, reunited with family
A 66-year-old Prineville woman with Alzheimer’s and dementia who left her home Monday afternoon with a red rolling suitcase, prompting a major…
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Facing opposition, Ochoco National Forest scales back plans for Lemon Gulch Trails Project
The Ochoco National Forest said Thursday it has released the draft Environmental Assessment for the Lemon Gulch Trails Project. The proposal –…
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Meta announces $50,000 grant for Ochoco Preserve, Crooked River restoration projects
Meta, the social-network company formerly known as Facebook, announced Wednesday it has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Deschutes Land Trust and the…
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Prineville woman dies, 6 others injured in crash at Highway 126-O’Neil Highway junction
A 68-year-old Prineville woman suffered fatal injuries and six other people were hurt in a two-vehicle crash Saturday at the junction of state…
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City of Prineville receives League of Oregon Cities’ Excellence Award for aquifer storage project
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – During its 97th Annual Conference Thursday, the League of Oregon Cities presented its 2022 Award for Excellence to the city of…
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Century-old Mount Emily Shay steam locomotive leaving City of Prineville Railway for new Portland home
The Oregon Historical Society and the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation announced Friday the permanent transfer of the Mount Emily Shay #1 steam…
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Prineville Police taking part in national high-visibility enforcement, seeking out impaired drivers
Starting Friday and through Sept. 5, the Prineville Police Department will be participating in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s…
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