Public asked to help choose Prineville roundabout artwork
Now that Prineville’s first roundabout is open and a local sculptor has been chosen for its center artwork, the public is being asked in an online…
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Bedroom fire damages SW Prineville home
A fire broke out in the bedroom of a southwest Prineville home on Wednesday, causing no injuries but displacing the resident and three dogs rescued…
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St. Charles Prineville donates medical equipment to Crook County HS
St. Charles Prineville has donated medical equipment to the Crook County High School Health Science Career Technical Education program as part of an…
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Crook County Schools plan K-4 ‘theme school’ for this fall
In response to continued growth, Crook County School District administrators said Tuesday they are developing plans to open a theme elementary school…
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Prineville PD using grant to focus on distracted drivers
The Prineville Police Department received overtime funding from the Oregon Department of Transportation and the USDOT’s National Highway Traffic…
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Prineville shooting victim sues gunman for $21 million
A Bend man who was left paralyzed in a shooting at a Prineville bar’s New Year’s Eve party two years ago has sued his attacker for more than $21.5…
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Prineville man still fighting after 5 bouts with cancer
As 2019 comes to an end, a Prineville man is reflecting on how far he’s come while battling five different cancers, and encouraging others to…
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2020 marks 75 years for the Crooked River Roundup
One of Oregon’s oldest family entertainment events celebrates its 75th year in…
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‘Active’ Prineville drug dealer arrested minutes before jail release, after raid
A Prineville man known to police as an “active drug dealer/fugitive” was arrested again Monday, just minutes before he was to be released from…
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Prineville man accused of breaking into Bi-Mart, stealing 12 guns
A Prineville man was arrested this week on charges he broke into the city’s Bi-Mart with a brick, then used an axe to smash into a firearms display…
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Prineville PD offer details of what led to high-speed Hwy. 26 chase, crash
Prineville police provided details Monday on the events that led to a wild high-speed chase of a menacing suspect Friday on U.S. Highway 26 that…
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Prineville PD seek tips to find stolen horse trailer
Prineville police turned to the public for tips Tuesday in the recent theft of a horse trailer parked in a grocery store parking lot that was being…
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Prineville home to C.O.’s only ferret shelter
There’s only one animal shelter in Central Oregon focused on rehoming ferrets, and it’s located in Prineville.…
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Bend man arrested in Prineville vending machine thefts
Prineville police posted photos to Facebook after a thief broke into and stole money from soda vending machines at three locations around town. That…
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Prineville man convicted of attempted murder dies in prison
A Prineville man convicted of attempted murder after firing at least two gunshots during a domestic dispute at his daughter’s Tumalo home in 2013…
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Prineville PD: No signs of foul play in homeless man’s death
Prineville police on Tuesday released the name and details regarding a homeless man whose body was found in Ochoco Creek last Friday evening, saying…
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Prineville PD seeks tips in Halloween deli theft
Prineville police are looking to the public for tips as they search for a masked man who stole cash, including Oregon Lottery money, from the Lucky 7…
Continue Reading Autopsy held in Prineville death investigation
An autopsy was underway Monday near Portland on a body found in Prineville Friday evening, police…
Continue ReadingBend’s October was colder, drier than normal
(Update: Adding 30-year record period as “normal” timeframe) Bend had a colder and drier than normal October, according to preliminary…
Continue ReadingPrineville dog lost for 3 weeks finds her way home
It might be easy to confuse the story of ” Homeward Bound ” with the real-life story of a Prineville dog, Pepper. The 1 1/2-year-old…
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