More C.O. businesses added to list of closures amid COVID-19 impacts
Central Oregon businesses have seen a dramatic loss of business during the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new challenge is right around the corner.
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Prineville beekeeper says more smoke could mean fewer bees
The dense smoke from Oregon’s ravaging wildfires is not only unhealthy for humans and pets, but also for the region’s pollinators.
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Prineville PD reports results of pedestrian, distracted driving enforcement effort
The Prineville Police Department on Monday released the results of a combined Pedestrian and Distracted Driving Enforcement Operation conducted last Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the area of NE 3rd Street in the downtown area.
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Some C.O. census workers threatened by homeowners
Imagine knocking on the door of a home and being met with a gun. The family of one census worker says he’s had that experience more than once in rural parts of Central Oregon.
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Rimrock Trails Treatment Services celebrates 30 years
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — In 1990, Rimrock Trails began operations as a non-profit adolescent residential substance use treatment program at Prineville’s Pioneer Memorial Hospital. Four years later, the organization acquired property on Ninth Street in Prineville, and in 1998, a second building was constructed on the property to house outpatient services, administrative offices, classrooms, indoor
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Three arrested in altercation at Prineville Black Lives Matter rally
Three Central Oregon residents were arrested Saturday evening after an altercation during a Black Lives Matter rally at the Crook County Courthouse in downtown Prineville, police said Sunday.
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Abuse victim advocates for others; Prineville ‘Save the Children’ rally set for Sunday
Prineville resident Brittney Mills says she suffered sexual abuse when she was a child. And she says she wants people to recognize that it happens every day, in your own community.
Continue Reading Rimrock Trails Treatment Services receives $4,000 grant
Rimrock Trails Treatment Services said Monday it is grateful to receive $4,000 in grant funds from the Northwest Farm Credit Services Rural Community Grant Fund.
Continue Reading Prineville PD to join in national enforcement effort targeting impaired drivers
The Prineville Police Department will be participating in the a national high-visibility enforcement event during the month of August. The goal is to increase the number of officers on the street aggressively seeking out impaired drivers, especially during the weekends.
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Prineville man sentenced to 25 years in prison for abuse
A 23-year-old Prineville man has received a 25-year prison sentence for after pleading guilty to sex abuse charges, Crook County District Attorney Wade Whiting said.
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Prineville ‘Bridge the Blue’ rally backs law enforcement
A rally in Prineville on Saturday was part of a nationwide ‘Bridge the Blue’ effort in support of police.
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Prineville protesters want police chief out
A Black Lives Matter protest took place in Prineville on Sunday, this time calling for the resignation or dismissal of Police Chief Dale Cummins over a recent social media posting that they claim endangered protester organizers. Cummins posted again to Facebook on Saturday, encouraging supporters and anyone to share their views by writing to city
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Prineville Fourth of July fire damages home, outbuilding
A fire burned intensely near Meadow Lakes Golf Course Saturday night, damaging a home, outbuilding and power pole, at a time when the city’s Fourth of July fireworks display was underway.
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C.O. veteran reflects on first cross-state motorcycle ride honoring POWs, MIAs
There are 999 veterans across the state of Oregon who are still considered missing in action from WWII until today. Several others were prisoners of war in that span. That’s what inspired a cross-state motorcycle ride last weekend – to show those veterans that they will not be forgotten.
Continue Reading Prineville police plan pedestrian, distracted driving enforcement
– The Prineville Police Department plans a combined pedestrian and distracted driving enforcement operation from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Friday, July 10 in the area of NE 3rd Street, at select crosswalks and intersections within the downtown area.
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Prineville Airport receives $1.3 million federal grant for improvements
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Friday that airports in La Grande, Cave Junction, Prineville and Gleneden Beach have earned a total of more than $9.1 million in federal grants for improvements to runways, taxiways, guidance systems and more. “Oregonians living and working in rural communities throughout our state know
Continue Reading Prineville Police join statewide DUII high-visibility enforcement over the Fourth
The Prineville Police Department will be participating in a statewide high-visibility DUII enforcement around the 4th of July holiday.
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Prineville protesters, counter-protesters voice their views during rally
For the third time in recent weeks. Black Lives Matter protesters and counter-protesters faced off in downtown Prineville Saturday afternoon, lining up on opposite sides of Third Street, carrying signs and voicing their views. No arrests were reported.
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Prineville protest: Bigger crowd, more police, concrete barriers, less tension
A larger crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters and counter-protesters gathered Saturday afternoon in downtown Prineville, where a larger police presence and concrete barriers lining Third Street apparently helped to reduce tensions from a week earlier.
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NewsChannel 21 talks with participants in recent Prineville protests
Black Lives Matter protests in Prineville have sparked more agitation and unrest than any other city in Central Oregon, but participants still say the conversation regarding race is necessary.
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