Editors, publishers, reporters and journalism advocates from across Oregon gathered last week at Central Oregon Community College for the Fund for Oregon Rural Journalism's (FORJ) fourth annual Rural and Small-Town Journalism Conference
A Lane County Sheriff's deputy has been arrested and faces multiple federal child exploitation charges after investigators allege he exchanged sexually explicit messages and images with children and persuaded minors to produce child sexual abuse material.
A Crook County Grand Jury has indicted Prineville resident Mark Kittredge McKinnon with multiple counts of sexual abuse as well as invasion of personal privacy.
A 16-year-old foreign exchange student was hospitalized Tuesday evening after being struck while crossing Lynn Boulevard on an electric bicycle near Crook County High School.
A group of 16 Alfalfa Fire District electors delivered a sweeping six-page rebuke of the district's leadership this week during a public meeting that also saw two new directors appointed to the embattled board and raised new questions about the embattled former Fire Chief Chad LaVallee's returning role in district operations.