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A single-vehicle crash was reported Sunday evening along Southwest Houston Lake Road near Lester Wick Rd in Powell Butte, the Crook County Sheriff's Office confirmed to the Prineville Review.

The Prineville Police Department announced Sunday that a suspect has been arrested in connection with the early-morning vehicle pursuit that occurred Jan. 31st in southeast Prineville.

A Crook County man has been sentenced to the statutory maximum prison term after a jury convicted him of sexually abusing a child.

A Crook County Circuit Court judge has entered a default judgment and injunction against the Ochoco West Water and Sanitary Authority (OWWSA), ordering the district to release public records after it failed to respond to a lawsuit filed last fall by the Prineville Review.

St. Charles Health System has awarded more than $143,000 in Community Benefit grants to 34 local organizations across Central Oregon, funding programs focused on basic needs, community connection, and reducing loneliness and social isolation.

The Crook County Board of Commissioners voted last week to temporarily shift responsibility for administering public records requests away from the county’s legal department and into county administration, adopting an interim structure while a comprehensive rewrite of the county’s public records policy is underway.

The Ochoco West Water and Sanitary Authority (OWWSA) continues to face allegations of violating Oregon’s public meetings laws, even as a formal investigation by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission (OGEC) remains underway into the district’s governance and transparency practices.

A newly ordered federal reorganization of wildfire response agencies — including the creation of a U.S. Wildland Fire Service — has been shared with Crook County officials,

The Alfalfa Fire District has now filed its long-overdue 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) with the Oregon Secretary of State, just days after reporting by the Prineville Review and KTVZ brought renewed attention to years of missing financial filings that had placed the district at risk of dissolution.

The Crook County School District is inviting students, families, staff, and community members to provide input on whether Interim Superintendent Dr. Joel Hoff should be appointed to the position permanently.