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Crook County’s public library may soon restrict use of its meeting rooms to normal operating hours after staff raised concerns about after-hours security problems, building access issues, and facility misuse.

The Oregon Supreme Court’s recent right-to-counsel decision has resulted in the dismissal of nearly 1,500 criminal cases statewide, but no such dismissals have been reported in Crook County.

A local contractor with longstanding government ties and a history of ethics concerns involving federal contracts, used taxpayer funds to attend conferences at luxury resorts and to pay for meals for its governing board members.

Prineville, Ore. - A 47-year-old Prineville woman was killed early Saturday morning in a single-vehicle rollover crash on SE Juniper Canyon Road, according to...

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.