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Crook County Parks and Recreation District (CCPRD) is celebrating a significant achievement after earning national accreditation through the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA).

Crook County voters in the Juniper Canyon area now have a new location to return their ballots ahead of the November general election, following the installation of an official ballot drop box at the Juniper Canyon Fire Station.

The Alfalfa Fire District's sale of a taxpayer-owned ambulance to Central Oregon Community College (COCC) for $15,000 is facing new scrutiny after records obtained by the Prineville Review revealed the college had apparently already paid the district before the vehicle was offered through a public auction that ultimately drew no other bidders.

Watt and Jennifer Childress are law-abiding residents of Nehalem, but both have had recent run-ins with the “food police.” Earlier this year, the couple learned that potlucks open to the public are illegal in Oregon.

Crook County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers are back outside Ray’s Food Place in Prineville Thursday and Friday for their annual sandwich fundraiser, raising money to support the equipment and training needed for missions throughout Crook County and the region.

There’s a shadow hanging over the Oregon’s governor’s race: a record $10 million check that a California carpenters union wrote to an affiliated Oregon political action committee Sept. 16.

The Alfalfa Fire District has finally released some of its 2026 bank records to the Prineville Review following weeks of delays, revealing nearly $90,000 in checks, a $157,420 FEMA deposit and thousands in other spending — but significant records needed to determine where some of the money went remain missing.

The Crook County School District Board is preparing to take up a significant slate of policy changes at its October meeting, following months of work by the district’s Policy Review Committee throughout the year.

An 18-year-old Powell Butte man was arrested early today following a single-vehicle crash on Highway 97 in Bend that caused the vehicle to catch fire and closed all highway lanes for nearly an hour.

A 24-year-old Prineville man was arrested Saturday after police said an investigation linked him to graffiti discovered at multiple downtown businesses.