A suspect with a well-known history of behavioral health concerns was arrested for an outstanding warrant in Prineville after a social media threat included coordinates to a local elementary school and prompted increased security measures at Crook County School District.

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission voted Friday following a preliminary review to open a formal investigation into allegations that Three Sisters Irrigation District board vice president Carl Nulton used his position to receive irrigation water he was not entitled to during restricted water deliveries last summer.

Thousands of Central Oregon patients will continue to receive in-network care at St. Charles hospitals and clinics after the health system announced Wednesday that it has reached a new agreement with PacificSource.

A Wednesday night rollover crash on SE Juniper Canyon Road sent one person to the hospital and left another with minor injuries, according to a press release from the Crook County Sheriff’s Office.

As proponents push to expand the Alfalfa Fire District’s boundaries farther east into Crook County to include the rural Juniper Acres area, records obtained by the Prineville Review show the district is once again facing possible dissolution over multiple years of missing financial reports — marking a repeating issue under Chief Chad LaVallee’s leadership requiring the State and County intervention over audit compliance.