Crook County Board of Commissioners

Following an ongoing dispute over public records sought by The Prineville Review from Crook County since November, Oregon’s Public Records Advocate has raised serious concerns about the county’s handling of public records requests—both generally and in relation to this publication’s outstanding requests.

A Crook County water district is facing severe financial and governance issues following allegations of misappropriating thousands of dollars, general mismanagement, and potential ethics violations by its elected board—nearly half of which has now resigned.

Following a February 17 press conference by Oregon House and Senate Republicans addressing the controversial statewide wildfire risk map, the Eastern Oregon Counties Association (EOCA) is formally requesting that the state of Oregon repeal the wildfire hazard map adopted under SB 762 (2021).  

Following a multi-month and ongoing investigation by the Prineville Review, an appointed member of the Crook County Natural Resource Advisory Committee (NRAC) is facing questions related to Oregon ethics laws after his private contracts with the U.S.

The Crook County Board of Commissioners moved to recognize approximately two dozen county employees during its regular board meeting for their over respective decades long service to Crook County. The employees were from all corners of county government, including the public works, fairgrounds, sheriff's office, district attorney, administration, and more.

Prineville, Ore. - The Crook County Fair Board on Monday voted to restart the process seeking applications and conducting interviews in order to make...

The Crook County Board of Commissioners formally selected Will Van Vactor as the new Crook County Manager. Van Vactor had been serving as the interim manager, but previously served as the Community Development Director.