Crook County News

Last night, The Nature of Words - Bend's annual literary celebration - announced the authors for the 2009 event.

Pioneer Memorial Hospital announced today it will drop its obstetric services by the end of the year because of a decline in the number of primary care physicians who can provide the service.

Watch a video of the Kiss Dogs at www.youtube.com. Search “Cowdog up with the Kiss Dog clan.” It was a hot Friday afternoon in August 2007 when 16 dogs arrived, unexpected, at the front door of the Humane Society of the Ochocos.

21 year old Ricky Karle and 20 year old Andrew Brooks from Redmond were arrested Sunday morning and charged with a number of burglary and theft charges as well as felon in possession of a firearm and delivery and manufacture of a controlled substance.

Some industries have held steady despite the economic recession. Others have been hit hard in Central Oregon, most notably those tied in with the nation's housing market.

Central Oregon Community College, Bend The course is nine holes. One hole will be closed the first two to three weeks of July 2009 because of resurfacing work on the nearby COCC track, but the rest of the course remains open.

Jackson County has company in Monday's announcement of its record jobless rate. Thirty-three of the state's 36 counties posted unemployment rates of at least 10 percent in May.

PORTLAND, Ore. - The unemployment outlook remains bleak across Oregon. Jobless figures released Monday by the Oregon Employment Department show that 33 of the state's 36 counties posted unemployment rates of at least 10 percent in May.

In two Oregon national parks, your taxpayer dollars are literally going up in flames.

Bonus for kids: Deschutes County libraries carry several titles about rocks. “Rocks In His Head.” By Carol Hurst.

A farming family with deep roots in Prineville hopes to be the first in the region to cultivate canola for oil Published: June 15.

"'A boot camp for the unemployed'" Views: order photo Aprel Rasmussen, from left, and Janet Witt, employees of Wilsonville-based Cascade Management Inc., an affordable housing property management company, assist Colby Corona, 18, and Jonathan Firkus, 17, of Bend, with questions about affordable housing Thursday at the Bend Armory.

Steve and Carol Tupper, in their northeast Bend home, have been without medical insurance for several years and say it has touched everything from access to medical care to the ability to find a job.

As public schools across the state struggle with ways to balance the books, the private Christian school in Crook County is facing a similar dilemma and looks likely to slash its high school program in order to keep operating.

Crook County and Prineville business leaders are considering building a convention and community center that they say would stimulate local business and help a natural resources-based economy hit hard by the recession.

A 06/02/09 Prineville A The Prineville Chamber of Commerce has big plans for a community/convention center that could revitalize downtown Prineville and bring more tourism dollars to Crook County.

PORTLAND, Ore. - There's no place to hide in this recession. Though large cities are considered more likely to outperform rural communities during economic downturns, the Portland area's unemployment rate is now higher than the statewide figure.

Judy Stiegler of Bend. A Under the new legislation, Bend would receive $1.6 million dollars each year to improve streets, widen roads, and put in new signals.

We'd like to bring you some good news about the Central Oregon economy - really, we would - but there just isn't any out there.

That's up more than ten percent from this time last year, and many in Prineville have noticed the change.