Jefferson County News

It's the highest unemployment rate Jefferson County has ever seen, back up to 16.3%. Peaking in August the rate dropped in September to 15.5%, moving back up again in October.

TERREBONNE a ' The body of a missing Wilsonville man was found in the Crooked River Gorge Monday, two days after his vehicle was found in the area.

These Oregon counties have been identified as drug distribution hubs that also have a coordinated law enforcement strategy for combating trafficking: Clackamas Deschutes Douglas Jackson Marion Multnomah Umatilla Washington Source: Oregon High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area 2010 Threat Assessment Report More marijuana plants were seized and ...

AGENCIES: Deschutes County Sheriff's Office, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, and Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.

"Wimp Open Equals Safety","We Want Wimp Open" read the signs of Crooked River Ranch residents protesting in snowy conditions Thursday morning at a joint meetingA between Jefferson and Deschutes County Commissioners.

A health advisory to avoid water contact at Haystack Reservoir was lifted today by state health officials.

Central Oregon Community College students and officials are just days away from finding out whether their school will be able to build new facilities to accommodate a more than 45 percent enrollment increase over the past two years.

A 19-year-old Madras resident is recuperating after he was injured in Afghanistan when the armored vehicle he was driving hit a roadside bomb.

A Christian-based summer camp in Antelope is working on a land-swap deal that could create two new wilderness areas and make about 15,000 acres of popular hunting grounds accessible to the public.

A sheriff's son allegedly fires a gun in Culver neighborhood, starting a police standoff and forcing the evacuation of surrounding homes.

Sisters Amillia and Peg are part of a small and hopeful effort in Clallam County.

For a month, Jefferson County Assessor Patsy Mault has been hearing from people whose property values have plummeted.

"You can see the Crooked River Ranch people are clearly against the closure," said Sherman Kirchmeier as he hold pages of signatures.

Has Jefferson County become the bad boy of Oregon land use politics? Or is the state just really mean? Mere months after participating in a highly publicized and successful push to overrule the county's plans for destination resorts in the Metolius River Basin, the Department of Land Conservation and Development is challenging another Jefferson ...

BEND, Ore. - The majority of calls that came in about 14 malnourished, lice-infested horses in Crook County last April were from neighbors and concerned citizens who could see the horses as they drove past on the highway.

Culver resident Floyd Earnest Carlson died Oct. 8, 2009, at the age of 96. Mr. Carlson was born May 15, 1913, the eldest child to Earnest and Augusta Carlson in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

In a story headlined "Agency to revise off-road travel rules," which appeared Thursday, Oct.

Oregon State Police troopers are continuing the investigation into Tuesday afternoon's single vehicle traffic crash on Highway 26 east of Madras that resulted in the death of a Prineville man and injuries to three others.

Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a death after a body is found near Madras.

A fast moving brush fire in Ashland quickly spread to three separate fires threatening hundreds of homes, leading to a call for help for resources from across Oregon.