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The Alders Springs fire, which sparked on Monday, quickly grew to 3,400 acres by Tuesday evening. The Jefferson County and Deschutes County Sheriff’s offices have issued evacuation orders since Monday ...
A proposed data center in the area of Rock Mountain Lake Road has sparked significant opposition from local residents ...
The future of the long-abandoned Sammis Plant was a focal point at Wednesday's Jefferson County Commissioners meeting. The plant, which ...
Jefferson County’s engineering department used grant money to fund construction of a new salt storage building. The $75,000 ...
A Jefferson County father was killed in an industrial accident at U.S. Steel in Fairfield. Michael Dewaine Townsend, 39, was ...
The Jefferson County Historical Society will open “Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights” on ...
In rural Jefferson County local deputies, counselors, and outreach workers are working together to connect neighbors with the ...
The judge set an April 6, 2026, trial date in one of the three mass shootings McDaniel is accused of carrying out.
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act for the Alder Springs Fire, enabling a multi-agency ...
The Jefferson County Coroner's Office has identified the man in a wheelchair who was hit and killed while crossing Preston ...
A no-nonsense Texas judge scolded a man who brazenly wore a t-shirt that said “World’s Best Farter” to his felony court appearance.
Two different crashes in Jefferson County on Tuesday sent a couple of people to the hospital. The first happened Tuesday ...