Madras News

For a sound like nails being dragged down a chalkboard, try a pack of Piccolo Petes for $2.99. For a fountain of purple and gold sparkles, try the Purple Rain, $11.99 for a pack of four.

Being the only animal shelter in Jefferson County, incidents like this happen at least twice a year.

The top of Pilot Butte will be closed to the public starting at noon today, and the entire butte will be closed for the fireworks show and preparation from noon Saturday, July 4, until Sunday morning.

Mosaic Medical accepts new patients, but there is a waiting list for services. The clinics will not turn anyone away for inability to pay and offer a sliding scale of fees for families with incomes 200 percent of the poverty level or less.

In Bend, residential yard debris burning is currently limited to two days in November for properties that are at least 2 acres in size, and residents must get a permit from the city.

The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team detectives, assisted by Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputies and Madras police raids a southeast Madras duplex Friday.

"It was always about the students" Views: order photo Steve Earnest, 60, left, who has served 28 years on the Jefferson County School Board, stands next to Jeff Sanders, 70, who has spent nearly 22 years on the board.

Charges have been filed against a Madras woman who surrendered five horses to authorities last month.

MADRAS, Ore. - Jeremy Scott, 40, of Portland, has a philosophy about serving time at the state prison in Madras.

FOR A COMPLETE CURRENT LISTING OF OREGON'S ANGLING REGULATIONS, CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AT 541-388-6363 OR visit the ODFW site .

To say 2009 has been a tough year for Central Oregon's largest employers is putting it mildly, and it's not a topic that is freely discussed - of the 10 largest employers in the region only three would go on record to discuss how business has fared since October 2008, when the economy dramatically spiraled downward.

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

Foxes guarding henhouses, and other acts. Carla Axtman As I mentioned a few days ago , the land speculators and Jefferson County officials who've been pushing destination resorts have been especially nasty and strident with legislators.

Oregon has been a global leader in measuring its successes and failures. Unfortunately, too few people have been paying attention, especially in state government and the Legislature.

The message on the bright green T-shirts Cynthia Vernarecci was handing out to teammates Sunday morning was a poignant one.

The new three-story Harriman Building in Madras. New restaurants are a dime a dozen, but this one comes in what locals call their very own first skyscraper.

Residents of Washington and Oregon, as far back as anyone can remember, have traveled to Central Oregon for weekend getaways and traditional vacations to take advantage of the plethora of outdoor recreational activities along the hundreds of miles of shorelines and waterways, forest lands and desert sands, that define Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson ...

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.

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