After five dangerous cases meningococcal meningitis in just 10 months ,the Crook County Health Department made an extremely rare recommendation, asking everyone who lives here in the Prineville area to get vaccinated for the disease.

A family of seven escaped unhurt early Thursday when their woodstove caught their 65-year-old northwest Prineville home on fire, officials said.

Northwest Sign Recycling, a Prineville-based sign recycling and refacing company, said Thursday it has been awarded a two-year pilot contract by the Oregon Department of Transportation to execute an aluminum highway sign reuse program.

A load of logs burst into flames aboard a truck parked in downtown Prineville Sunday evening, and investigators on Monday deemed the fire suspicious and began a criminal investigation.

Oregon data center uses evaporative cooling and higher operating temperatures to reduce energy use

Sherwin (Sherm) Carlisle Feetham05/31/1936 – 02/07/2012                          Sherm was born in Seligman, Ariz., to John Arthur Feetham and Minnie Gillins. After graduating from Williams (Ariz.) high school he joined the Navy. Sherm served honorably in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to...

La Pine-area resident John Huddle announced his candidacy Tuesday for House District 55, one of the largest geographic districts in Oregon.

An older teen out of high school was confirmed Monday as Crook County's sixth case of meningococcal disease in the past 10 months; officials provided more details about the 'cluster' of cases and where vaccine is available.

Test results have confirmed Crook County's third meningococcal meningitis case in three months, thus meeting the federal definition of an outbreak, health officials said Friday as they issued an expanded ecommendation that all Prineville-area residents 9 months to 25 years get vaccinated.

A 59-year-old fugitive is back behind bars after he ran out of gas in Wyoming and called the local sheriff's office for roadside assistance.