Jefferson County Sheriff’s Log: K9 Keira Finds Commercial Quantities of Meth, Cocaine, and Fentanyl in Terrebonne Stop

Oregon State Parks will waive day-use parking fees for in-state residents on June 6 as part of the annual State Parks Day celebration. Three Central Oregon parks are hosting special events. Lake Billy Chinook and other Jefferson County-area parks are part of the system.

A fire destroyed a residence and a nearby trailer approximately six miles north of Madras on Monday, May 26. Photos from the scene showed both structures fully engulfed in flames as crews worked to respond.

A Central Oregon nonprofit has launched a three-phase public engagement process asking residents of Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson counties — and the Warm Springs Reservation — to shape how artificial intelligence affects the region. An online poll and small-group conversations are open through mid-June.

The Madras High School track and field team is having its best qualifying season in recent memory, sending a record 17 athletes and five alternates to the OSAA State Track and Field Championships.

About 84 people attended the Warm Springs General Council meeting Tuesday at the Agency Longhouse, where tribal members raised questions about wages, support services, trust in leadership, financial transparency, and the balance between cultural tradition and modernization.