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The Arkansas Senate Rules Committee on Monday recommended the full Senate confirm about 130 of Gov. Asa Hutchinson's latest appointees to state posts, except for Plant Board member Travis H. Senter, an Osceola farmer.

The Arkansas Senate Rules Committee on Monday recommended the full Senate confirm about 130 of Gov. Asa Hutchinson's latest appointees to state posts, except for Plant Board member Travis H. Senter, an Osceola farmer.

Travis H. Senter, a new member of the state Plant Board, helped create a nonprofit group of farmers that's now suing the state, claiming that the board's composition is illegal.

Travis H. Senter, a new member of the state Plant Board, helped create a nonprofit group of farmers that's now suing the state, claiming that the board's composition is illegal.

Bend Fire and Rescue extinguished a slow moving brush fire early Monday evening on the west of the river at the base of Deschutes River Canyon. The fiire was extinguished after deploying a hose line down the canyon. A 50'x50' area in low brush was involved in what appeared to a a transient camp. Additional crews made access to fire location to assist with mop up. Water and foam was applied and fire line established around burned area. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

May 25 2021 Cause of fire that started in garage and was kept from spreading to living area is unknown at this time An off-duty Bend Fire and Rescue responder rescued the occupant of a Prineville garage fire Friday morning. According to a Crook County Fire and Rescue report, the fire started shortly before 10 a.m. in the garage of a single-story home. Prior to the arrival of CCFR personnel, an off-duty firefighter from Bend Fire and Rescue who was in the area entered the house and rescued ...

Off-Duty Firefighter Rescues Woman From Burning House An off-duty Bend firefighter is being credited for saving a woman from a burning house. Jared Hopper, 28, has worked with Bend Fire Department for three years. According to a news release from the Oregon State Firefighter’ Council, Hopper was off-duty Friday morning and on his way to his second job when he saw heavy smoke billowing out of a house on Mariposa Avenue in Prineville. A distressed neighbor alerted him that there was a disabled ...

By Benjamin Cox on May 13, 2021 at 6:33pm The Morgan County Housing Authority has hired a new executive director. Current deputy director and interim executive director Melissa Marsh of Greenfield has been hired to take the helm officially, effective immediately. Marsh officially replaces Debra Walter who was administrative leave in February. Walter and former finance director Mary Jo Mast were placed on administrative leave for unspecified allegations. Walters and Mast were of...