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Calf attack leads to dog being put down Jefferson County Commissioners vote 2-1 to euthanize young Rottweiler that attacked calf On April 8, a 1-year-old Rottweiler attacked the neighbors calf. Charles and Christy May, who live near Culver, own the dog named Roxie. Matt Kyle bought the calf, Bubbles, five days earlier as a gift for his daughters birthday. A third neighbor, Raymond Henderson, saw the attack happen. "I heard a commotion," said Henderson. When he arrived, Henderson said t...

Border move would split Jefferson County and Redmond and Bend would be in different states As voters demanded, Jefferson County commissioners has spent the past few weeks exploring the possibility leaving Oregon and joining Idaho. Its part of the Greater Idaho initative that would shift state lines to move most of Oregon counties east of the Cascades into Idaho. Commissioners discussed the plan in August and again in mid-February. Jefferson County voters decided in November to require commis...

The City of Redmond and Jefferson County Commissioners have sent similar requests to Gov. Brown. Jefferson County sends letter Jefferson County commissioners signed a letter asking Oregon Gov. Kate Brown to allow communities to reopen commerce in a safe manner. The commission based their letter on the letter the City of Redmond sent to Brown. This is the Jan. 27 letter commissioners signed: Dear Governor Brown; On behalf of the many small and locally owned businesses in Jefferson County, w...