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Madras boys basketball advances to Class 4A state semifinals

Madras boys basketball is in the state semifinals. The White Buffaloes defeated St. Helens 49-43 on Thursday in a quarterfinal game at the Class 4A state tournament at Forest Grove […] ...
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Buffalos hold on, beat St. Helens in state opener

Madras advanced to the semifinals of the 4A Boys State Basketball Tournament Thursday with a 49-43 win over St. Helens.
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Locally-owned store High Desert Fringe is getting a Culver storefront this month

Brielle Worman’s business, High Desert Fringe, has found its way to a new storefront that will open on Saturday, March 14. One-of-a-kind bags and other items will be available at […] ...
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Heart of Oregon Corps 90% of the way to Redmond campus funding goal

A workforce development organization that has run its programs out of multiple locations across Central Oregon for two decades is building its own $7.3 million centralized hub in Redmond and […] ...
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Buffs and Lions do battle Thursday afternoon

The Madras White Buffalos boys basketball team will begin its quest for a state title Thursday, March 12, against the St. Helens Lions. Gametime is tentatively set for 3:15 p.m., […] ...
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Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has a new deputy from Redmond

A Redmond native, Colt Christiansen has joined the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office as a newly sworn-in deputy. Deputy Christiansen served 12 years in the Army as a military police officer […] ...
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Simmelink, Yallup first team all-Tri-Valley

Six Madras White Buffalos earned spots on the 2025-26 Tri-Valley Conference all-league girls basketball team. Sophomore Marlee Simmelink and junior Alysha Yallup made first team for the Buffalos, who ...
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Librarian efforts see Battle of the Books growing in Redmond, across Central Oregon

More and more elementary and middle school students in Redmond and across Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties are teaming up to test their knowledge of the books they read over […] ...
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Suppah-Scott, Buffalo-Ball first team all league

Madras landed two players on the Tri-Valley Conference all-league boys basketball first team in post Matthew Suppah-Scott and guard John Buffalo-Ball. Kiellan Allen, a guard, and wing Troy Adams made ...
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Change the temperature: How your attitude shapes the world

Some days, the world feels like it’s running on a frayed wire. We’re juggling too much, rushing from one crisis to the next, and every minor inconvenience — a slow […] ...
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Madras finance director Kate Knop has resigned

Kate Knop, the city of Madras’ finance director, resigned this week, the second high-level administrator to leave City Hall since January. Knop, who oversaw the city’s finances for two years, resigned ...