Local Fourth of July festivities return
Independence Day in Prineville will have a much more traditional look this year
Independence Day in Prineville will have a more traditional look this year after the community saw much of the festivities canceled in 2020.
The day-long slate of festivities begins at 7 a.m. Sunday with the Kiwanis Club of Prineville s annual Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast. For $6 – or free if you are 6 years old or younger – you can enjoy all-you-can-eat pancakes and sausage, plus juice and milk. The breakfast will take place at the Prineville City Hall Plaza and concludes at 10 a.m.
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Unused Prineville rail line being converted into recreational trail
(Update: Clarifying that railroad tracks were removed years ago)
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) A stretch of long-idle railroad tracks in Prineville are now being turned into about a half-mile walking and biking path, from Northeast Juniper Street to Combs Flat Road.
Mayor Jason Beebe says he remembers watching the trains going by as a kid. Ran down to Ochoco Lumber and ran through Prineville. When I was kid, this thing was running full-time, Beebe recalled Monday. I d come down here to the park, and there d be trains every day.
However, Beebe says, those days are long gone, as the rail line had been dormant for a long time and the tracks themselves were removed years ago.