This Wednesday through Saturday, some of the best horse racing in all of Oregon will be at the Cook County Fairgrounds. This is the 59th year of parimutuel horse racing at the Crooked River Roundup.

Tap water samples collected by Crook County, Oregon residents in May 2023, before state regulators launched a round of independent testing that was completed this month. Emily Cureton Cook / OPB.

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