The Crooked River National Grassland Office will be closed from Dec. 19 to Feb. 20 to save on costs.

The office, located in Madras, will resume normal business hours Feb. 21. Information can still be obtained at the Bi-Mart in Madras, in Prineville, or on the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forest and Crookend River National Grassland website at www.fs.usda.gov/ centraloregon.

— From wire reports