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Madras (/ ˈ m æ d r ə s / MAD-res) is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Oregon, United States. Originally called "The Basin" after the circular valley the city is in, it is unclear whether Madras was named in 1903 for the cotton fabric called "Madras" that originated in the city of Madras (now Chennai) in Tamil Nadu, India or from the name of the city itself.
The Madras Pioneer is a weekly paper published Wednesday in Madras, Oregon, United States, since 1904. [2] It is published on Wednesdays. [3] It is the newspaper of record for Jefferson County. [4] The paper was once owned by Oregon governor Elmo Smith, whose family still owns Eagle Newspapers. In January 2013, the paper was sold to the Pamplin ...
Madras High School is a public high school in Madras, Oregon, United States. Academics. In 2008, 71% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 231 students, 165 graduated, 36 dropped out, three received a modified diploma, and 27 were still in high school the following year. Notable alumni
The Warm Springs Reservation is one of the last holdouts in the U.S. of speakers of the Chinook Jargon because of its utility as an intertribal language. The forms of the Jargon used by elders in Warm Springs vary considerably from the heavily-creolized form at Grand Ronde. Kiksht, Numu and Ichishkiin Snwit languages are taught in the Warm ...
NET (1957–1970) Official website. www .opb .org. Oregon Public Broadcasting ( OPB) is the primary television, radio and digital public broadcasting network for most of the U.S. state of Oregon as well as southern Washington. OPB consists of five full-power television stations, dozens of VHF or UHF translators, and over 20 radio stations and ...
The Max and Ollie Lueddemann House is a historic residence in Madras, Oregon, United States. Completed in 1906, only four years after Madras's first plat , it was the home of newspaper publisher and civic booster Max Lueddemann (1873–1954) until he moved on to Portland in 1909.
Madras Municipal Airport ( IATA: MDJ, FAA LID: S33 ), formerly City-County Airport, is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Madras, a city in Jefferson County, Oregon, United States. [1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is ...
St. Charles Medical Center – Madras. / 44.638; -121.121. St. Charles Madras is a non-profit medical center located in Madras, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1967 as Mountain View Hospital, the level IV trauma center has 25 beds. It is the only hospital in Jefferson County and joined the St. Charles Health System in 2013.