PRINEVILLE, OR -- After years of discussions, disputes and legal battles, Teaters Road is again open near Post, east of Prineville. A court order requires nearby Waibel Ranches to allow the public and the government to use Teaters Road, which connects Highway 380 to the North Fork Crooked River area and the Ochoco National Forest. The Bureau of Land Management says gates blocking the road, installed by the ranch a number of years ago, opened Wednesday. 

Waibel Ranches had claimed the public misused the road, causing damage. The BLM asks everyone to be respectful and mindful that Teaters Road borders private land.