Month: January 2016

Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.4 percent in December , from 5.7 percent the private month, the state Employment Department reported…

There was a statewide call for action Saturday, coordinated by The Rural Organizing Project in the wake of the week’s developments in the…

The clock is ticking for medical marijuana dispensaries selling recreational products. By rule, recreational marijuana tax payments are due monthly,…

On the eve of a short legislative session, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday updated her proposal to raise the minimum wage, saying it would take…

The divisions that have torn Burns and Harney County since armed occupiers took over the nearby Malheur National Wildlife Refuge nearly a month ago…

A 42-year-old Vancouver, Wash., man was killed Friday night and three other people were injured, one seriously, when a Gresham man’s pickup…

Say aloha to two new Central Oregon pups. These lucky puppies traveled a long way from Maui to Bend, in search of a loving home. The twp pups were…

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., on Friday reiterated his opposition to new wilderness and recreation areas in the Ochoco National Forest and pledged to do…

A health insurance shake-up is affecting thousands of Oregonians. The state Department of Consumer and Business Services has issued an order of…

Crater Lake National Park welcomed 664,000 visitors in 2015, a 13.5 percent increase from 585,000 visitors in 2014, officials said Friday.…

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) announced recently that the City of Prineville has received the…

Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer is defending himself on social media as allegations of him turning in the Bundy militia to the FBI continue to…

Here’s the full text of the statement by FBI Oregon Special Agent in Charge Greg Bretzing at a Burns news conference where the video of the…

Tension was high Tuesday night in Prineville as over 600 people packed into Carey Foster Hall for the second public meeting in a week where many…

Two lucky puppies from Maui will be greeted Thursday night at the airport in Portland by Humane Society of Central Oregon staff. The puppies are…

Feedback from members of the public will be one of the criteria used as Oregon State University – Cascades selects the design and engineering team…

The Oregon state medical examiner has confirmed the identify of Tuesday’s shooting victim on U..S Highway 395 north of Burns as Robert LaVoy…

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Thursday unveiled the American Savings Act, major new national retirement security legislation. He said the American…

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reported Thursday almost 1,100 pounds of unwanted medication has been collected throughout Jefferson…

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said Wednesday that hopes of a peaceful end to the Malheur Refuge occupation were “shattered” Tuesday night and…