After more than 40 hours of talks between the nurses union and St. Charles Bend, a tentative contract agreement was reached early Thursday. Nurse leaders met with reporters at the Campfire Hotel in Bend on Friday afternoon to talk about the new contract and its impacts.
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St. Charles Bend and the union representing nearly 1,000 of its nurses announced they reached a tentative contract agreement early Thursday morning after more than 40 hours of negotiations over the last two days, including working with a federal mediator, heading off a strike that could have begun next Monday.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Rising interest rates and record-high debt have caused credit scores to level off, according to the most recent FICO report. To help consumers protect and build their credit, OnPoint Community Credit Union has released a free eBook, the “Guide to Credit Reports and Scores.” The guide includes tips on understanding credit history and how it can
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Fred Meyer and QFC announced Wednesday it will now accept EBT payment for all online grocery orders in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. “Thousands of Fred Meyer and QFC shoppers place digital orders every week,” said Tiffany Sanders, Corporate Affairs Manager for QFC and Fred Meyer. “Now, we are opening our digital grocery shopping experience to more people, with
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About 75 people from more than four-dozen organizations gathered at COCC Tuesday for a “Workforce Housing Solution Summit,” discussing ways to address the need for more workforce housing in the area.
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How would you like your very own 7-foot-tall, 200-pound piece of Mt. Bachelor history that you can sit on, decorate, do whatever you want with – for only $500 (that goes to a worthy nonprofit, of course)?
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Representing the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said Monday she has begun an investigation into a potential stockholder derivative action against the board of directors of Fox Corporation, the corporate parent of Fox News, for breach of fiduciary duty.
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Opponents of a proposed southeast Bend gas station have done as they promised and appealed the city’s approval of the retail project to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. But they also are taking other steps to try to prevent the gas pumps from going in.
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Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Friday that Oregon has joined 41 other states in a nationwide $102.5 million settlement with the maker of Suboxone, Indivior Inc. Oregon will receive approximately $1.5 million from the settlement.
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The union for nurses at St. Charles Bend have announced a 10-day strike deadline for reaching a contract agreement, and both sides in the labor dispute outlined their positions to reporters on Friday.
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The Oregon Nurses Association, representing nearly 1,000 St. Charles Bend nurses, gave a 10-day strike notice to hospital officials late Thursday afternoon, which could lead to a walkout starting June 12, if negotiations — now to include a federal mediator — don’t result in a new contract or make adequate progress by then.
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The Oregon Employment Department announced Thursday the 2023-24 minimum and maximum weekly benefit amounts for Unemployment Insurance and for Paid Leave Oregon, the new program that will begin paying benefits in September.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Pacific Power released plans Wednesday to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions for all electricity sold to Oregon consumers by 2040, while significantly enhancing customer and community participation in decarbonization efforts.
Continue Reading Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Wednesday sued 21 companies – including DuPont and 3M – involved in the manufacture of aqueous film-forming foam and its components, alleging their legal responsibility for PFAS contamination in Oregon caused by AFFF.
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The seasonal surge in gasoline demand ahead of the Memorial Day weekend sent pump prices climbing as drivers fueled up for holiday road trips, AAA Oregon/Idaho reported Tuesday.
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Sunriver Resort, the Pacific Northwest’s treasured resort destination, announced Thursday it is holding auditions to bring its mascot, Takoda the Bear, to life.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Retaining top talent is challenging in Bend and Central Oregon as a whole right now. The lack of affordable and available housing, childcare capacity issues and increases in competitive wages are all acting against employers. It’s critical to retain top talent in Central Oregon, and many employers are wondering how. The
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SUMMERVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A federal contractor in northeast Oregon misclassified dozens of workers – who battled some of the nation’s worst wildfires an average of 70 hours a week in 2020 and 2021 – as independent contractors and denied them their full wages and benefits as a result, the U.S. Department of Labor has
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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Tuesday joined in a multi-state nationwide lawsuit against Avid Telecom and its principals for allegedly initiating and facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to millions of people.
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A celebration of life ceremony for Bill Smith, the visionary behind Bend’s Old Mill District, took place on a cool but blue-sky sunny Tuesday afternoon at the Hayden Homes Amphitheater, in the midst of the riverfront development he envisioned and worked to bring to life.
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