Last October, 14 finalists presented their ideas and business models to an audience of hundreds at the Tower Theatre in hopes of gaining investment from prominent funds. Of those finalists, seven companies walked away that day with checks totaling $665,000 in investments.
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Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.4% in March, down from 4.7% in February. For the past 20 months since August 2021, Oregon’s unemployment rate has remained relatively steady and near historic lows, the state Employment Department reported Wednesday.
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Breedlove has been crafting guitars in Bend for over 30 years. To celebrate Earth Day, it’s releasing two special limited-edition models. made from Oregon myrtlewood and is partnering with the nonprofit One Tree Planted to plant 100 trees for every guitar sold on Earth Day. Here’s their news release about them: Breedlove Introduces Two Special
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Hayden Homes is celebrating the company’s culture of giving during the 49th annual National Volunteer Week, April 16-22.
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Nothing Bundt Cakes, the national bakery chain known for their delicious Bundt cakes, is pleased to announce the opening of their newest location in Bend, Oregon on Saturday, April 22nd at 10 AM.
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Job-seekers looking for new opportunities will find more than 50 local companies and agencies — representing health care, government, natural resources, technology, food service and other fields — at Central Oregon Community College’s 2023 JobFest from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, at the Bend campus’s Coats Campus Center.
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Oregon State University researchers say they have discovered a new class of compounds that contributes to the ashy or smoky flavors in wine made with grapes exposed to wildfire smoke.
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Summit Health announced this week the planned June 19 grand opening of its new state-of-the-art Redmond clinic location at 1001 NW Canal Blvd, Suite A.
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LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. (KTVZ) — Camping World Holdings, Inc., which touts itself as America’s Recreation Dealer, announced an agreement Thursday to acquire All Seasons RV in Bend, Oregon. The company said the acquisition is anticipated to close in the second quarter of 2023 and will increase Camping World’s Oregon location count to six. Marcus Lemonis, CEO and Chairman of
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Oregon’s labor commissioner announced Friday that Oregon’s three levels of minimum wage will each go up 70 cents an hour on July 1, based on increases in consumer prices measured over the past year
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With lawmakers and advocates on hand, Gov. Tina Kotek signed Senate Bill 4 – the Oregon CHIPS Act – into law during a ceremonial bill signing Thursday after both bills passed the Legislature with bipartisan support last week.
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The Board of Commissioners of the Oregon Liquor & Cannabis Commission will accept written public comment on a possible doubling of the current 50-cent surcharge on each bottle of distilled spirits to $1 per bottle.
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Deschutes Brewery announced this week it’s bringing non-alcoholic beer capabilities in-house through a new strategic partnership with Sustainable Beverage Technologies.
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Average gasoline prices in Oregon have risen 7.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.94/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon.
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The weather is starting to get warmer with spring rolling into the High Desert, which is a popular time for home improvement projects to get underway.
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When it comes to learning to fly helicopters or planes, what you might not know is that 25% of all flight students in the state of Oregon train in Bend, at Leading Edge Flight Academy.
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The Oregon Nurses Association said Friday it filed an unfair labor practice charge against St. Charles Health System this week, alleging St. Charles’ management illegally spied on nurses during nurses’ personal time.
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Bend city councilors took testimony at a public hearing Wednesday evening and unanimously approved a nearly 600-unit housing development on about 32 acres at the corner of Southeast 15th Street and Wilson Avenue.
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Bend’s median home sale price rose a bit in March and Redmond’s held fairly steady amid signs the Central Oregon real estate market is back to the cycles seen in the years before the pandemic, Redmond’s Beacon Appraisal Group reported Thursday.
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St. Charles Health System is cutting back on the contracted “traveling nurses” jobs added during the COVID-19 pandemic’s critical staffing issues, as the they work to balance the books amid operating losses and bleak financial results reported by hospitals across the state.
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