Sisters ranch owner seeks to start honey-based winery; watchdog group appeals Deschutes County approval
Lazy Z Ranch in Sisters could soon be serving people its homemade…
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Central Oregon jobless rates edge upward in September amid private-industry pullback, school start
Private industry pulled back last month across Central Oregon, while local education welcomed the start of a new public school year. Unemployment…
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AAA reports 24-cent drop in Oregon gas prices in past week; West Coast paces U.S.
Pump prices have been falling every day for more than two weeks, with Oregon and other West Coast states seeing the biggest weekly drops in the…
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Central Oregon Builders Association announces 2023 Showcase Home builder
The Central Oregon Builders Association announced Monday the 2023 Showcase Home Builder. Solaire Homebuilders has been selected to build the 2023…
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Bend Venture Conference winners receive $665K, include Bend, Madras ‘Early Stage’ companies
Economic Development for Central Oregon just wrapped up the 19th annual Bend Venture Conference at the Tower Theatre in downtown Bend, and half of…
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Mt. Bachelor, Deschutes County receive $1 million state DOE grant for biomass project at resort
The Oregon Department of Energy said this week it has selected 21 recipients for a total of $12 million in Community Renewable Energy Grant…
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Gov. Brown, trade mission delegation wraps up S. Korea meetings, moves on to Japan
Gov. Kate Brown and an Oregon trade delegation on Wednesday finished several days of trade meetings in South Korea, with a focus on expanding…
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Oregon jobless rate edges up, but state’s private-sector employment hits record 1.67 million
Oregon’s unemployment rate edged up a bit, to 3.8% last month, as a broad measure of employment saw a 600-job loss, but the private sector gained…
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Visit Bend awards 9 Sustainability Fund grants totaling $1.45 million for tourism-related projects
Visit Bend’s Board of Directors has approved nine grants totaling $1.45 million for a wide variety of tourism-related projects around Central…
Continue ReadingAAA: Oregon gas prices down 22 cents a gallon in past week, second-biggest drop in U.S.
Oregon and other West Coast states are seeing some of the biggest weekly gas-price decreases in the nation, AAA Oregon/Idaho reported Tuesday.…
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SAIF brings back free, in-person farm safety training sessions around the state
SAIF will be touring the state over the next few months to once again offer free, in-person farm safety…
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Meta bolsters C.O. workforce development with four grants totaling $250,000
Four Central Oregon entities — East Cascades Works, the Crook County School District, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Youth…
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Laird Superfood to outsource manufacturing operation, close Sisters plant, lay off 46 by end of year
Sisters-based Laird Superfood, Inc. announced Wednesday it has entered into a co-packer agreement to outsource the manufacturing of its powdered…
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Meta announces $50,000 grant for Ochoco Preserve, Crooked River restoration projects
Meta, the social-network company formerly known as Facebook, announced Wednesday it has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Deschutes Land Trust and the…
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Gov. Brown to lead business delegation to S. Korea, Japan; Oregon’s first trade mission to Asia since 2019
Gov. Kate Brown announced details Wednesday of Oregon’s upcoming trade mission to South Korea and Japan, focused on promoting foreign investment…
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New north Bend retail/housing area, to include relocated Costco, gets split Planning Commission thumbs-up
The master plan for a new 52-acre commercial retail and development on the north end of Bend, including a 188,000-square-foot relocated Costco, won…
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EDCO announces Growth Stage, Impact finalists presenting at the Bend Venture Conference
Economic Development for Central Oregon announced Friday the finalists advancing in the Growth Stage and Impact tracks for the 19th annual Bend…
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In our evolving digital age, world’s first private NFT ‘golf and adventure resort’ comes to Sisters
A development touted as the world’s first private NFT “golf and adventure resort: is coming to…
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Bend councilors take testimony, approve larger buffer for new short-term rental permits
Bend city councilors took public input, then agreed to change the city’s short-term rental rules Wednesday evening after hearing complaints from…
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California refinery outages push Oregon gas prices back toward record highs, AAA says
The West Coast is seeing the most extreme increase in gas prices in the country as several refineries in California undergo planned or unplanned…
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