Downtown Bend businesses wrap up summer sales, prep for fall season
Summer is coming to a close, and that brings some ‘end of summer’ sales while stores clear the way for fall clothing and merchandise. As clothing…
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Oregon Mass Timber coalition receives $41 million federal grant to create jobs, address housing needs
The U.S. Economic Development Administration has awarded the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition $41.4 million to develop and expand Oregon’s emerging mass…
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Redmond security service reports seeing higher demand for guards, cameras
After several theft cases and recent shootings across Central Oregon, the question of security is in heavy…
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New Marshalls in Redmond, first in C.O., set to open, now hiring
A new Marshalls discount clothing store, the first in Central Oregon, is set to open in Redmond in mid-September and is hiring at least 75…
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St. Charles drops worker repayment demand for $2 million in overpayments; unions celebrate victory
t. Charles Health System late Friday dropped its demand that workers repay some $2 million in overpayments after weeks of worker and union objections…
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New report, ‘The Re-Employment of Oregon,’ looks at state’s ‘remarkable turnaround’ after pandemic hit
The pandemic recession brought unparalleled job losses – in both speed and scale – to Oregon in March and April 2020. Two years later, the state’s…
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Aha! (ExpressJet Airlines), formerly under United, files for bankruptcy, ceases operations
ExpressJet Airlines, which calls itself a “reboot” of the company formerly flying as Delta Connection and United Express and branded itself aha!,…
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Fred Meyer hosts back-to-school hiring event, seeks to hire 2,000 associates
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Fred Meyer has announced immediate on-site interviews at their hiring fair Tuesday from 4-7 p.m.  Candidates are…
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Central Oregon job growth slows dramatically; unemployment rates unchanged in July
Central Oregon job gains have slowed dramatically since the region recovered from the pandemic losses earlier this year, the state Employment…
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West Coast attorneys general urge federal regulators to deny natural gas pipeline expansion
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a motion Monday to…
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Bend’s summer tourism numbers are down slightly, Visit Bend says
You may not have noticed it, as many of your favorite spots are likely still crowded — but Visit Bend says fewer people are visiting town this…
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Workers at Crux Fermentation Project in Bend vote against forming union
Workers at the Crux Fermentation Project in Bend have soundly rejected an effort to form a union, the National Labor Relations Board confirmed this…
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Downtown Bend Business Association hires Shannon Monihan as new executive director
The Downtown Bend Business Association has announced the hiring of Shannon Monihan as its new executive director.…
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Oregon jobless rate holds steady at 3.5% in July, matching U.S. figure; ‘labor market is tight’
Oregon’s unemployment rate was 3.5% in July, unchanged from the revised 3.5% figure in June, the Oregon Employment Department reported Wednesday.…
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City of Bend buys closed Hong Kong Restaurant property for 3rd Street-Wilson Ave. intersection project
The closed Hong Kong Restaurant in southeast Bend will be demolished soon by the property’s new owner, the city of Bend, to make way for a safer…
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COCC plans first-ever hiring fair next Tuesday; positions include custodians, cooks, baristas
Next Tuesday, August 23 from 5-7 p.m., Central Oregon Community College will host its first-ever Hiring Fair on the college’s Bend campus, the…
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Bend-La Pine Schools still working to fill fall job openings; High Desert ESD seeks more substitute teachers
If you get out and around town, you’ve probably realized staffing has been a major challenge on how many businesses and services…
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Timecard provider outage has St. Charles calling on workers to repay $2 million in overpayments
A ransomware attack on a global timekeeping and scheduling provider cut off St. Charles Health System’s access to timecard data for nearly two…
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OSU-Cascades receives $140K state grant to develop regional ‘innovation hub’
More than 30 economic development, workforce, education, business and government representatives in Central Oregon will launch a process to advance…
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State says Oregon insurers have no plans to use controversial wildfire risk map in their decisions
Insurance companies in Oregon did not use, and currently have no plans to use, the state’s controversial wildfire risk map in their decision-making,…
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