SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Board of Forestry approved more than 100 changes to the Forest Practices Act at a special board meeting Wednesday. The rule changes are a result of the mediated and groundbreaking Private Forest Accord that brought together representatives from conservation groups and the timber industry. The changes will impact timber
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Lazy Z Ranch in Sisters could soon be serving people its homemade wine.
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Private industry pulled back last month across Central Oregon, while local education welcomed the start of a new public school year. Unemployment levels rose slightly across Central Oregon, a common theme throughout Oregon in September, the state Employment Department reported Tuesday..
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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 nation, AAA Oregon/Idaho said Tuesday.
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The Central Oregon Builders Association announced Monday the 2023 Showcase Home Builder. Solaire Homebuilders has been selected to build the 2023 COBA Showcase House Presented by Parr Lumber.
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Economic Development for Central Oregon just wrapped up the 19th annual Bend Venture Conference at the Tower Theatre in downtown Bend, and half of the 14 participating companies departed with new funding for their endeavors, including two Central Oregon startups.
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The Oregon Department of Energy said this week it has selected 21 recipients for a total of $12 million in Community Renewable Energy Grant Program funds, including $1 million to Mt. Bachelor and Deschutes County for a planned biomass project at the ski resort.
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Gov. Kate Brown and an Oregon trade delegation on Wednesday finished several days of trade meetings in South Korea, with a focus on expanding Oregon’s agricultural exports, identifying opportunities for Oregon businesses to collaborate with partners in South Korea, and building relationships with Korean government leaders.
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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 500 jobs to an all-time high of more than 1.67 million, the Oregon Employment Department reported Wednesday.
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Visit Bend’s Board of Directors has approved nine grants totaling $1.45 million for a wide variety of tourism-related projects around Central Oregon.
Continue ReadingOregon 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 will be touring the state over the next few months to once again offer free, in-person farm safety sessions.
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Four Central Oregon entities — East Cascades Works, the Crook County School District, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Youth CareerConnect—are receiving grants totaling $250,000 from Meta to support youth workforce development and career skills training across Central Oregon.
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Sisters-based Laird Superfood, Inc. announced Wednesday it has entered into a co-packer agreement to outsource the manufacturing of its powdered creamers and hydration products, meaning it will lay off 46 employees and close its Sisters manufacturing operations by the end of the year.
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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 Crooked River Watershed Council in support of two local conservation projects.
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Gov. Kate Brown announced details Wednesday of Oregon’s upcoming trade mission to South Korea and Japan, focused on promoting foreign investment and business expansion in Oregon as the two countries reopen fully to tourism, trade, and business travel.
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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 support Monday evening from the city’s Planning Commission and goes before the City Council next month.
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Economic Development for Central Oregon announced Friday the finalists advancing in the Growth Stage and Impact tracks for the 19th annual Bend Venture Conference on Thursday, October 20 – Friday, October 21.
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A development touted as the world’s first private NFT “golf and adventure resort: is coming to Sisters.
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Bend city councilors took public input, then agreed to change the city’s short-term rental rules Wednesday evening after hearing complaints from people living near short-term rental homes.
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