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 workers.
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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 and a petition drive by hundreds of caregivers refusing to make such payments without an independent audit to verify the figures’ accuracy.
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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 labor market has experienced a remarkable turnaround, a new state Employment Department report said Wednesday.
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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!, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday in Delaware and ceased operations, including at Redmond’s Roberts Field, where it began nonstop flights to Reno last fall.
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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 encouraged to walk into their local Fred Meyer and sign up at the hiring table. The grocer’s mission is to hire 2,000 associates by finding talent for retail, e-commerce, manufacturing, supply chain, merchandising, logistics,
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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 Department reported Tuesday. Unemployment levels, meanwhile, were unchanged across Central Oregon in July.
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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 intervene and request that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission deny the proposed capacity expansion of the Gas Transmission Northwest Express pipeline.
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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 summer than in past years.
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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 week.
Continue ReadingDowntown 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. The U.S. unemployment rate was also 3.5% in July.
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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 intersection at Third Street and Wilson Avenue. But first, the restaurant’s old equipment is being given away this week, declared surplus by the city.
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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 school announced Tuesday.
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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 operate.
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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 months, and the repercussions of that outage are starting to hit workers in the wallet, as the organization calls on them to repay $2 million in overpayments.
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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 innovation-based economic development for the region, thanks to a $140,000 grant from Business Oregon and the Oregon Innovation Council.
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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, according to data released Friday by the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation.
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‘Dream Up’: CO high school students are taught through a game how to pitch a business
Several Central Oregon high school students gathered Thursday morning for a chance to pitch business ideas to a nationally known educational designer.
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‘Bad fit’ or ‘short-sighted’? Residents voice opinions on proposed 4-story apartments on Bend’s Westside
A proposed 42 unit apartment building on the corner of Mt. Washington Drive and Awbrey Road. in Bend, is in the city land-use process and accepting public comment.
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As operating expenses soar, more than half of Oregon’s hospitals report Q1 operating losses
Data released Tuesday by the Oregon Health Authority show hospitals across the state are struggling with sharp growth in operating expenses. This has impacted operating margins throughout the state, resulting in over half of Oregon’s hospitals reporting operating losses in the first quarter.
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