Best of Craft Beer Awards announced the medal winners from the 2022 international beer competition, where Bend’s Deschutes Brewery took home three gold medals out of five medals in total and were recognized as brewery of the year in the hometown competition in Bend.
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The Private Forest Accord, a coalition representing both the timber industry and multiple major environmental organizations, has helped usher in substantial upcoming changes to Oregon’s forest practices regulations, those involved said Wednesday.
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Gas prices aren’t the only thing zooming fast into record territory on the High Desert: Bend’s median home sales price soared $57,000 in February alone to smash the record and reach $740,000, Beacon Appraisal Group reported Tuesday.
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Bend restaurateur and former Oregon House and Bend-La Pine School Board member Cheri Helt filed on Tuesday’s May 17 primary filing deadline as the seventh candidate for commissioner of Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries, a nonpartisan position that drew greater scrutiny amid the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and regulations.
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Russia’s unprovoked and violent invasion of Ukraine has sent crude oil prices skyrocketing above $120 a barrel, the highest price since July 2008. The soaring oil prices have sent gas prices to new record highs, breaking records set in 2008, AAA Oregon-Idaho said in Tuesday’s weekly update.
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced legislation Tuesday that would support the processing, manufacturing, and production of critical minerals that he said would reduce imports of those materials, ease reliance on foreign oil and gas and support domestic manufacturing.
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Central Oregon posted strong hiring in January, on a seasonally adjusted basis. Unemployment levels continued to decline, but at a slower pace than last year, the Oregon Employment Department reported Tuesday
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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined colleagues Monday in introducing legislation that would prohibit banks and other financial institutions from using forced arbitration clauses in Oregon and nationwide against consumers seeking restitution and justice.
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Average gasoline prices in Oregon have risen 47.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.47/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 55.4 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.50/g higher than a year ago.
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A coalition of farmers, ranchers and conservation advocates praised the Oregon Legislature Friday for approving $5 million for the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Program – the first appropriation to the program since it was signed into law in 2017.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Statement from Treasurer Tobias Read regarding Oregon State Treasury investments in Russia: “The situation in Ukraine is serious, tragic, and growing more desperate by the day. I stand with Ukraine. “I have directed my staff at Oregon State Treasury to work with relevant federal agencies and regulatory authorities to dispose of
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Farmworkers in Oregon would earn overtime pay under a bill that the Legislature approved on Thursday, after more than 1,000 people submitted testimony, including farmworkers who felt they have been taken advantage of for too long for their important labor.
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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Thursday a major settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family that will deliver up to $6 billion nationally for their role in the opioid epidemic. Oregon will receive up to $97 million in the settlement, all of which will be used for opioid treatment and prevention.
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rocked the global oil market and Central Oregon is feeling the impact.
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About four months after the Covid vaccine mandate took effect, unvaccinated workers at St. Charles, including registered nurse Saren love, have officially been let go.
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Pacific Power filed a general rate case, along with its annual power cost forecast, with the Oregon Public Utility Commission on Tuesday that, if approved, would be the utility’s first general rate hike in nearly a decade and would raise residential customer rates by a total 14.3%, the utility said.
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A bill that would give overtime protections to Oregon farmworkers passed the House 37-23 Tuesday and will head next to the Senate for consideration.
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Michigan-based Blake’s Hard Cider plans to expand its presence and production to the West Coast by entering into an agreement to acquire the operating assets of Avid Hard Cider Co. based in Bend, Oregon.
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In an effort to combat a sharp rise in oil prices amid Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and colleagues on Monday urged President Biden to stabilize gas prices and help working families by releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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After being closed nearly four years, Kah-Nee-Ta Village is expected to reopen next year on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, tribal and partner Mt. Hood Skibowl officials announced Monday.
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