The Jefferson County Fire &; EMS Board of Directors will be voting on Feb. 22 at 4:30 p.m. on a resolution to ask voters to consider a $14.5 million capital bond request on the May 21 election ballot.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Seth Crawford of Prineville filed Monday for re-election to Crook County Judge. Crawford, twice elected, seeks a third term as county leader to continue promoting and protecting Crook County. Crawford has drawn an opponent in the primary election, Monty Kurtz, a construction manager from Powell Butte, who filed his candidacy on
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The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun rights cannot run for reelection.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Crook County School Board voted unanimously Monday night to ask voters to support an $11 million maintenance bond measure on the May 21 ballot after significant water leaks and heating issues affected most school buildings during this month’s winter storm. One of the worst leaks impacted the small gym at
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Judy Trego has become the third candidate to file for the newly non-partisan position of Deschutes County commissioner and challenge incumbent Phil Chang this spring. Two years ago, Trego, a Republican, ran for the Oregon House District 54 seat held by Democrat incumbent Jeff Kropf and lost to him in the
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump won New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, defeating former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and moving him closer to a rematch with President Joe Biden this fall. Trump’s victory, after a big win in the Iowa caucuses, marks the first time in the modern primary era that the
Continue ReadingBy David Wright and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and their allies have traded sharp attacks on New Hampshire airwaves ahead of the second nominating contest in the Republican presidential primary. Haley and groups supporting her White House bid have invested heavily in the Granite State, spending roughly twice as much on
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who entered the Republican presidential primary as Donald Trump’s greatest threat, announced Sunday that he is ending his White House bid and endorsing the former president. His announcement, made in a video posted on X, comes after a disappointing second-place finish in last week’s Iowa Republican caucuses.
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — In keeping with past practice, Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade on Tuesday released a preliminary list of candidates to appear on the 2024 Democratic and Republican Primary ballots for Oregon’s May 21 primary election. “The 2024 Primary Election is just four months away,” said Griffin-Valade. “I want to remind Oregonians to
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By STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump has scored a record-setting win in the Iowa caucuses with his rivals languishing far behind. Trump’s victory sends a resounding message that the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination is his to lose. He is on track to smash the
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Oregon Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a bid to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban,” saying it’s waiting for the US Supreme Court to rule on the issue. The ruling comes after Colorado and Maine kicked
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State’s high court cites expedited hearing by U.S. Supreme Court SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Supreme Court declined Friday to hear, for now, a challenge by five Oregon voters (relators) seeking to preclude former President Donald J. Trump from appearing on the Oregon 2024 Republican primary and general election ballots. Relators had asked the
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Downtown Bend Business Association Executive Director Shannon Monihan announced Monday that she has filed for the Oregon Senate District 27 seat that GOP Senator Tim Knopp currently holds — and Knopp endorsed her bid, if the legal fight over the Republican walkout last session means he can’t seek re-election. The Oregon
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HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) officially announced Thursday she will seek a second term to continue representing Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. Here’s the full announcement: Chavez-DeRemer will look to build on her historic victory in 2022, when she became the first Republican woman to represent Oregon in the U.S. House of Representatives
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon state Rep. Emerson Levy, D-Bend, announced Thursday she is running for reelection in House District 53. Here’s her full announcement: “In the last year, I have been hard at work for our district, putting the needs of Central Oregon at the forefront of everything I do,” Rep. Levy said in
Continue Reading Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade announced Thursday she will follow the usual procedure for the state’s presidential primaries and not remove Donald Trump from the ballot for the Oregon Republican Party primary in May.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade on Tuesday joined fellow members of the National Association of Secretaries of State in the #TrustedInfo2024 voter education effort to encourage citizens to look to election officials as the trusted sources of election information. “Between prolific misinformation and endless sources of information, it’s easy to get overwhelmed,”
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Deschutes County Clerk Steve Dennison: ‘What I can do is just respond to it with facts’ BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– Mail in ballots from last week’s special election are still arriving at the Deschutes County Clerk’s Office, and if postmarked by Nov. 7 can be counted through this Tuesday. Next up is the May 2024 election
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Oregon’s 36 county clerks play a critical role on the front lines of administering Oregon’s elections and are essential in promoting our democracy.
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The Redmond and Crooked River Ranch fire districts won voter approval of new local option tax levies in Tuesday’s special election, though it was a very close passage in Redmond — still too close for Redmond Fire Chief Pat Dale’s comfort.
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