ODFW announces 2024 annual wildlife art contest
Artists are invited to compete in one or all three of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s 2024 stamp art…
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Gov. Kotek appoints new Dave Baden new interim director for Oregon Health Authority
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek announced Tuesday that she will be appointing Dave Baden as Interim Director for the Oregon Health…
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Oregon and High Desert’s jobless rates don’t budge as 2023 begins
In a start-of-year rarity, the Oregon Employment Department released both state and Central Oregon January unemployment rates on Tuesday — and…
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Car sales and repairs, telecom, imposter scams again top Oregon DOJ consumer complaint list for 2022
To kick off National Consumer Protection Week (March 5-11), Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum released Tuesday the Oregon Department of Justice’s…
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Oregon House passes Opioid Harm Reduction Package, would make naloxone more available in public places
House Bill 2395, the Opioid Harm Reduction Package, passed out of the Oregon House Monday with bipartisan support.…
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BLM seeks public input on potential 4,000-acre private-land acquisition along John Day River
The Bureau of Land Management’s Prineville District said Monday it is seeking public input on a proposal to acquire about 4,000 acres of private land…
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Oregon Psilocybin Services begins approving worker permit, license applications
Oregon Psilocybin Services has begun publishing a Weekly Report on Applications for Licenses and Worker Permits. The new weekly report includes…
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Madras City Council appoints Mayor Mike Lepin as pro tem city administrator after Gus Burrill’s resignation
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – At a special meeting on Saturday, the Madras City Council appointed Mayor Mike Lepin to serve as Pro Tem City Administrator…
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Wyden, Merkley, colleagues introduce legislation to protect workers’ right to organize
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Monday they have joined a bipartisan group of senators to introduce comprehensive legislation that…
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Madras lifts boil-water notice for city water customers after lab tests confirm no contamination
A valve mistakenly left open at a water line replacement project in Madras on Friday led to a precautionary boil-water notice for city water…
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Oregon lifting mask requirement for health care settings April 3; state outlines why as C.O. health care providers react
Workers, patients and visitors in health care settings will no longer be required to wear masks starting Monday, April 3, the Oregon Health Authority…
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City of Bend defends new camping code as ACLU, Bend Equity Group, attorney urge repeal, cite ‘constitutional liability’
The city of Bend on Friday defended its new camping code regulating homeless residents’ use of public rights of way after the ACLU of Oregon, a…
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Chavez-DeRemer introduces bill to boost transparency in federal student loan disclosures, support borrowers
Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), Abigail Spanberger (VA-07), and Mike Waltz (FL-06) on Friday introduced bipartisan legislation, the Student Loan…
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OSU receives grant to explore carbon sequestration in 3D-printed building materials
Oregon State University and Sandia National Laboratory have received a three-year, $540,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to explore…
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Oregon to receive over $420,000 from Nexo Securities crypto asset lending products settlement
The North American Securities Administrators Association and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that a settlement has…
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BLM seeks public input on stepped-up aquatic, riparian restoration projects east of the Cascades
The Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington said Friday it is asking for input on plans to step up its aquatic and riparian restoration…
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Public invited to Saturday celebration of life for retired Deschutes County Sheriff Les Stiles
The public is invited to the celebration of life and service of retired Deschutes County Sheriff Les Stiles, which will take place Saturday at 1 p.m.…
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Oregon Senate passes bipartisan bill enforcing students with disabilities’ right to full-time education
The Oregon Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to enforce students with disabilities’ right to attend school…
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‘Nobody knew about it’: Neighbors, businesses skeptical of Bend, county’s managed camp promises
Bend City Manager Eric King told us more Thursday about why clearing the Hunnell Road homeless encampment has been delayed for an indefinite…
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City of Bend indefinitely postpones planned March 16 clearing of Hunnell Road camps
The city of Bend is postponing the planned March 16 start of removing the Hunnell Road homeless encampment, as the city and Deschutes County have…
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