Oregon’s minimum wage — make that wages — rise again Friday, still at three different levels
Minimum-wage workers will get a raise when Oregon’s minimum wage rates go up on July 1, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries…
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‘Do more, and do it now!’ Rosenblum, other AGs demand federal action on toxic metals in baby food
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Wednesday joined 22 state attorneys general calling on the heads of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
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Deschutes County imposes public use restrictions on unprotected and county-owned land to curb wildfire threat
Deschutes County commissioners voted Wednesday to impose public use restrictions on unprotected lands within the county and on all county-owned land…
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Deschutes Public Library System may spend $10.25 million to buy new Central Library site in SE Bend
Three months after Bend city councilors poured cold water on a proposed north Bend site for the Deschutes Public Library’s 100,000-square-foot…
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Redmond Fire & Rescue adopts state fire code, bans open burning within city limits
Redmond Fire and Rescue has adopted and implemented the state’s fire code this month, and is banning outdoor debris burning within the…
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Oregon secretary of state’s audit finds much work still to do on prescription drug monitoring, ease opioid crisis
Secretary of State Shemia Fagan and the Oregon Audits Division released a follow-up report Wednesday to a 2018 audit of Oregon Health Authority’s…
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‘We have good days and bad days’: How Redmond fireworks stand sales are going so far this Fourth season
(Update: Adding video and comments from parent volunteer at Redmond TNT fireworks stand) REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Firework sales have been…
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City of Bend proposes Home Energy Score requirement to help buyers make purchasing decisions
Homebuyers will have an easier time finding out how much they’ll be spending for a home’s energy…
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Oregon’s new wildland-urban interface, statewide wildfire risk map to be available Thursday
The wildland-urban interface and statewide wildfire risk map will be available through the Oregon Explorer online tool on Thursday, as required by…
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Conservationists call for action on Northwest wolf poaching
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Wildlife advocates say there has been a distressing uptick in wolf poaching cases in…
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Prineville’s Central Oregon Butcher Boys among six Oregon meat processors awarded ODA grants
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — After a competitive process, the Oregon Department of Agriculture chose six Oregon meat processing business to receive a…
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Bend’s new Lighthouse Navigation Center aims to help the houseless gain autonomy, stability
“It’s exciting, you know, to see that there’s still compassion to be found, there’s still help to be found, and it’s not just that homeless…
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Prineville Police Chief Dale Cummins announces he’ll retire in a week; Larry Seymour set to take the helm
Prineville Police Chief Dale Cummins announced Friday his decision to retire from the Prineville Police Department in just a week, on Friday, July 1,…
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Democrats vow to help women who must travel for abortions
By CLAIRE RUSH and ADAM BEAM Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democratic leaders across the nation vowed Friday to help women who travel to…
Continue Reading Oregon elected officials, groups, candidates react to US Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade
Swift reaction arrived from Oregon’s elected officials, numerous organizations and election candidates Friday morning in response to the historic…
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Bend’s beloved Fourth of July Pet Parade is back in sight; BPRD announces new parade route
Independence Day in Bend will once again include the beloved, traditional Pet Parade. In partnership between Bend Park and Recreation District and…
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Bend Fire & Rescue putting new 107-foot ladder truck in service, invites public to ceremony
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend Fire & Rescue is placing its new Pierce ladder truck into service next week and is inviting the community to attend the…
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Lava River Cave parking lot crunch prompts Forest Service to launch timed reservation system
Beginning August 1, the U.S. Forest Service will implement a timed reservation system for parking in the Lava River Cave parking lot, due to a rise…
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Deschutes County begins Skyliners Road chip-sealing, assures cyclists the bike lanes get smoother treatment
Deschutes County began a chip-sealing project on about eight miles of Skyliners Road west of Bend on Wednesday, and an official assured concerned…
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Bend hemp store owner troubled by new OLCC hemp rules
Changes to OLCC regulations on hemp products sold in Oregon go into effect a week from Friday, but one Central Oregon hemp grower says the new rules…
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