ODOT says Highway 97 safety projects will go on, despite COVID-19
Even with closures and restrictions due to COVID-19, ODOT’s Peter Murphy said projects like the Redmond to Bend safety project and improvements along…
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Central, E. Oregon county officials urge Gov. Brown to reopen rural regions soon
Many rural counties here in Oregon are anxious to reopen, to help small businesses get back on their…
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Supreme Court strikes down Oregon’s non-unanimous jury verdict law
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that juries in state criminal trials must be unanimous to convict a defendant, settling a quirk of constitutional law…
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Bend Parkway improvement project to go on as planned, amid COVID-19
The Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board and Technical Advisory Committee say the Bend Parkway improvements project remains on…
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St. Charles CEO loses family member to COVID-19, urges residents to stay the course
– St. Charles Health System President and CEO Joe Sluka shared a family loss to COVID-19 in his latest weekly update Monday, as his father-in-law…
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Grinding wheel sparks NW Prineville fire that threatens fourplex
A grinding wheel being used on a truck bed frame sparked a half-acre brushfire that burned power poles and threatened a fourplex in northwest…
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Oregon reports 75th COVID-19 death, 47 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 75, the Oregon Health Authority reported …
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OSU-Cascades to offer first engineering science degree at West Coast public school
Oregon State University–Cascades will offer a new bachelor’s degree this fall to address employer needs for engineers that can work across a wide…
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Wash. man jailed in Sunriver condo burglaries
A Vancouver, Washington man was arrested in Sunriver Saturday night, caught in the act of burglarizing two unoccupied condominiums, police said…
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OLCC lets retailers sell beer, wine and cider starting at 6 a.m.
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has approved a temporary rule allowing OLCC licensed retailers to sell beer, wine and cider beginning at 6…
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OLCC approves random testing of marijuana products
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission last week gave the go-ahead for random testing of marijuana products for the presence of undisclosed ingredients…
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Three people killed in house fire near Dallas; 3 others escape
Three people were killed and one was seriously injured in a house fire early Sunday morning near the Polk County city of Dallas, sheriff’s deputies…
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Oregon jobless claim website glitch hits for second Sunday
For the second Sunday in a row, thousands of Oregonians trying to file their weekly claims for state unemployment benefits were falsely told they…
Continue Reading Two more COVID-19 deaths bring Oregon’s toll to 74
COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the death toll to 74, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Oregon officials credit early action, luck to curbing virus
Oregon appears to be an outlier as coronavirus cases start to peak in other states. Of all the states in America, Oregon is one of five states…
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Row of lights in C.O. sky are SpaceX satellite network
That line of bright lights in the sky seen lately over Central Oregon are part of the SpaceX Starlink project, which has sent aloft dozens of…
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Sen. Wyden hosts first-ever statewide virtual town hall
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has hosted nearly 1,000 town halls in his career, but the one he held on Friday was a first.…
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Oregon’s Ionescu goes No. 1 in WNBA draft to NY Liberty
Sabrina Ionescu was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft Friday night, going to the New York Liberty in an Oregon sweep of the top two…
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Gov. Brown issues order to keep creditors from garnishing COVID-19 payments
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gov. Kate Brown on Friday issued Executive Order 20-18, preventing creditors or debt collectors from garnishing…
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Helt asks governor to let ‘essential’ medical procedures resume in C.O.
State Rep. Cheri Helt, R-Bend, sent a letter to Gov. Kate Brown Thursday evening, asking her to work with Central Oregon health professionals,…
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