Roanoke, Va., wins battle for Deschutes Brewery expansion
After months of deliberations and social-media campaign wooing by several East Coast cities, Deschutes Brewery announced Tuesday that it has chosen…
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Wyden: ‘Drill pay’ issue resolved for Oregon Guardsmen, Reservists
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Tuesday the VA will offer relief from an unfair hardship for National Guardsmen and Reservists in Oregon, in…
Continue Reading Central Oregon foreign exchange students safe in Europe
Just hours after ISIS claimed responsibility for the terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday, Becky Felix is still trying to cope with the…
Continue Reading Central Oregon Fire Science Symposium this week
The fourth Central Oregon Fire Science Symposium will kick off Thursday in Bend. The three-day symposium brings resource managers and fire management…
Continue Reading Redmond schools’ kindergarten registration to begin
The Redmond School District will offer kindergarten registration for all upcoming 2016-17 kindergarten students beginning the week of April 4. For…
Continue Reading Victim identified in fatal Hwy. 26 head-on crash near Warm Springs
A 69-year-old California woman was killed in a two-vehicle head-on crash Monday afternoon that closed U.S. Highway 26 for close to two hours at the…
Continue Reading Gov. Brown orders flags to half-staff to honor Brussels victims
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff immediately until sunset on Saturday as a…
Continue Reading RDM security – and lines – ramp up after Brussels Airport terror attack
Airport security is ramping up nationwide following the attack at the Brussels Airport. Travelers heading through Redmond Airport will have longer…
Continue Reading Deschutes County SO issues telephone scam alert
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday they have received information that someone has either started or re-started a telephone scam…
Continue Reading Judge rules Bend woman’s killing admission can stand
After hearing testimony on a rare prosecution request, a Deschutes County judge ruled Tuesday that a Bend woman’s admission to a social worker…
Continue Reading Deschutes County’s job growth still a U.S. pacesetter
February revealed a continuation of the job trends we have seen over the past several months, as Deschutes County continues to add jobs at a fast…
Continue Reading Deschutes County rural enterprise zone may expand
Discussions are under way on a Sunriver- and Spring River-area expansion of the Deschutes County Rural Enterprise Zone, which is jointly sponsored by…
Continue Reading Interior Secretary Sally Jewell visits Harney County, talks collaboration
A high-ranking member of the Obama administration visited Harney County and the Malheur Wildlife National Refuge Monday, focusing more on efforts to…
Continue Reading More than 1 million Oregonians lack work retirement plans
New market research shows that the retirement savings crisis in Oregon is more profound than initially believed: More than 1 million people currently…
Continue Reading Volunteer Connect gets grants to expand youth volunteering
Volunteer Connect is excited to announce that grants totaling $10,000 have been received from the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation and the ESCO…
Continue Reading 8-year-old Bend snowboarder hits the big time
As Bend 8-year-old Sicily Billelo straps in for a day on the mountain, she prepares to reach the next level of her big snowboarding adventure. For…
Continue Reading Keep on truckin’: Daimler expanding big-time in Madras
Daimler Trucks North America and Madras-area officials gathered on a breezy, chilly Monday to break ground on an $18 million expanded truck-testing…
Continue Reading BLM seeks nominations for resource advisory councils
The Bureau of Land Management recently announced that it is seeking public nominations for open positions on 34 Resource Advisory Councils (RACs),…
Continue Reading Umatilla Reservation shooting victim identified
The FBI has arrested a 23-year-old California man in a weekend shooting on northeast Oregon’s Umatilla Indian Reservation that left a Pendleton…
Continue Reading Lawmakers fund stepped-up Oregon pesticides program
TheOregon Department of Agriculture’s Pesticides Program finds itself in a muchstronger position to address issues and concerns from the public…
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