Oregon Employment Dept. cites progress on claims backlog
The Oregon Employment Department announced Wednesday they met their FOCUS PUA goal of processing 70,000 remaining initial Pandemic Unemployment…
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Oregon Zoo targets giraffe poaching crisis heightened by COVID-19
Amid a poaching crisis heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oregon Zoo in Portland and the Uganda Wildlife Authority have announced a new…
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Crook County Sheriff’s Office to join in DUII, safety belt enforcement blitzes
The Crook County Sheriff’s Office will be joining other law enforcement agencies around the state and country in a national high-visibility DUII…
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Bend issues COVID-19 health-safety requirements for lodging operators; moves toward transportation bond
After issuing an administrative order discouraging travel to Bend through Labor Day, the city late Wednesday issued new operating regulations for…
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Safe Routes to School program discussed despite COVID-19 uncertainties
The next virtual meeting is August…
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Live entertainment returns to Les Schwab Amphitheater
200 people will be allowed in to see and hear “Songs for a New…
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OSAA condenses 2020-21 activities calendar, shifts fall sports to start in March
The Oregon School Activities Association shifted its traditional fall sports season contests to begin in March under a new 2020-21 school activities…
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C.O. farms receive grants to recover from late-May hailstorm
The May 30 super-cell storm that ripped through much of Central Oregon dropped large hail and caused extensive damage to crops, leaving some farms…
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Empty shelves linger: C.O. grocery stores still dealing with product shortages
COVID-19 has changed a lot of the sights, sounds and activities of everyday life, and has made one somewhat unnerving sight more common: Empty…
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Car hits, damages pole on Crooked River Ranch; driver hurt, power restored to 1,100
woman was injured Wednesday when her car crashed into a power pole on Crooked River Ranch, toppling several large transformers and cutting power to…
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Gov. Brown: ‘Vast majority’ of businesses following COVID-19 guidelines
A month after announcing that state inspectors would conduct weekend spot checks in bars, restaurants, breweries, tasting rooms, and other…
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Portland police declare riot; group breaks into, damages police union building
A riot was declared early Wednesday during demonstrations in Portland after authorities said people set fires and barricaded roads, also breaking…
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Oregon reports 5 COVID-19 deaths, 299 cases and new outbreaks, including in C.O.
COVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 338, along with 299 new cases and several outbreaks newly…
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Old Bend-Redmond Highway, Tumalo Road intersection about to get a roundabout
Work will begin next Monday to add a roundabout and make other safety improvements at the intersection of Old Bend-Redmond Highway and Tumalo Road,…
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Fire destroys rope-swing play structure at Harmon Park
Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a rope-swing play structure at Harmon Park late Tuesday…
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Hummel discusses new ‘no mugshot’ policy for prosecutors
Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel has announced a new “no mugshot” policy for prosecutors working in his office, in an effort to promote…
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Jefferson County reimburses $45,000 in health license fees to relieve COVID-19 impacts
Jefferson County Public Health is reimbursing over $45,000 in Environmental Health License fees that were paid for 2020 due to COVID-19 impacts on…
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Warm Springs Tribal Council OKs COVID-19 isolation, quarantine detention facility
Amid rising COVID-19 cases, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs said late Tuesday they are siting an isolation and quarantine detention facility…
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Prolific Klamath Falls drug trafficker gets 11-year federal sentence
The leader of a Southern Oregon drug trafficking organization responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin in and…
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Wildfire burning south of Hood River reaches 30% containment
Despite breezy afternoon winds Tuesday, firefighters on the Fir Mountain Fire south of Hood River held the fire within the perimeter and only saw…
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