Oregon expands jobless benefits under CARES Act to include independent contractors
Starting Tuesday, the Oregon Employment Department is providing unemployment benefits to more Oregonians, including self-employed and independent…
Continue ReadingStarting Tuesday, the Oregon Employment Department is providing unemployment benefits to more Oregonians, including self-employed and independent…
Continue ReadingThe toughest of times often brings out unexpected moments of generosity. Some people in Central Oregon are paying it forward with random acts of…
Continue ReadingA former Prineville man charged with strangling his former girlfriend last year in Crook County now faces charges of fatally strangling his current…
Continue ReadingThe Indian Head Casino will remain closed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 situation, Warm Springs tribal officials said…
Continue ReadingAnother seven people have died of COVID-19 in Oregon, raising the death toll to 99, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingWith Wildfire Awareness Month kicking off this Friday, and after 16-human-caused blazes in the past two weeks, wildland firefighting officials in…
Continue ReadingAn Oregon State Police traffic stop of a minivan in Klamath County on Monday led to the discovery of more than $236,000 in cash in vacuum-sealed bags…
Continue ReadingFour people were killed in a fire that destroyed a manufactured home fire early Tuesday morning in the Linn County community of Sweet Home,…
Continue ReadingConstruction in Bend is showing little sign of slowing, according to the city, so officials who oversee and regulate that work are adjusting to…
Continue ReadingThe state’s tourism promotion commission, Travel Oregon, is laying off 17 employees, furloughing others and cutting pay as it copes with dropping…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed another life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 92, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingNo FDA-approved COVID-19 antibody tests are available in Central Oregon, St. Charles President and CEO Joe Sluka said Monday in his weekly update to…
Continue ReadingState Rep. Jack Zika, R-Redmond, wrote a letter Monday to Gov. Kate Brown, urging that places of worship be included in discussions of reopening the…
Continue ReadingDue to the pandemic, the city has decided to push back the 30-day notice period for homeless campers to leave Juniper Ridge. The 30-day notice period…
Continue ReadingA Willamina man said he was shot by a stray bullet while riding a Polaris Razr side-by-side with friends near the Christmas Valley sand dunes on…
Continue ReadingConstruction is well underway for the Empire Avenue corridor improvements in Bend, but a vandal or vandals have been frequenting work sites and…
Continue ReadingAs we continue battling this pandemic, a Redmond man and his family have created an app they say will benefit you in case of an…
Continue ReadingThe 24th annual Pacific Crest Endurance Sports Festival, which usually brings thousands of athletes, family and friends to Sunriver each June, will…
Continue ReadingA 382-acre parcel of state-owned land in southeast Bend is expected to sell for $22 million – a transaction that state officials said Monday will…
Continue ReadingColorado Governor Jared Polis and Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak announced Monday their respective states are joining California, Oregon and…
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