Secretary of state audit: Oregon lacks program to manage data privacy risks
Oregon lacks a senior official responsible for managing data privacy, which increases the risk that private, personally identifiable information is…
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Over 1,600 challenged Deschutes County ballots outstanding at deadline
On Tuesday morning, two weeks after the election, Raven Radford was at the Deschutes County Clerk’s Office to fix a challenged…
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Bend woman’s animal-detection dog reunites cats with wildfire evacuees
Katie Albright and her 3-year-old dog, Franklin, are helping some wildfire evacuees reunite with their lost…
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Gov. Brown signs 2-week freeze order, announces $55 million in aid to businesses
Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday issued Executive Order 20-65 following last week’s announcement of a statewide freeze to stop the rapid community spread…
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OSP seeks tips to find poacher who illegally took deer west of Bend
Oregon State Police sought the public’s help Tuesday in identifying the person(s) seen leaving the area of the 4606 Road near Bull Springs Road west…
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Oregon AG settles COVID-19 consumer protection cases, one involving Bend business
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced settlements Tuesday with five Oregon companies, including a Bend organic skin care business, for…
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Klamath River deal revives plan for largest US dam demolition
A new agreement regarding the Klamath River paves the way for the largest dam demolition in U.S. history, to try to save salmon that are critical to…
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Oregon delegation urges FEMA to fully cover cost of wildfire impacts
Oregon’s entire congressional delegation said Tuesday it is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assume 100 percent of the cost share…
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Deschutes Public Library adjusts capacity, visit times amid COVID-19 concerns
Deschutes Public Library is adjusting building capacities and duration of customer visits, as well as increasing employee teleworking, following Gov.…
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Oregon reports 13 more COVID-19 deaths, 935 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed 13 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 778, along with 935 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Facebook’s Prineville security contractor to pay $595K to settle racial bias claims
The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries said Tuesday it has reached a settlement agreement with G4S Secure Solutions, Facebook’s security…
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Kotek faces challenge from fellow Democrat for Oregon House speaker
Tina Kotek has won her party’s nomination for an unprecedented fifth term as speaker of the Oregon House, withstanding a rare challenge from a…
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ODOT advises: Century Drive motorists need to be ready for winter driving
With the recent snowfall at and near Mt. Bachelor, winter sports enthusiasts are taking to Century Drive (Oregon Highway 372) in greater numbers, so…
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Oregon jobless rate falls to 6.9%; state has recovered 46% of jobs lost in spring
Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 percent in October from 7.9 percent, as revised, in September, the Oregon Employment Department reported…
Continue ReadingStill growing: If Bend is a ‘Zoom town,’ Sisters, La Pine, Redmond ‘Super-Zoom’
Halfway through the topsy-turvy, but very memorable year of 2020, Central Oregon in general continued to grow faster than the state as a whole, new…
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Bend man arrested, drugs seized in Terrebonne traffic stop
Central Oregon drug agents pulled over and arrested a Bend man on Highway 97 in Terrebonne on Sunday, accused of trafficking in heroin and…
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Prineville police cite, remove woman from fairgrounds after mask incident
A woman was placed in handcuffs by Prineville police, removed from the Crook County Fairgrounds and cited for second-degree criminal trespass after…
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Crews working to quickly get Bend’s winter warming shelter up and running
As temperatures drop and COVID-19 cases rise, advocates in Central Oregon are working to keep Bend’s vulnerable homeless population warm in a safe…
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Two-week ‘freeze’ puts more pressure on C.O. service industry
Jake’s Diner in Bend is just one of 10,000 restaurants across Oregon that will be impacted by the state’s executive order to go on a 2-week ‘freeze’…
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Sunriver man drowns in SW Washington kayaking accident
Despite lifesaving efforts, a 20-year-old Sunriver man became trapped underwater and drowned on Sunday while kayaking on Canyon Creek in southwest…
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