1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (246+ words) Published 5:00 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Heart of Oregon Corps is opening its $7.3 million campus in east Redmond at the end of September to provide its youth workforce with a centralized hub. The 6,600-square-foot campus is equipped with classrooms, staff offices, meeting…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (555+ words) Published 2:03 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 Former U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the one-term Oregon congresswoman tasked by the Trump administration to head the nation’s leading worker protection agency, oversaw harassment within her office, consumed alcohol on the job and had an inappropriate…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (875+ words) Published 1:40 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 The Democratic-led states and voting rights groups suing to block enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict mail-in voting warned in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday the policy would have disastrous…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (165+ words) Published 1:42 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 The Bureau of Land Management has postponed a planned emergency operation to rescue wild horses from the Riddle Mountain Herd Management Area in southeast Oregon after a judge issued a temporary restraining order in ongoing litigation....

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (167+ words) Published 1:39 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 A three-vehicle crash near Sisters on Wednesday resulted in one person being transported to the hospital in critical condition. Cloverdale Fire crews were outside Station 602 on 67433 Cloverdale Road conducting training when they witnessed the collision at…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (697+ words) Published 1:00 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 Over two-and-a-half months, the Redmond Police Department issued nearly 2,000 tickets to drivers via its new traffic cameras. And while many drivers are opting to pay their tickets, some residents are pushing back and questioning the effectiveness…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (361+ words) Published 10:41 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 A coalition of state attorneys general, including Oregon’s, filed a pair of lawsuits Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s rollbacks of protections for endangered species. The lawsuits, filed by 20 states and the District of Columbia, seek to…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (238+ words) Published 9:57 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 Bend Fire & Rescue launched a new online tool Thursday to make it easier for residents to request wildfire risk home assessments and access personalized mitigation recommendations in an effort to make Bend a more fire-adapted community....

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (147+ words) Published 10:00 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 The future of driving may be not driving. The vehicle will drive itself. Is Oregon ready? No. There was a bill in the Legislature earlier this year, House Bill 4085, that would have allowed self-driving vehicles on…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (412+ words) Published 10:01 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 SALEM — Over the next four years, Oregon will need to come up with nearly $1.3 billion to keep its current Medicaid system functioning due to cuts and restrictions from the GOP’s 2025 federal tax and spending law, state…...