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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — At a time when many employers are forcing workers back to the office, one Oregon company is giving its employees some of their free time back. The roughly 700 people who work at Oregon Community Credit Union will transition to a 32-hour workweek while retaining full-time pay and benefits by the […]
Bend buyers found more homes to choose from and prices dropped, making this premium market a bit more accessible than it was a year ago.
Oregon homeowners planned new lighting and electrical work inside a horse barn at their residence. A man helped design the lighting layout, quoted an hourly labor rate and installed wiring and electrical boxes. But he had neither the required electrical licenses nor a permit for the job, according to a final consent order.
At the end of a private road near Mount Hood, a herd of shaggy cows waits for someone with a brush. These are Highland cows, the ones with long bangs and curved horns that fill so many phone screens. On one Oregon farm, you do more than look at them through a fence.
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Pacific Northwest, California see autumn uptick in cases. Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a poultry flock in Oregon, and the new case pushed the state’s death toll from the virus past 1 million domestic birds. Bird flu was confirmed in...
Picking berries is a quintessential summer tradition for many Pacific Northwesterners. The region has many farms, but fruit can easily be found in everyday corners. For about the past 140 years, the Himalayan Blackberry has taken over Oregon’s alleyways, waterfronts, forests and backyards. This thorny vine is actually a cousin of the rose, the plant behind Portland’s most famous nickname, but instead of beautiful flowers, the vines produce juicy fruit.
Jennifer Langston's tomatoes struggled but her eggplants overflowed, one of several first-season stories from OSU Extension's Seed to Supper graduates.
Southern Oregon’s agricultural industry is entering another period of regulatory change as a newly released state legislative report identifies significant weaknesses in Oregon’s agricultural labor oversight, including inconsistent employment records, fragmented enforcement responsibilities and gaps in communication among agencies responsible for protecting farmworkers. The findings arrive less than two months before agricultural overtime requirements expand again, bringing additional financial and operational considerations to farms, vineyards, orchards and ranches throughout Josephine, Jackson, Douglas and Klamath counties.
"They didn't really explain if there was a glitch in the app or a problem with firmware."
Five years after a heat wave killed 69 people in Multnomah County, an Oregon judge has allowed the county to pursue its claim that Exxon Mobil and other fossil fuel companies helped make the disaster worse by misleading the public about the climate risks of their products. Multnomah County Circuit...
ODOT revealed that Oregon's gas consumption peaked in 2018 — and has slowly decreased in the time since.
FORT MILL, S.C. — Top 100 retailer Broad River Retail, which owns and operates Ashley stores in the Southeast, Pacific Northwest and upper New England, has acquired six Ashley stores and a distribution center in Oregon from CTR Associates. The acquisition of the Oregon business, which generates more than...
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon Department of economists have long predicted gas tax revenue would decline as Oregonians purchase more efficient vehicles and use less gas to travel. That decline is officially here, officials said Friday, as motor fuels tax revenue is down 2.2% for 2026, compared to the first nine months of 2025.
There’s a town in eastern Oregon where your retirement budget doesn’t just survive, it actually thrives, and the mountains surrounding it look like someone hired a professional painter to do the backdrop. La Grande, Oregon is the kind of place that makes you wonder why nobody told you...
LA PINE, Ore. -- Rudy Dory, who built La Pine’s first grocery store 50 years ago and has expanded ever since, is the first winner of the National Grocers Association’s new Catalyst for Independence Award. The new award recognizes people who go out of their way to mentor...
Oregonians can tell state regulators Nov. 10 their thoughts on the state’s largest utility’s latest efforts to raise their electricity bills for an eighth year in a row. Portland General Electric, which serves about 840,000 residential customers in Oregon, is seeking to increase its rates by nearly 4%, or an average of about $8 a […]
From Bend and Redmond, to Sisters and surrounding communities, Republic Services electric collection vehicles are becoming an increasingly familiar part of daily recycling and waste operations in Central Oregon. That presence reflects the company’s commitment to advancing sustainable solutions while delivering the reliable service customers expect. Republic Services currently...
State lawmakers express ongoing concern regarding nearly $1 million in unreported labor consultant spending; Oregon nurses union demands ‘real answers’. Asante CEO Tom Gessel declined to answer a half-dozen questions posted in a recent inquiry from two state legislators regarding over $1 million allegedly spent on so-called “anti-union” labor relations firms and said Southern Oregon’s largest healthcare provider has not been engaged with groups for “labor-related staff-level education” since 2023.
Columbia Bank recently announced that it ranked as the No. 1 U.S. Small Business Administration 7(a) lender in Washington and Oregon for federal fiscal year 2026, according to SBA reporting data. In Washington, the bank approved 235 SBA 7(a) loans in federal fiscal year 2026, averaging $99,517 per loan. Earlier...
After 17 years of connecting Central Oregon residents with the farmers, ranchers, and makers who feed their community, Central Oregon Locavore is opening its second marketplace in Bend’s Discovery West neighborhood on Thursday, November 19. The grand opening celebration begins at 9:30 a.m. with special remarks and a ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by the marketplace opening […] The post Locavore Opens Discovery West Marketplace November 19 appeared first on The Source - Bend, Oregon .
