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The standard statewide hourly wage will rise to $15.05 per hour, while Portland’s minimum wage will rise to $16.30 per hour Oregonians earning the minimum wage will soon receive 35 cents more per hour, the smallest annual increase in the past ten years. The changes that go into effect Tuesday aren’t the same across […]
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Health officials urge measles vaccine as school starts
12+ hour, 27+ min ago (849+ words) Published 7:30 am Saturday, September 12, 2026 As Central Oregon students return to school, the state is seeing a new low in kindergarten vaccination rates. That comes amid a measles outbreak and public health professionals urging people to get the vaccine this fall....
Trump plan would bar millions of Americans from voting by mail, states tell Supreme Court
3+ day, 14+ 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…...
Oregon is not ready for fully self-driving cars
3+ day, 18+ 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…...
Commentary: Blame Congress for the US running out of weapons
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (247+ words) Published 7:52 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 By David M. Drucker/ Bloomberg Opinion “Protecting our nation from those who would do us harm is the first and most important responsibility of government.” That’s from the website of Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat. But…...
The jail is a hospital: 90 percent of inmates need physical, mental healthcare
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (1050+ words) Published 5:30 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 Alexandria Vega, a behavioral health specialist in the Deschutes County Jail, transitions from cell to cell. In one, an inmate is suicidal. In another she provides formal therapy. For a third, she gives in drug detox…...
Late ballots surged in Oregon after Postal Service changes
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (64+ words) bendbulletin.com Published 8:37 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 By Gene Johnson/Associated Press SEATTLE — The number of ballots rejected for late postmarks has soared in the vote-by-mail states of Washington and Oregon, according to newly released data highlighting concerns about recent changes…...
Families' interest in kids' education is falling around the globe as scores drop, test shows
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (45+ words) Families’ interest in kids’ education is falling around the globe as scores drop, test shows bendbulletin.com Families’ interest in kids’ education is falling around the globe as scores drop, test shows Published 9:09 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 By Sharon Lurye/AP…...
Commentary: Stars and Stripes paper the latest casualty of???friendly??? fire
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (668+ words) Published 8:04 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 By The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press Editorial Board/TNS Dwight D. Eisenhower and Pete Hegseth, it appears, would not have gotten along well. They almost certainly would have disagreed on one particular military matter — the editorial independence…...
Dry farming research aims to stay ahead of water shortages
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (1091+ words) Published 2:30 pm Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Depriving crops of summertime irrigation is sometimes an unfortunate necessity during Western droughts. But in some cases, farmers and researchers are withholding water by design — and still achieving successful harvests. For over a decade, Oregon State…...
Bend to mark 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 with flags, ceremony
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (197+ words) Published 11:00 am Tuesday, September 8, 2026 First responders, veterans and volunteers will gather Friday, Sept. 11 in downtown Bend, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Beginning at 7 a.m., members of the Bend Heroes Foundation, Bend police and fire departments, veterans and…...