Sep 14, 2016 at 12:02AM

MondayCity Council Debate II: A debate featuring city council candidates Doug Knight and Bill Moseley is scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Deschutes Brewery & ...MORE

Sep 9, 2016 at 12:02AM

Thursday marked the deadline for measures that will appear on area ballots in the November election.Deschutes CountyThe Deschutes County Clerk reported one ballot measure from ...MORE

Sep 7, 2016 at 12:01AM

A Bend City Council candidate forum put on Tuesday night by the Bend Chamber of Commerce was less debate and more discussion.Four candidates vying for ...MORE

Aug 31, 2016 at 12:01AM

Tuesday marked the deadline for Bend residents to file to run in the Bend City Council election, and all but one of the positions are ...MORE

Aug 6, 2016 at 12:02AM

Seven state measures will appear on the ballot in the general election.Oregon Secretary of State Jeanne P. Atkins announced on Friday three referrals by the ...MORE

Jul 31, 2016 at 12:05AM

United or divided? That was the question looming over the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia last week, following a heated primary season and the stepping ...MORE

Sep 3, 2016 at 12:02AM

WASHINGTON — The FBI on Friday took the unusual step of releasing to the public documents related to its yearlong investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use ...MORE

Aug 29, 2016 at 12:02AM

LEESBURG, Va. — Emboldened by Donald Trump’s struggles in the presidential race, Democrats in Congress are laying the groundwork to expand the list of House ...MORE

Aug 27, 2016 at 12:02AM

ATLANTA — Republican Donald Trump has told conservative evangelical pastors in Florida that his presidency would preserve “religious liberty” and reverse what he insists is ...MORE

Aug 25, 2016 at 12:02AM

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, his presidential campaign now behind him, looked to advance the movement he built during the Democratic primary race, with the ...MORE

Aug 25, 2016 at 12:02AM

After months of flailing attempts, Donald Trump has begun to recast his political message in more structured terms and wrestle with his temptation to go ...MORE

Aug 19, 2016 at 12:02AM

WASHINGTON — A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s ruling political party, attempting ...MORE

Published Jun 28, 2016 at 09:23PM / Updated Jun 28, 2016 at 09:35PM

Residents of a remote county in eastern Oregon where armed men seized a federal wildlife refuge voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to keep in office a top ...MORE

Jun 7, 2016 at 10:09PM

WASHINGTON — Spoiler Alert: Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Donald Trump emerged from Tuesday’s coast-to-coast contests the presumptive presidential nominees of their parties. No ...MORE

May 21, 2016 at 12:01AM

SALEM — Lawmakers are awaiting the results of the other election that happened Tuesday night: the race for the write-in nomination. Oregon is one of ...MORE

Published May 18, 2016 at 11:13AM / Updated May 18, 2016 at 10:25PM

KLAMATH FALLS — State legislative candidates Dennis Linthicum and Werner Reschke have defeated their write-in opponents by wide margins to secure the Republican nomination for ...MORE

Published May 17, 2016 at 08:56PM / Updated May 17, 2016 at 11:04PM

A ballot measure establishing stable funding for the Deschutes County 911 Service District was soundly approved by voters Tuesday evening. Measure 9-107 dissolves and reforms ...MORE

May 18, 2016 at 12:46AM

Sen. Bernie Sanders prevailed over Hillary Clinton on Tuesday in the Oregon primary, according to The Associated Press, while Clinton claimed victory in a tight ...MORE

Aug 16, 2016 at 12:02AM

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Donald Trump called Monday for “extreme” ideological vetting of immigrants seeking admission to the United States, vowing to significantly overhaul the country’s ...MORE

Aug 16, 2016 at 12:02AM

WASHINGTON — The State Department wants a chance to review notes and other materials from the FBI’s probe of former Secretary Hillary Clinton’s email use ...MORE

Aug 12, 2016 at 12:02AM

ORLANDO, Fla. — Straying from his trademark bravado, Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday his presidential campaign is facing challenges and could ultimately fall short — a ...MORE

Aug 8, 2016 at 12:02AM

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is trying to shift from a disastrous stretch of his presidential campaign to one focused on policy and party unity. But ...MORE

Aug 5, 2016 at 12:02AM

Hillary Clinton has fueled a debate over whether her rival for the presidency, Donald Trump, is fit to command America’s atomic forces. “Imagine him in ...MORE

Aug 3, 2016 at 12:02AM

Donald Trump’s unabashed and continuing hostility toward the parents of a slain Muslim American soldier, and his attacks on Republican leaders who have rebuked him ...MORE

May 18, 2016 at 12:02AM

PORTLAND — Democratic voters appeared ready to decide the secretary of state’s office should be not be confined to its traditional roles of running elections ...MORE

Published May 17, 2016 at 11:11PM / Updated May 17, 2016 at 11:38PM

Both the Crook County judge and commissioner races will go to a general election runoff in November after no one running for either position snagged ...MORE

Published May 17, 2016 at 11:24PM / Updated May 18, 2016 at 10:42AM

A Sisters School District bond measure, the second in less than two years, appeared to pass by a narrow margin Wednesday morning, based on initial ...MORE

Published May 17, 2016 at 10:58PM / Updated May 17, 2016 at 11:34PM

PORTLAND — Oregon Democrats are ready for Kate Brown to remain governor, handing her a sweeping endorsement and picking her over mostly nominal rivals in ...MORE

Published May 17, 2016 at 10:06PM / Updated May 17, 2016 at 10:56PM

Portland IT consultant Mark Callahan came out on top in a four-way Republican primary Tuesday, winning the right to take on Sen. Ron Wyden in ...MORE

Published May 16, 2016 at 12:01PM / Updated May 16, 2016 at 07:45PM

Someone broke into a ballot drop box in Klamath County and apparently threw the mail-in ballots into a nearby dumpster over the weekend, according to ...MORE

Aug 3, 2016 at 12:02AM

Donald Trump, trailing narrowly in presidential polls, has issued a warning to worried Republican voters: The election will be “rigged” against him — and he ...MORE

Jul 25, 2016 at 12:02AM

WASHINGTON — The credentialed journalists and political pundits who have descended this week on Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention will be joined by a ...MORE

Jul 19, 2016 at 12:02AM

CLEVELAND — Rancor and rivalries dominated the opening of the Republican National Convention on Monday as renegade delegates forced a floor fight to embarrass the ...MORE

Jul 19, 2016 at 12:02AM

CLEVELAND — As Hillary Clinton prepares to announce her running mate this week, the political calculations have suddenly changed.Had Donald Trump chosen a woman or ...MORE

Jul 19, 2016 at 12:02AM

NEW YORK — A crucial step in unifying a political party, akin to the laying down of arms after a long war, is the moment ...MORE

Jul 19, 2016 at 12:02AM

SEVNICA, Slovenia — On days when Melanija Knavs could not play outside or grew tired of knitting her navy blue sweaters, she and her friends ...MORE

May 16, 2016 at 12:17AM

Election workers were intently focused on inspecting ballots this week at the Deschutes County Clerk’s Office ahead of the state’s primary Tuesday. The careful examination ...MORE

May 14, 2016 at 12:02AM

Today Madras Town Hall Meeting with Greg Walden: U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, will hold a town hall meeting; 8:30 a.m.; Jefferson County Senior ...MORE

May 11, 2016 at 12:03AM

Today Bend Rotary Meeting: Featuring an introduction of Deschutes County sheriff candidate Eric Kozowski; noon; Elevations Restaurant, 2555 NW Campus Village Way, Bend. Bend City ...MORE

Published May 10, 2016 at 10:09PM / Updated May 11, 2016 at 01:58PM

SALEM — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders told a group of boisterous supporters in Oregon’s capital Tuesday that he knows he faces an uphill battle to ...MORE

May 7, 2016 at 12:02AM

Tuesday Crook County Candidate Forums: Featuring three county judge candidates, moderated by Casey Kaiser, executive of the Prineville-Crook County Chamber of Commerce; 6:30 p.m.; Crook ...MORE

Published May 5, 2016 at 06:49PM / Updated May 5, 2016 at 09:23PM

Former President Bill Clinton visited the campus of Central Oregon Community College on Thursday afternoon to champion the prospect of a second Clinton presidency. Clinton ...MORE

Jul 2, 2016 at 12:02AM

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump wants a running mate who has what he lacks — political experience. Hillary Clinton is putting a premium on diversity as ...MORE

Jun 27, 2016 at 12:02AM

Weeks of provocative and outlandish behavior has hurt Donald Trump’s standing in two new national polls of registered voters, which showed the presumptive Republican presidential ...MORE

Jun 20, 2016 at 12:02AM

A few weeks ago, a 68-year-old woman lay dying in Virginia. She said it beat the alternative. “Faced with the prospect of voting for either ...MORE

Jun 20, 2016 at 12:02AM

In a college gymnasium this month in Newark, New Jersey, Sen. Cory Booker introduced Hillary Clinton to the crowd. It took him nearly 13 minutes. ...MORE

Jun 7, 2016 at 12:02AM

A restive electorate, a staid establishment Democrat and a flamboyant celebrity running as a Republican and promising to blow up the status quo. As Democrat ...MORE

Jun 7, 2016 at 12:02AM

LOS ANGELES — Striding into history, Hillary Clinton will become the first woman to top the presidential ticket of a major U.S. political party, capturing ...MORE