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Twitter and Facebook are taking steps to stop the spread of misinformation about Oregon’s elections system, after Republican Secretary of Stat… Read more
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A new political action committee has entered the local political arena, with a goal to supp… Read more
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The Oregon Air National Guard plans to fly multiple F-15 Eagle airplanes over Madras and W… Read more
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Sen. Shemia Fagan of Portland appears to have clinched the Democratic nomination for secreta… Read more
Buried beneath some of the more high-profile races in Oregon’s primary election on Tuesday, … Read more
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During one of the strangest election nights ever, thanks to the pandemic, two emcees, Deschu… Read more
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Two Democratic state senators were virtually tied in their bid to be their party’s candidate… Read more
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Kim Schmith and incumbent Wayne Fording appear to have enough votes in Tuesday’s primary ele… Read more
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Voters in Black Butte Ranch decisively approved the first service levy raise for its police … Read more
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Former Sen. Cliff Bentz of Ontario won the Republican nomination for the 2nd Congressional D… Read more
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Phil Chang, a natural resource and renewable energy specialist, won the Democratic nominatio… Read more
Oregon Supreme Court Justice Thomas Balmer and Oregon Court of Appeals Judge Joel DeVore won… Read more
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With less than 40% of the vote after initial ballot returns in Tuesday’s primary election, L… Read more
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Jefferson County residents have voted against increasing the county’s lodging tax, after ear… Read more
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With just more than 76% of the vote after initial ballot returns in Tuesday’s primary electi… Read more
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SALEM — Hand sanitizers. Social distancing. Licked envelopes containing ballots. Read more
Briana Loughlin normally spends her days working as an assistant at the North Portland branc… Read more
Despite an election season unlike any before, Oregon voters so far are returning ballots at … Read more
Shemia Fagan has now raised more than $500,000 — $100,000 more than her two Democratic rival… Read more
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Before Bernie Sanders halted his presidential campaign, he might have caused a surge in Oreg… Read more
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EO Media Group hosted virtual candidate forums Friday and Saturday May 1-2 to highlight the … Read more
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Seven Republican candidates for Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District came together Saturday f… Read more
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PENDLETON — The double whammy of COVID-19 and a distressed economy has some mental health ex… Read more
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Four candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District ga… Read more
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Two of the three Democratic candidates for the Deschutes County Commission made their case a… Read more
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For the seventh time since World War II — but for the first time ever in back-to-back electi… Read more
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Tuesday marks the final day to register to vote in Oregon’s May 19 primary election or to ch… Read more
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Two Democrats and one incumbent Republican are seeking to represent the 59th state House dis… Read more
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Two candidates are challenging incumbent Wayne Fording in the May election for his seat on t… Read more
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Jefferson County is asking residents to approve an increase to the transient room tax for mo… Read more
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The four candidates running for a seat on the Deschutes County Commission entered the race … Read more
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PENDLETON — Stuck on who to vote for in the crowded Oregon 2nd Congressional District race? Read more
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Black Butte Ranch’s small police force is asking for its first service levy raise in a decad… Read more
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Nearly 45% of the 23,000 people living in the La Pine Park & Recreation district — which… Read more
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City Club of Central Oregon and the League of Women Voters of Deschutes County are hosting f… Read more
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With other proposed taxes like a city of Bend transportation bond pulled from the May ballot… Read more
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Next Wednesday, the 18,647 students in Bend-La Pine Schools will start learning at home — ne… Read more
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Anthony Broadman, an attorney who works for a Bend-based indigenous rights law firm, is runn… Read more
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Jo Rae Perkins, a Republican from Albany who is running to unseat U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, wi… Read more
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Jason Kropf, a Bend Park & Recreation District board member and Deschutes County deputy … Read more
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For the first time in recent memory, Deschutes County has more registered Democrats than Rep… Read more
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A Democratic challenger for the Republican-controlled Oregon 53rd House District has emerged… Read more
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Jamie McLeod-Skinner, an Oregon Secretary of State candidate who ran unsuccessfully for Cong… Read more
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Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley will host 12 town halls to start the new year, including appearance… Read more
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Phil Chang, an employee of the Oregon Department of Forestry and former staff to U.S. Sen Je… Read more
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Eileen Kiely, a U.S. Navy veteran, retired businesswoman and previous candidate for state-le… Read more
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As the number of Oregon voters unaffiliated with a political party rises, so has the number … Read more
SALEM — A website and Facebook page have been created urging former congressional candidate … Read more
SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday ordered flags at public institutions fly at half-staff on… Read more
The bond and levy for a new $40 million pool and recreation center in Redmond appears to hav… Read more
Early results show pastor Shimiko Montgomery narrowly defeating incumbent and board chair An… Read more
In early returns, Jefferson County School Board Chairwoman Courtney Snead was leading challe… Read more
Jeff Smith and Don Hedrick appear to have won the two races for the Sisters School Board, ac… Read more
In the race for the lone contested Central Oregon Community College board seat, former Bend … Read more
The mechanic for Crooked River Ranch Rural Fire Protection District appeared to defeat the b… Read more
Ryan Boyle was prevailing with 63% in the race against John “Eddie” Adams, who had garnered … Read more
Incumbents on park and recreation boards across Central Oregon appeared to be defending thei… Read more
One of two union-supported candidates appeared to win a seat on the board of directors for C… Read more
In a rarely contested race, incumbent Ray Miao appears to have prevailed with 59% of the vot… Read more
Deschutes Public Library employee Liz Goodrich is leading one-term incumbent Johnny Corbin f… Read more
Jefferson County appeared to pass an operating levy for the Jefferson County Jail on Tuesday… Read more
In a race between two strikingly similar candidates, Seth Taylor has a 57% to 42% lead over … Read more
Incumbent Ray Miao appeared to be fending off Ben Schimmoller’s upstart challenge for a seat… Read more
Kristie Miller appeared to have defeated Ken Jones and Stratton Poindexter with 59% of the v… Read more
