Nancy Blankenship, Deschutes County clerk, will retire at the end of July after nearly 20 years of service. Read more
If initial results hold, Democrats’ winning streak in Bend elections will continue. Read more
An incumbent and a newcomer appear to be leading their races for the Jefferson County School… Read more
Most of the four races for Redmond School Board were extremely close in early, unofficial re… Read more
Zavier Borja appeared to be leading by a wide margin in the race for an open seat on the Ben… Read more
In other special district election news: Read more
Voters in the Sisters School District appear to have approved a bond measure for a new eleme… Read more
Voter turnout for Tuesday’s Special District Election in Central Oregon has been lower than … Read more
Not only are this year’s Bend-La Pine School Board races more politically charged than ever … Read more
Voters in the Sisters area will decide May 18 whether or not to fund a new, larger building … Read more
The most competitive races on the May 18 ballot are for the Redmond School District. Eleven … Read more
The Redmond School Board races are the most competitive in Central Oregon this year. Read more
Typically, school board races in Central Oregon are a quieter affair than City Council or s… Read more
The Jefferson County School Board has two positions on the May 18 special district election … Read more
The Sisters School Board could have two new members after the May 18 special district election. Read more
More than four years after voters in Halfway decided by a narrow margin that they don’t want… Read more
Editor’s Note: This is the second of two stories about the Bend-La Pine School Board candidates. Read more
Editor’s Note: This is the first of two stories about this year’s Bend-La Pine School Board … Read more
The four Bend-La Pine School Board candidates who participated in this election's virtual ca… Read more
The voter registration deadline for next month’s Special District Election is Tuesday, April… Read more
This year, something unprecedented has happened to Carol Loesche, president of the League of… Read more
The City Club of Central Oregon and the League of Women Voters of Deschutes County will be h… Read more
A vacant seat on the Redmond School Board, initially to be filled by appointment, is now one… Read more
Unlike every other school district in Central Oregon, there will be no contested school boar… Read more
Four of Central Oregon’s smaller school districts will see at least one contested school boa… Read more
Voters will be choosing at least three new members of the Bend-La Pine School Board in the … Read more
Three positions on the Bend Park & Recreation District board of directors will be on the… Read more
Crook County School Board member Walter Wagner abruptly resigned from his seat after a six-y… Read more
The filing deadline for those seeking to run for office in the May 18 special election is T… Read more
Oregon, the nation’s first state to conduct all elections by mail, would join the ranks of o… Read more
Luke Richter, the leader of the social justice organization Central Oregon Peacekeepers, ann… Read more
Deschutes County commissioners do not appear interested in asking voters this year to decide… Read more
More than a week after a pro-Trump mob led an insurrection at the nation’s Capitol, Deschut… Read more
On the day she started her first day in politics, taking the oath of office Wednesday along … Read more
President Donald Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of … Read more
Oregon took its part Monday in the every-four-year ritual of casting the state’s electoral v… Read more
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called the speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Represen… Read more
Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, is among just 27 Republican members of Congress who will say… Read more
Oregon continued its run of backing Democrats for President that dates back to when "Kokomo"… Read more
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is using the power of his office to try to reverse the r… Read more
President Donald Trump declared Wednesday on Twitter, “WE WILL WIN!” Read more
WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden sought to project the authority of an incoming … Read more
As news broke Saturday that Joe Biden had won the presidential election, a sense of relief s… Read more
Almost as soon as television networks called the presidential race Saturday morning for form… Read more
Joe Biden overtook President Donald Trump in the count in Pennsylvania just before 9 a.m. as… Read more
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden insisted Thursday that he was on the verge of winning the presidency,… Read more
Nafisa Fai leads Jeff Hindley in the election for the Washington County Commission District … Read more
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign said Wednesday that it would launc… Read more
UMATILLA COUNTY — Unofficial results indicate that 57% of Umatilla County voters said yes to… Read more
Voter turnout in Tuesday’s general election in Deschutes County was higher than the statewid… Read more
Democrats appear to be holding onto their supermajorities in both houses of the Oregon Legislature. Read more
Republican incumbent Tim Knopp said he expected a tight race for state Senate District 27. Read more
Democrat Jason Kropf has defeated Rep. Cheri Helt, R-Bend, in the race for the House seat in… Read more
A slate of four Democrat-endorsed candidates — Melanie Kebler, Anthony Broadman, Megan Perki… Read more
All four statewide ballot measures appeared headed for passage in the first round of ballot … Read more
Democrats appeared to be sweeping the three statewide offices up for election Tuesday in Oregon. Read more
In initial results Tuesday night, a Redmond School District bond was comfortably passing, wi… Read more
Democrat Phil Chang had the lead over his competitor, Phil Henderson, in the race for Deschu… Read more
Deschutes Public Library system’s $195 million bond measure was narrowly passing Tuesday nig… Read more
Jack Zika, the Republican incumbent for Oregon House District 53, led Democratic challenger … Read more
Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson appeared on his way to reelection Tuesday night, leadi… Read more
Bend voters appear to have passed the largest bond measure in the city’s history Tuesday: a … Read more
Eileen Kiely, a U.S. Navy veteran and retired businesswoman, led Republican incumbent Tim K… Read more
Deschutes County residents voted no to permitting any new recreational marijuana growing or … Read more
