Laurel Brauns

Staff from the City of Bend will kick people off city-owned land at Juniper Ridge next month to make way for a new section of sewer pipe. But meanwhile, new regulations passed by the City Council Wednesday night might make it possible to site a camp for the unhoused on land owned by the City. […]

Thousands of coronavirus safety complaints flooded the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health department this month, so the agency ramped up its operations. Still, no companies in Oregon have been fined or closed as a result of these reports. Since March 2, Oregon OSHA received nearly 3,000 complaints related to COVID-19 safety compliance, including reports on […]

Gov. Kate Brown called a press conference Tuesday to introduce a framework for re-opening the economy—one based on “science and facts,” she said. But, those looking for a solid end date or an exact metric that would signal that the coast is clear left disappointed. Instead Brown outlined a number of “prerequisites” that must be achieved […]

Some tenants in Central Oregon were unable to pay rent this month—but confusion around Gov. Kate Brown’s orders and lack of direction from local governments had many property managers and landlords creating new policies on the fly. Once official “stay home” orders were issued by Brown mid-March. Lawnae Hunter, who has owned and operated Plus […]

The real estate market has slowed to a snail’s pace during a season usually characterized by frenzy and impulse. Sunny skies bring optimism and the feeling that more is possible—driving both buyers and sellers to make moves. But just three weeks after the COVID-19 lockdowns began on the west coast, life has changed irrevocably for […]