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Battle Erupts Between SEIU and Long-Term Care Providers

The two powerful groups disagree whether the names of job applicants should be a matter of public record

by Nigel Jaquiss, Oregon Journalism Project March 23, 2026March 23, 2026

Two of the most powerful groups in Salem are at loggerheads over a public records request. At issue: a request that Service Employees International Union filed last November with the Oregon Department of Human Services. SEIU, Oregon’s largest public employee union, with 72,000 members, asked the agency for a list of names of people who […]

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Bend Awards $100,000 to Support Immigrant Families Amid Federal Crackdown

The City Council condemned the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics with a resolution Wednesday

by Clayton Franke March 20, 2026March 30, 2026

The Bend City Council denounced the Trump administration’s mass deportation effort and awarded a nonprofit $100,000 to help families affected by the immigration crackdown. The move came in response to calls for support by the Latino Community Association, a Central Oregon nonprofit providing support services for immigrants. Half of the funding awarded Wednesday will help the nonprofit work with the City to produce Bend’s Welcoming Week, the annual slate of events promoting diversity and culture, and connecting people to […]

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Think Wild, Cascadia Wild Partner to Monitor and Conserve “Rare Carnivores”

Among the list of “rare carnivores” monitored are martens, gray wolves, the Sierra Nevada red fox and wolverines

By Jesse CoronadoMarch 20, 2026March 20, 2026

Non-profits Think Wild and Cascadia Wild announced a partnership to gather data and work toward the conservation of rare carnivores in Central Oregon. The data gathered from the program will allow for improving and understanding species distribution, habitat use, how wildlife habitats border and connect to one another and wildlife community dynamics. The program will help promote the conservation of rare carnivores that play a critical […]

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Flu Vaccination Rate Continues to Drop Across Oregon

Some public health officials say ICE activity and federal vaccine actions have caused confusion and fear, leading to fewer shots

by Khushboo Rathore Oregon Journalism Project March 20, 2026March 20, 2026

Oregon’s flu season is closing in on its brutal end, which left many family members dodging each other at holiday gatherings to stay safe. Nationally, less of the population is getting flu vaccinations, and Oregon followed that trend. This season, only 30.7% of Oregonians got the flu vaccine, 10,000 fewer than last year—a rate about […]

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Deschutes County Asks Redmond to Pause Homeless Camp Sweep

As homelessness on undeveloped land stifles industrial growth, County officials fear evicting dozens of campers will only result in more problems

by Clayton Franke March 19, 2026March 20, 2026

Deschutes County asked the City of Redmond to pause the eviction of dozens of homeless campers from undeveloped land in a City-owned industrial park, saying the move would add chaos to an effort to remedy homelessness in the area and make way for development. The Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners approved a letter detailing the request at a meeting March 18. That came one week after the Redmond City Council agreed to start notifying people living in tents and trailers on […]

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High Desert Museum Breaks Ground on $40 Million Expansion

New classrooms, community gathering spaces, a 3,225 square-foot art gallery and a reinstallation of indigenous plateau cultural material are expected

By Jesse CoronadoMarch 19, 2026March 19, 2026

The High Desert Museum broke ground Thursday on an expansion project that will bring more classrooms, community gathering spaces and a new art gallery to the museum. Estimated to cost around $40 million, the project is slated for a December 2027 completion date. “We’ve been working on this for several years, from the initial concept design to the fundraising,” HDM Executive Director Dana Whitelaw told the Source. “I think it’s astonishing that […]

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Unprepared: The Broken Pipeline Teaching Oregon’s Teachers

How our education leaders have failed the classroom

by James Neff, Oregon Journalism Project March 19, 2026March 19, 2026

Jim Green says one solution for Oregon’s worst-in-the-nation reading scores is a governor’s executive order away. Green should know. For 25 years, he worked the halls of the Capitol, first as a lobbyist and then as executive director of the Oregon School Boards Association, which represents 1,400 elected members across the state’s 197 school districts. […]

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State Clears Hurdle for 450-Home Mixed-Income Community in Northeast Redmond

Oregon lawmakers continue to test whether bending urban growth boundary rules can spur affordable housing construction

by Clayton Franke March 19, 2026March 18, 2026

A state land use policy board agreed to tweak the rules of a 10-year-old affordable housing experiment that should help lift a 450-home development in northeast Redmond off the ground. Utilities are set and new streets will be paved this spring at a 40-acre site in northwest Redmond, slated to become a new community called Northpoint Vista. But much of the home building […]

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New Adaptive Cycling Center Expands Access

Oregon Adaptive Sports receives $63,747 to complete adaptive cycling center at Pine Nursery Park, becoming the third facility of its kind on the West Coast.

By Jesse CoronadoMarch 18, 2026March 18, 2026

A new adaptive cycling center, the third of its kind on the West Coast, is coming to Bend’s Pine Nursery Park. Visit Bend’s Bend Sustainability Fund, which gets its money from the transient lodging tax imposed on visitors who stay in Bend short-term, is granting Oregon Adaptive Sports $63,747 to complete the center. “It’s aligned with a lot of […]

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The Foilies 2026

Recognizing the worst in government transparency

by Electronic Frontier Foundation, MuckRock News and Illustrations by Shelby Criswell March 18, 2026March 12, 2026

For the last six years, a class of journalism students at the University of Nevada, Reno, has kicked off each semester by filing their first Freedom of Information Act requests. The assignment: Request copies of complaints sent to the Federal Communications Commission about their favorite TV show, a local radio station, or a major broadcast […]

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