Prineville. Ore. – Plans are underway in Prineville for Ochoco Elemantary School to be transformed into an affordable housing complex. The city planning commission gave the go-ahead Tuesday. The commission voted unanimously to give Housing Works, Central Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — As Donald Trump emerged on the stage in Cleveland on Monday night, silhouetted against bright lights with Queen’s “We Are the Champions” playing in background, the crowd went wild. But Queen did not. In a tweet posted Read More
Wesley Mann/FOX News via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Roger Ailes, the embattled chairman of Fox News, may have forever changed the media landscape but his future — and that of Fox News — remains uncertain. “He didn’t just create Fox News, he Read More
Bend, Ore. – A 3 percent sales tax on recreational marijuana is being considered by The Bend City Council for the November ballot. The tax would be the first sales tax in Bend. The City Council must approve the tax and then it will go before Bend voters in Read More
Bend, Ore. – The Bend City Council approved a number of actions that will result in increased affordable housing supply in Bend. The City of Bend is the only city in Oregon that allocates this level of local revenue to affordable housing projects. “All together Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Jobless claims were slightly lower week, decreasing by just 1,000, according to the latest figures released Thursday by the Labor Department. For the week ending July 16, the number of people filing for benefits fell from an unrevised Read More
Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s “master plan” for the automaker includes dramatically expanding vehicles’ self-driving capability, allowing owners to add their cars to Tesla’s ride-sharing fleet to Read More
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(NEW YORK) — Former Attorney General Eric Holder will join Airbnb in their effort to help craft an anti-discrimination policy. The company announced Holder’s hiring in a blog post on Wednesday. Pointing to recent Read More
Walmart(NEW YORK) — Wal-Mart is getting a head start on removing chemicals from a number of its products. In an effort to get ahead of household chemical regulations signed into law last month by President Barack Obama, Wal-Mart will ask suppliers to remove an array Read More
Jfanchin/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Kids water bottles sold at L.L. Bean retailers around the country are being recalled after the company learned that the exterior base of the bottles contain high levels of lead. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says that Read More
