SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown has agreed to award state workers who were required to report to work in person during the pandemic one-time “COVID hazard payments” of up to $1,550 under new tentative labor agreements.
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SALEM — The board of Oregon’s Public Employees Retirement System voted unanimously Friday, July 23, to reduce its long-term assumption about earnings on the pension system’s investment portfol…
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LOS ANGELES — California and New York City announced Monday, July 26, that they would require all government employees to get the coronavirus vaccine or face weekly COVID-19 testing, and the D…
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Lawyers working to get Easterday farming and ranching operations through bankruptcy reorganization have racked up nearly $4.7 million in fees and expenses in four months.
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LA GRANDE — The Oregon Employment Department reported the number of residents in Eastern Oregon receiving unemployment benefits is lower now than it was before the pandemic started.
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SALEM — Oregon workforce officials said Tuesday, July 13, the state’s unemployment rate dropped in June to 5.6%, down from a 5.8% tally for May that was revised downward.
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SALEM — Oregon small-business owners are more optimistic about the future than they have been at any point since the pandemic began.
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SALEM — Oregon missed its midyear target for improving the employment department’s woeful phone system, but the state says it remains committed to resolving the issues by the end of the year.
The crew of the Pendleton branch of Tum-A-Lum Lumber poses June 21, 2021, for the groundbreaking of the new Tum-A-Lum location at 2470 S.E. Court Ave. Shane Reinhart, Pendleton branch manager,…
PENDLETON — A Pendleton dentist was recently honored by the Academy of General Dentistry with a Mastership Award, which recognizes commitment to excellence in dental education.
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BOARDMAN — Oregon officials have given Cody Easterday 15 days to withdraw his application to operate a controversial mega-dairy in Boardman, just south of the Tri-Cities.
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Oregon’s lowest-paid workers will be earning more beginning Thursday, July 1 — as much as $14 an hour for some.
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LA GRANDE — In an average year, the Thunder RV parking lot boasts 30 to 45 RVs, ranging from truck campers to 5th wheels to travel trailers.
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For the first time in many years, Milton-Freewater is seeing an influx of businesses applying for land-approval in the town. The city of Milton-Freewater reported a total of 212 businesses in …
HEPPNER — Gary Propheter recently retired from the Bank of Eastern Oregon, after a nearly 50-year career in banking.
PORTLAND — Nez Perce, Umatilla, Warm Springs and Yakama tribal fishers are making their way to the Columbia River after the tribes announced that the first commercial gillnet fishery of 2021 o…
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Dutch Bros, the drive-thru chain of coffee stands based in Grants Pass, says it has filed for an initial public offering after years of rapid growth. It could be Oregon’s first major IPO since 2004.
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SALEM — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced plans on Friday, June 4, to lift mask mandates and physical distancing requirements in most settings once 70% of adults in Oregon have received their f…
HEPPNER — The Bank of Eastern Oregon recently promoted six employees into vice president roles.
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PENDLETON — According to Steve Chrisman, Pendleton’s airport manager and economic development director, the world is in the midst of nothing short of a “fourth industrial revolution” thanks to…
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PENDLETON — The East Oregonian will welcome back a familiar face to its newsroom.
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HEPPNER — The Heppner Chamber of Commerce has a new executive director, according to a press release.
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PENDLETON — A Tri-Cities hotelier is readying development on a new Holiday Inn in Pendleton, with an exact location to be determined.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund is now taking applications.
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HERMISTON — The developer for a proposed natural gas plant outside Hermiston is reviewing an offer from a potential buyer who expressed interest in continuing the project.
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PENDLETON — One of Pendleton’s most prominent buildings is on the market, and all anyone needs to buy is as little as $2 million.
PORTLAND — Registration for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) will begin Friday, April 30 at 6 a.m. and thenSmall Business Administration will begin accepting applications via the Resta…
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Mike Pierce hopes to carry on the legacy of his friend, mentor and owner David Young, who died two years ago, repairing agricultural and construction equipment in the Walla Walla Valley.
HEPPNER — BEO Bancorp and its subsidiary, Bank of Eastern Oregon, announced first quarter 2021 consolidated net income of $1,337,000, or $1.11 per share, compared to $1,110,000, or $0.94 per s…
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The plan was to keep Michelle Swartzentruber closer to home by getting the young woman invested in a new baking operation. The result was too sweet to resist.
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A new warehouse starting construction in Hermiston is expected to hire 75 to 100 people once it is completed later this year.
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MESA, Wash. — A Washington man pleaded guilty on Wednesday, March 31, to defrauding businesses out of more than $244 million by charging them under various agreements for the purported costs o…
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ENTERPRISE — An ambulance service based in Eastern Oregon that often helps with wildfire victims has turned its attention to the still-raging COVID-19 pandemic that, unlike last year’s wildfir…
Commercial Tire announced last week that the company is now 100% employee owned.
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UMATILLA COUNTY — State and federal COVID-19 relief legislation will present more grant opportunities to businesses in April.
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PORTLAND — Finding locally grown fresh food Oregon just became easier.
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HERMISTON — Columbia Basin Bioscience, a CBD extraction company based in Hermiston, announced on Wednesday, March 17, that it has received a Current Good Manufacturing Practice certification.
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PENDLETON — When the Pendleton Quiznos went out of business last year, Lam Ha saw the space as the perfect location for a restaurant dream more than a decade in the making.
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SALEM — Scores of beloved Oregon businesses permanently shut their doors during the pandemic, unable to endure the prolonged downturn as safety restrictions limited business — or customers sim…
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HERMISTON — A lawsuit by Airport Road residents Chris and Monique Waine against Umatilla County and the city of Hermiston continues to move forward after a judge denied the defendants’ motion …
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Morrow County and Tillamook County Creamery Association have announced another round of funding is available to assist small businesses affected by COVID-19.
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WALLA WALLA — Lori Wyman is stepping in as regional business manager for Pacific Power in Walla Walla and other Southeast Washington communities, according to a press release.
SALEM — The Oregon Employment Department experienced a tenfold increase in identity theft issues in 2020 as new jobless claims poured in during the pandemic, mirroring a spike in claims that t…
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PORTLAND — A federal judge found on Tuesday, Feb. 9, that Anheuser-Busch’s advertisements portraying its Michelob ULTRA Hard Seltzer as “the only” or “the first national USDA certified organic…
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WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Harvust, a Walla Walla agriculture-focused tech company, attracted national attention when its owners were recognized as the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2021 Entrepr…
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HEPPNER — The Bank of Eastern Oregon has named a new executive vice president and chief operations officer, according to a press release.
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FAREWELL BEND — A dark and remote stretch of Interstate 84 east of Baker City is considerably brighter in 2021.
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Many parts of the U.S. are facing lumber shortages — and experts say the problem is acute in the West after 2020's devastating wildfires.
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Owner Grant Richie and store operators Robert Corwin and Shawn Pierce together have steered the 5,000-square-foot facility in a new direction over the past 12 months. [SUBSCRIBER-ONLY CONTENT]
HERMISTON — Rogers Toyota opened its location in Hermiston on Wednesday, Dec. 16.
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UMATILLA — Dollar General could be coming to Umatilla.
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HERMISTON — Club 24’s Oregon locations and the Hermiston Athletic Club are closed at the request of Oregon’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration.
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PENDLETON — The Umatilla County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the expenditure of up to $1.18 million from the state-funded CARES Business Grant Program to support businesses in t…
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Oregon will soon be paying out additional benefits to around 246,000 residents who found themselves unemployed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
