This practice, known as spot zoning, allows developers to exploit provisions of Oregon’s statewide farmland protections to disrupt long-standing plans, most often to convert “exclusive farm ...

With the current legislative session in Salem coming to a close, lawmakers from Central Oregon are seeing many of the bills ...

The Oregon Legislature has been extremely active on housing issues in recent years. Housing game-changer: New bill eliminates single-family zoning Skip to main content Skip to main content ...

The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners has unanimously adopted the budget for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY 26), following a ...

The Deschutes County Public Safety Campus soon will become a temporary home for people with nowhere else to go.  Nonprofit ...

Budget cuts may be needed that would reduce supervision of felons in Deschutes County. (123RF) One of the ways Deschutes County may suffer in the new state budget is in parole and probation.

Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp confirmed Tuesday he plans to step down Aug. 31, just eight months into his first term in office. The planned move comes as a state board is poised to ...

Oregon lawmakers have voted to repeal the state’s contentious wildfire hazard map, which subjected homeowners in certain ...

The Tarrant County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 along party lines to approve Map 7, finalizing new precinct boundaries after a two-month redistricting process.

The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to approve new zoning regulations that will allow more commercial and industrial areas be open to potential marijuana dispensaries and cultivation ...

Greene County Administrator John Barkley resigned abruptly last Friday evening, according to county officials. Following an executive session at 5:30 p.m., the Greene County Board of Supervisors ...