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Oregon moves forward with long-awaited Employment Department software upgrade
SALEM — After two successful start-up phases, the Oregon Employment Department will soon proceed with the transition of ...
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Oregon employers rarely pay penalties for wage theft. The state wants that to change
SALEM — For Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries, tackling wage theft involves more than just collecting unpaid ...
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Community Bank’s charity drive raises over $29,000
ENTERPRISE — Community Bank raised more than $29,000 in its annual charity drive, conducted between Nov. 28 and ...
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Herbal skin care salves locally produced and sold
LA GRANDE — Lorraine Ferron is the producer of a line of moisturizing salves specially formulated with locally ...
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Post office, shipping businesses navigating Christmas rush
LA GRANDE — Call it a yuletide tradition: Grandmas and grandpas, aunts and uncles, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends, ...
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Oregon’s Job Report: State sees 7,300 job losses
SALEM — Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment declined in November by 7,300 jobs, following a revised loss ...
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Ski guides show beauty of Wallowas in winter
ENTERPRISE — How does a ski trip to the Wallowa Mountains sound for some serious backcountry downhill skiing? ...
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Long-time downtown lunch spot to close doors Dec. 22
LA GRANDE — The lunch crowd in downtown La Grande will grieve a little on Friday, Dec. 22, ...
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Oregon bicycle sales fall to pre-pandemic levels
PORTLAND — Three years of booming Oregon bicycle sales appear to be at an end, another sign of ...
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Anytime Fitness plans move to ‘bigger space’ on Walton Road
LA GRANDE — Practitioners of the sweaty arts and sciences might find it useful to know that Anytime Fitness ...