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Sisters preps use of new gas tax revenue, if it survives
Voters in tourist-dependent Sisters approve 3-cent-a-gallon gas tax hike in mail ballots, while Redmond and Madras measures are resoundingly defeated; gas dealers group tells Sisters: See you in court; mayor outlines plans for use of money.
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Bend man convicted on federal tax evasion charges
Federal jury convicts Bend man on income tax evasion, conspiracy charges, faces up to 30-year prison term; one of four people indicted in case of employee leasing company.
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ODFW gets its goat, 'collars' rare visitor near Bend
Rare but popular local visitor, a Rocky Mountain goat recently seen off Highway 20 east of Bend by hundreds of Central Oregon residents, now sports a radio collar, in hopes of tracking its future wandering.
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January jobless rates: New year, new hope
New year brings hope of a turnaround as area jobless rates decline by notable amounts; still, the job losses of 2009 were tough in all three counties, state says.
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New: Search Oregon consumer complaints online
Oregon Attorney General John Kroger kicked off National Consumer Protection Week Tuesday by unveiling a new online search feature that will allow consumers to look for complaints against businesses.
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Telfer one of four seeking state treasurer's post
Bend state Sen. Chris Telfer files to follow in Ben Westlund's footsteps and be state Treasurer, notes her CPA background; three Democrats plan to run, including Ted Wheeler, appointed by the governor to interim post.
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Earth2o's Emery Oregon's 'Small Biz Person of Year'
Oregon Business Development Commissioner Steve Emery, president and CEO of Culver's Earth2o, chosen as 2010 Oregon Small Business Person of the Year by U.S. Small Business Administration.
| Transient gets eight years for abusing teen at homeless camp
Transient arrested last summer for sexually abusing a teenage boy at a Bend homeless camp is sentenced to more than eight years in prison, but continues to profess his innocence after jury's conviction.
| La Pine residents react to deadly cougar attack
A cougar attacked and seriously injured a horse in La Pine over the weekend, to the point where it had to be euthanized. But the troubling part, residents say, is where officials believe the big cats are calling home.
| Redmond soldier visits class to say 'thanks'
They've been writing to him for months now. And now, finally, Specialist John Montgomery visited Karen Brockway's third-grade classroom at Lynch Elementary.
| Bend, Salem memorials set for Ben Westlund
The public is invited to two memorial services for state Treasurer and former Central Oregon legislator Ben Westlund, who died Sunday of cancer at the age of 60.
| Booming COCC plans to add staff, hike tuition
Central Oregon Community College recently won voter approval of a bond measure to build new facilities; now, it plans to boost tuition in each of the next several years, to help make sure staffing and services can keep up.
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