Business

A Prineville car salesman and his business are coming under fire by a growing list victims for allegedly cheating them out of tens of thousands of dollars -- which combined might be total hundreds of thousands. Central Oregon Motors, LLC, and its owner Michael Dwayne Smetzer, are also named defendants in two lawsuits for over $1.3 million.

The owners of a Prineville company have been fined by the Oregon Construction & Contractors Board for "Advertising or bidding without a CCB license" according to records obtained by the Prineville Review.

A previously rejected proposal by Prineville's exclusive solid waste provider to increase rates now appears poised for approval by the City Council, according to an agenda packet for the City Council's August 13th meeting. A prepared resolution approving the proposed 10% rate increase appeared in the agenda packet.