elections

More than 40% of registered voters in Crook County have already returned their ballots ahead of the November 3 general election, placing the county well above Oregon's statewide ballot return rate with less than a week remaining before Election Day.

Crook County voters in the Juniper Canyon area now have a new location to return their ballots ahead of the November general election, following the installation of an official ballot drop box at the Juniper Canyon Fire Station.

There’s a shadow hanging over the Oregon’s governor’s race: a record $10 million check that a California carpenters union wrote to an affiliated Oregon political action committee Sept. 16.

With less than two months until the Nov. 3 general election, a new poll shows the Republican nominee, state Sen. Christine Drazan (R-Canby), with a slender lead over incumbent Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat.

Election night results indicate the race for Crook County Commissioner Position 2 is headed toward a November runoff after no candidate secured a majority in the three-way contest.

Incumbent Crook County Commissioner Seth Crawford declared victory on Wednesday in his effort for re-election. Crawford was challenged by local businessman and former commissioner Ken Fahlgren.