The Center Foundation is offering two more concussion baseline testing dates for student athletes in Central Oregon. ImPACT concussion baseline testing will be available for youth ages 12 to 18 on the following dates in 2022: Monday, January 17, 2022 – 9:00 a.m. start Read More
Mosaic Medical, a nonprofit community health center providing quality care for all in Bend, Redmond, Prineville and Madras, was recently awarded $80,000 from the Collins Foundation. The funds will be used to support the development of the new Madras Health Center, a Read More
Oregon has increased the income eligibility limit for food and child care assistance up to 200% of the federal poverty level. The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) increased limits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Employment Related Read More
Oregon Health Authority’s most recent update on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, released today, reported 45,334 cases of COVID-19 during the week of Jan. 2 to Jan. 8. Of those cases, 33,363 or 73.6% were unvaccinated people and 11,971 or 26.4% were vaccine breakthrough Read More
A Bend man was arrested Thursday for drug trafficking after a short-term investigation with the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team, in collaboration with the Clackamas County Interagency Task Force. Detectives identified Schaun Michael Johnson, 37, from a concurrent Read More
Autism Color Walk and Family Carnival Early Registration About the Campaign JOIN FOR The Annual Central Oregon Autism Walk Fundraiser Event!! Here is what you can expect when you register for this years upcoming event!! Half Mile Family Friendly Color Walk Silent Read More
The Deschutes County Commission has approved American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) investments of $425,000 to support the St. Vincent’s Place alternative shelter in Bend and the Shepherds House shelter kitchen project in Redmond. “These investments will help to accelerate Read More
With the surge of COVID-19 cases, Oregon Governor Kate Brown has ordered an increase of National Guard members for the second hospital relief mission, with up to 1,200 Oregon Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen mobilized today. This new activation of the Oregon National Guard is Read More
Oregon Health Authority is moving to an opt-in model for investigating COVID-19 cases, launching a new website and hotline as a way for people who test positive for the virus to report results from an at-home test kit or testing provider. People using the new Positive Read More
Alex Dietz of Bend was fly fishing with an egg pattern on the Deschutes River outside Warm Springs on Dec. 19, 2021 when he hooked a 5 pound 12 oz, 24-inch long mountain whitefish with a 14 inch girth. “My fishing buddy Jason Schreiber saw that I had a big fish on and Read More
