BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Across the country, internship offers have been rescinded amid the pandemic restrictions. But for Bend-based nonprofit organization Saving Grace, internships are available and crucial to fulfill their mission. Saving Grace provides services and programs to survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual assault and intimate partner stalking, including support groups and counseling.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – To help slow the spread of COVID-19 and support Central Oregon’s COVID-19 recovery efforts, St. Charles Health System is offering to help public health departments in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties with contact tracing. Six St. Charles community health educators from family care clinics in Bend, Madras, Prineville and Redmond have taken the Oregon Health Authority’s online training
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Results from two days of door-to-door sampling in several Bend neighborhoods by Oregon State University and OSU-Cascades suggest that one person in 1,000 in the Bend community during the weekend of May 30-31 had the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, researchers announced Wednesday.
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The High Desert Museum south of Bend will reopen to the public on Wednesday, June 17, with new practices in place to best ensure the health of visitors and staff.
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Farm Bureau proudly awarded $7,000 in scholarships this year. Four students received $1,000, and two students received $1,500. > $1,000 scholarship recipients: Teegan Wallace of Bend Francesca Rossi of Bend Chance Greene of Powell Butte Chelsea Bunmann of Bend > $1,500 scholarship recipients: Maddie Lamken of
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Deschutes County commissioners on Wednesday discussed, but did not decide upon a declaration of severe drought in the county, following up on area irrigators’ request that Gov. Kate Brown take similar action.
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday it is now offering a Blue Line Safety Zone in the parking lot of its La Pine substation.
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An upset patient’s telephoned threat to bring a gun to the Redmond branch of The Center, an orthopedic and neurosurgery care facility, prompted a half-hour lockout and an “active weapons” alert at nearby St. Charles Redmond on Wednesday morning, a spokeswoman said.
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The Oregon Department of Education on Wednesday released Ready Schools, Safe Learners, the initial guidance for how public and private schools will develop an operational blueprint for the 2020-21 school year.
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The closing of public schools in March due to Covid-19 sent shock waves through the public education system as schools scurried to transition to online and remote learning.
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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is warning Oregonians that scammers may be taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to file for unemployment in your name.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – The Bureau of Land Management is proposing updates to antiquated regulations governing administration of timber sales, as well as a new tool designed to streamline and improve analysis of projects designed to reduce fuel loads and improve forest health by removing dead and dying trees. Both proposals better reflect how BLM plans
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Family Access Network has received a $10,000 grant from the Lamb Foundation that will provide 100 children and families in Central Oregon with essential needs, including nutritious food, safe shelter, clothing, health care, school supplies and much more. It only takes $100 to give a child FAN advocate services for
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Deschutes County residents have been busy with defensible space preparation, and their effort shows in the results from this spring’s FireFree events.
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A fiery head-on crash on U.S. Highway 20E more than 50 miles east of Bend killed at least one person early Wednesday morning and closed the highway for hours, authorities said.
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The slow advance of the next system southward along the British Columbia coast will allow us one more fair day before the rains settle in.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler says he will make policing changes that include ending the use of patrol officers on public transit and redirecting $7 million from the police budget and $5 million from other city funds to communities of color. Wheeler said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon that he also
Continue Reading BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Risa Christie, Alaric Hartsock and Jessica Thomas were among 70 trained field staff knocking on doors of randomly selected homes in late May in Bend as part of Oregon State University’s TRACE-COVID-19 study to help understand the prevalence of the virus in the community. For Christie, Hartsock and Thomas, all former
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With travel restrictions easing, Smith Rock State Park, Central Oregon’s world-renowned climbing spot, is again drawing big crowds — and that’s brought an all too familiar safety issue for neighbors, of parked cars lining nearby streets.
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Senate Finance Committee Ranking member Ron Wyden wants DHS alerts to providers and public about some nursing homes illegally requiring Medicaid recipients to hand over their COVID-19 economic impact payments.
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