Back-to-school may be different with COVID-19, but the importance of staying up-to-date on immunizations remains steady. Central Oregon public health departments want to remind parents to make sure their children have all the immunizations they need to stay healthy.
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Here are Wednesday’s full updates for the Lionshead, Santiam (formerly Beachie Creek) and Two Four Two fires.
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With many Central Oregonians looking for ways to help by donating items to wildfire evacuees arriving in Deschutes County, the American Red Cross said it also must address health risks due to COVID-19.
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COVID-19 has claimed eight more lives in Oregon, including Deschutes County’s 12th death, raising the state’s death toll to 494, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
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Gov. Kate Brown declared her first-ever statewide conflagration Wednesday amid an unprecedented number of destructive wildfires across Oregon that she and fire officials advised have resulted in major loss in both lives and property that have yet to be fully counted.
Continue Reading SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Kate Brown will hold a wildfire press briefing today at 1 p.m. The governor will be joined by Mariana Ruiz-Temple, State Fire Marshal at the Office of the State Fire Marshal; Doug Grafe, Chief of Fire Protection at the Oregon Department of Forestry; Andrew Phelps, Director of the Oregon Office of Emergency
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A woman in Sisters has taken three families under her wing after they were evacuated from their homes due the Holiday Farm Fire.
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Two major highways into and out of Central Oregon closed by wildfires in recent days have reopened, ODOT said Wednesday, though the agency is advising motorists to “travel with extreme caution.”
Continue ReadingThe Bend and Redmond fire departments joined other agencies Wednesday in banning all recreational fires. We have that and other fire-related notices from agencies issued Wednesday:
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Deschutes County commissioners have allocated the remaining $4.39 million of federal funding from the Coronavirus Relief Fund from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to support local families and businesses impacted by COVID-19 and continue to invest in local public health response to the pandemic
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Meyer Memorial Trust recently granted the Family Access Network (FAN) $75,000 over the course of two years to connect children and families to basic-need resources in Central Oregon.
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William Claridge, MD, brings decades of valuable clinical experience to his work caring for patients at the Volunteers in Medicine clinic in Bend.
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The Better Business Bureau is issuing a warning against online retailer, Primitive Survivors, also known as Superior Global Marketing DBA Primitive Survivors.
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Happy Wednesday, Central Oregon! We are expecting a second consecutive day of clear skies here on the High Desert. However, the same cannot be said for the rest of Oregon, as fire crews continue to attack several wildfires across the state, mainly west of the Cascades. The Lionshead Fire in Jefferson County, now at more
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The Great Drake Park Duck Race is still taking place this Sunday.
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Imagine driving through blood orange skies, as you evacuate a home you may never return to.
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Bend police say even at schools where students aren’t in class, motorists should still obey the regular speed limits – and be alert .
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Wildfires fanned by high winds burned hundreds of thousands of acres in the Northwest, mostly destroying a small town in eastern Washington state and causing evacuations, power outages and highway closures in Oregon.
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This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense as your kids head back to school online.
Continue ReadingHere are wildfire announcements Tuesday night from the Willamette and Fremont-Winema national forests, along with helpful information from ODOT and the state Department of Consumer and Business Services.
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