Gov. Kate Brown and Oregon health officials warned Tuesday of the capacity challenges facing hospitals as COVID-19 case counts continue to spike in the state and urged residents weary of restrictions and health guidelines to redouble their efforts.
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COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, including a 73-year-old Deschutes County man, raising the state’s death toll to 737, along with 711 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.
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Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, fall term enrollment at Oregon State University–Cascades has increased 4.9%, compared with 2019, and includes 27% more first-year students and 16% more transfer students, the school announced Tuesday.
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Middle school students from Bend-La Pine Schools are joining with local leaders in a regional campaign to encourage students, families, community members and residents of Central Oregon to choose kindness on Nov. 13 — and all year long — to create a kinder Central Oregon.
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Gov. Kate Brown will hold a press availability at 1 p.m. Tuesday to discuss the capacity challenges facing Oregon hospitals as COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations continue to spike.
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As Oregon looks to a long-term economic rebound in the era of COVID-19, a recently released statewide study reveals just how important Central Oregon Community College is to the regional economy
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The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust recently granted $250,000 to help expand the Oregon Observatory at Sunriver, which is doubling its footprint next year to accommodate more visitors, even during COVID-19 restrictions.
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The Deschutes National Forest released a draft decision notice Tuesday on a cave management forest order prohibiting specific activities in and around caves that impact fragile resources. Most of the prohibitions were taken from existing forest orders.
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The Bottle Bill is one of the most visible pieces of legislation in Oregon’s history. The Legislature and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission have an opportunity to update the law to better align with the original environmental policy goals of the law, according to an audit released Tuesday by Secretary of State Bev Clarno.
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The family of a Klamath Falls man who died while working at the Columbia Forest Products mill has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
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This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against fraudulent WiFi.
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On behalf of the Trump Administration and in support of America’s military members and families, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt signed Secretary’s Order 3387 at the Iowa Gold Star Museum in October, announcing that Gold Star Families and U.S. military veterans will be granted free access to national parks, national wildlife refuges and other federal lands managed by the Department of the Interior starting on Veterans Day (Nov. 11) this year and every day onward.
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Just one year after the launch of the partnership between Oregon College Savings Plan and Oregon BottleDrop, over 1,280 Oregonians are now saving for higher education through the convenient redemption of bottles and cans.
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Dutch Bros Bend and Redmond are honoring Veterans Day by donating proceeds from sales on Wednesday, Nov. 11 to Honor Flights. All funds will go to Honor Flights’ veterans’ program. The organization transports veterans to Washington D.C. to visit memorials dedicated to those who sacrificed their lives.
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The Family Access Network recently received a $1,000 grant from Central Oregon Association of REALTORS. Funds from COAR will be used to provide children in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties with FAN advocate services during the 2020-21 school year.
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We have another chance for rain and snow off and on Tuesday with snow levels around 2800 feet.
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Scientists from Oregon State University are teaming up with the Karuk Tribe and other partners to develop strategies for managing future wildfires in northern California’s Klamath Mountains and restoring the role of beneficial fire in the region.
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Bend Mayor Sally Russell has called an emergency city council meeting for noon Thursday to discuss new steps to curb the area’s spike in COVID-19 cases, after the Bend-La Pine School Board fired off a letter pressing local officials and police to quickly consider stronger short-term action, including “formal restrictions on tourism and businesses.”
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A federal judge has removed a restriction he placed on federal officers’ actions in response to protests outside the federal courthouse in downtown Portland.
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The legislative Emergency Board approved more than $128 million on Monday to help Oregonians impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It includes funding for child care providers, Oregonians in need of shelter, small businesses, long-term care providers and victims of domestic and sexual violence.
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