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The Central Oregon Chapter of OSU Master Gardeners presents a free Virtual Q&A Session to answer your questions about the video “Growing Vegetables in Central Oregon,” https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/1_45m9pklu.

Camp Fire Central Oregon celebrates the 25th annual Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® with free ice skating for any person under 18 years old on March 16th at The Pavilion in Bend.

To kick off National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Tuesday released the Oregon Department of Justice’s list of 2021’s top 10 consumer complaints. For the second year in a row, auto sales and repairs, telecommunications and imposter scams took the top three spots.

Central Oregon Community College is seeking individuals interested in serving on the college’s budget committee. There are three current vacancies representing three different zones, with opportunities for Crook, Jefferson and Deschutes County residents.

KPOV High Desert Community Radio has announced the retirement of longtime key employee Jill Mahler. Mahler started at KPOV in 2008 as Office Manager and was promoted to Station Manager in 2015, serving five years as KPOV’s leader.

Consumers often don’t know which products will last and they’ll be able to fix, or which manufacturers make fixable devices and support Right to Repair. A new scorecard from OSPIRG Foundation, “Failing the Fix,” ranks the most popular cell phone and laptop makers for Oregon consumers who seek to purchase easily repairable products – especially those from companies who do not fight Right to Repair.

Here is the ODOT Region 4 construction update for the week of March 7-11.