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Mental health-related anxiety and depression are often on the rise at this time of year — and this year brings added challenges. Counseling…
Continue ReadingMental health-related anxiety and depression are often on the rise at this time of year — and this year brings added challenges. Counseling…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown announced updates Tuesday to county risk levels under the state’s new public health framework to reduce transmission and protect…
Continue ReadingSisters fifth-graders cannot return to in-person learning until at least Jan. 11 — and if Deschutes County’s COVID-19 case numbers don’t improve,…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 912, along with 1,314 new cases that push the state’s tally past…
Continue ReadingThe statewide two-week freeze officially comes to an end on Wednesday, meaning restaurants in Deschutes County can open up for outdoor dining on…
Continue ReadingAbout 50 protesters converged on the Silverton home of a state workplace safety regulator over the weekend to protest a large fine levied against the…
Continue ReadingOregon State University researchers have received a $2 million grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to create a national TRACE Center…
Continue ReadingA Salem hospital has placed a nurse on administrative leave after she posted a video on social media in which she said she does not follow safety…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed nine more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 905, along with nearly 1,600 new cases, the Oregon Health…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Health Authority reported Saturday a record number of 1,669 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, raising the state’s total to…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 885, along with 826 new cases, both numbers down due to holiday…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed 15 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 882, along with 1,514 new cases, lifting the statewide tally past…
Continue ReadingLocal nurses delivered a petition to St. Charles Health System executives Wednesday, calling on executives to provide adequate personal protective…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County health experts provided an update Wednesday, breaking down the sharp rise in COVID-19…
Continue ReadingBars and restaurants can reopen for limited outdoor service next week, but many restrictions will remain in place until a vaccine against the…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed 20 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 867, along with 1,189 new cases, including a record 75 in Deschutes…
Continue ReadingA diverse team of nonprofits, working with grant funds from the CARES Act, said Friday it is able to provide support and assistance with food and…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association expressed disappointment after a federal judge on Tuesday refused to grant a temporary restraining…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed 21 more lives in Oregon, one more than the daily record set last week, raising the state’s death toll to 847, along with 1,011…
Continue ReadingVolunteers and donations are down this year, but the need is…
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