Bend, Redmond get share of federal COVID-19 housing aid to avoid evictions
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Monday communities across Oregon will receive $22.4 million to help households facing higher risk of…
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New Oregon paid-leave program aims to help some quarantined workers
A new program starts this week to help people who work in Oregon and need to quarantine or isolate due to COVID-19 exposure, but don’t have access to…
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Oregon reports 5 more COVID-19 deaths, 185 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 509, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue Reading ‘Sad milestone’: Oregon reports 6 more COVID-19 deaths; toll tops 500
COVID-19 has claimed six more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 505, the Oregon Health Authority reported Saturday.…
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Not all masks help with wildfire smoke
Morgan Emerson of the Deschutes County Health Department says masks used to prevent COVID-19 work differently from masks that help prevent smoke…
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Jefferson, Jackson counties taken off state’s COVID-19 ‘Watch List’
Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday that Jefferson and Jackson counties have succeeded in reducing the spread of COVID-19 sufficiently enough to be…
Continue Reading COVID-19 claims 2 more lives, including Jefferson County man, 64
COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, including a 64-year-old Jefferson County man, raising the state’s death toll to 499, the Oregon…
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NeighborImpact offers COVID-19 relief mortgage assistance
NeighborImpact said Thursday it is now offering COVID-19 relief mortgage assistance for homeowners who have been financially impacted by the…
Continue Reading Oregon reports 3 more COVID-19 deaths, 187 new cases; case count dropping
COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 497, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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C. Oregonians seek to help evacuees; Red Cross deals with COVID-19 health risks
With many Central Oregonians looking for ways to help by donating items to wildfire evacuees arriving in Deschutes County, the American Red Cross…
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Bank volunteers in Bend sew masks
Volunteers with First Interstate Bank in Bend spent part of their Wednesday sewing hundreds of masks to donate to front-line workers at the…
Continue Reading Oregon reports 8 more COVID-19 deaths, including Deschutes County’s 12th
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…
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Deschutes County distributes $4.4 million in CARES Act funding
Deschutes County commissioners have allocated the remaining $4.39 million of federal funding from the Coronavirus Relief Fund from the Coronavirus…
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CARES Act funds go to COCC students, Small Business Development Center
Just four months after Central Oregon Community College assisted more than 1,500 students with a financial boost from the school’s federal…
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Downtown and east Bend libraries reopen
Tuesday marks the first time the downtown and east Bend libraries have been open since March…
Continue Reading Oregon reports 4 new COVID-19 deaths, 169 more cases
COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 486, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Crook County schools welcome back K-3 students for in-person classes
Taylor Trautman’s first day as principal of Barnes Butte Elementary in Prineville was probably different than she…
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Annual Oregon AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic goes virtual
The annual Oregon AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic and call to action went virtual this year. The event included a panel of…
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Fewer Labor Day barbecues this year
A Bank of America survey found that only 45% of Americans plan on hosting or attending barbecues Monday. The decrease is due to the COVID-19…
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Central Oregonians reflect on unusual summer
On Labor Day, NewsChannel 21 spoke with some Central Oregon residents about a very unusual summer, and how they made the best of…
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