Jobless Oregonians begin getting $600 weekly COVID-19 extra payments
The Oregon Employment Department on Friday began issuing added $600 weekly coronavirus payments to eligible jobless Oregonians.
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C.O. high schools honor seniors with ‘Friday Night Lights’
Several Central Oregon high schools have come up with a way to show all students and faculty, and especially the senior class, that, while they may be gone from campus, they are not forgotten. You could call it ‘Friday Night Lights.’
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USAID ships 78 pallets of PPE to Oregon
The state of Oregon received a shipment of personal protective equipment Friday from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), replenishing the state’s stockpiles of critically needed N95 masks and other PPE.
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Bend Park & Rec cancels spring recreation programs
The Bend Park and Recreation District has canceled spring recreation programs but will open summer recreation program registration on April 20.
Continue ReadingGov. Brown says she plans no blanket early release of state prison inmates
Instead, she will review each case and situation individually SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued the following statement Friday on calls for the early release of adults in custody in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: “My top priority is keeping Oregonians safe and healthy — regardless of where they are living —
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Bend City Council to take up short-term rental limits, expanded emergency order
The Bend City Council meets next Wednesday evening, largely in a virtual setting to ensure physical distancing, to take up new limits on short-term rentals, with code enforcement for violators, and an extended, expanded emergency declaration.
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Bend school’s Good Friday ‘drive by’ parade lifts spirits
Eastmont School in Bend had a different kind of Easter parade for its students on Friday.
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Bend church to hold ‘drive-in’ Sunday service
Creation Church in Bend will have a drive-in Easter Sunday service, in the field beside Solid Rock Community Church on Brosterhous Road. Following state health guidelines, they’ll watch from their cars and be able to listen to the live service on their car radios.
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Oregon reports four more COVID-19 deaths as total reaches 48
COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 48, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
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C.O. COVID-19 update: Halt to curbside glass collection in Bend
Bend Garbage/Republic Services and Cascade Disposal/Waste Management are temporarily suspending the collection of curbside glass within the city of Bend until at least May 15
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Deschutes commissioners, sheriff allocate $500K in emergency response funds
Deschutes County commissioners and Sheriff Shane Nelson have allocated $500,000 in emergency response funding for immediate COVID-19-related needs in the county.
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Oregon hospitals to receive $291 million from federal coronavirus bill
Oregon’s congressional delegation announced Friday that 3,454 hospitals in Oregon will receive $291 million to enhance their coronavirus response efforts.
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Bend-La Pine Schools add 2 Grab and Go meal sites
Bend-La Pine Schools is adding two new school sites – for a total of 10 school locations – to its free Grab and Go meal locations beginning Monday.
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Redmond photographer gives back on front porches
Redmond resident Katie Hilt of Tulips in August Photography is taking photos of families on their front porches amid the COVID-19 stay-home orders.
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U.S. Postal Service adapts to safely deliver the mail
SEATTLE (KTVZ) — COVID-19 has changed many daily routines, but delivering mail and packages is not one of those changes. To help keep the public and employees safe during this time, the Postal Service is adapting delivery procedures to promote social distancing. USPS continues to follow the strategies and measures recommended by the Centers for Disease
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St. Charles launches Hero Fund to support caregivers on COVID-19’s front lines
In recognition of the sacrifices of those on the front lines caring for COVID-19 patients in Central Oregon, St. Charles is launching a new fund through the St. Charles Foundation to provide bonus pay to eligible employees.
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C.O. photographers capture families’ lives at home
A Bend couple and a Redmond photographer are offering to take photos to document families as they stay close to home in a challenging time.
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C.O. businesses donating cloth masks to St. Charles
Some Central Oregon businesses donated cloth masks for health care workers on Thursday in a project called Operation Inspire. If you want to help out, Credit Associates has a hotline number you can call. It’s 541-312-9176, press 1 when the phone picks up.
Continue Reading Three rural hospitals get Oregon’s first COVID-19 rapid testing instruments
Three rural hospitals in Curry, Morrow and Lake counties are the first in Oregon to receive COVID-19 rapid testing instruments.
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ODFW closing hunting, fishing to non-residents
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Thursday it is closing recreational hunting, fishing, crabbing and clamming to non-residents due to concerns about travel to Oregon to participate in these outdoor activities. “Such travel could spread the virus and put more of a burden on Oregon’s rural communities,” the agency
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