COCC’s staff, faculty moving to teleworking setup
Responding to an executive order from Gov. Kate Brown, starting next Monday and extending through April 28, Central Oregon Community College’s staff…
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COVID-19 Oregon impacts: Camping closures, sheriffs assn., Arts Commission
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Thursday’s government announcements include three Oregon agencies’ temporary camping closures and messages from the Oregon State…
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Wyden, Merkley, Walden, Oregon DOJ issue virus-related statements
Another flurry of news releases Wednesday on various aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak from Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, Rep. Greg Walden. We…
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Crater Lake National Park modifies operations
Crater Lake, OR (KTVZ) – Crater Lake National Park announced Wednesday modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White…
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Bend City Council ratifies state of emergency, pulls May transportation measure
In a surreal scene at an unusual time in America, only Bend Mayor Sally Russell and a few city staff were on hand for Wednesday night’s city council…
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COVID-19 Oregon: Gov. Brown orders higher ed classes online, halt to non-emergency medical procedures
Wednesday brought numerous state announcements, including Gov. Kate Brown’s orders for higher education online classes and to halt non-emergency…
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Layoffs, shutdowns: Oregon leaders face scope of virus fallout
Amid major layoffs and small businesses closing, a new committee of the state Legislature, which had its inaugural meeting today, is tasked with…
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Judge: Oregon water regulators exceeded authority in Klamath Basin
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s water regulators exceeded their authority when they shut off wells within 500 feet of waterways in the Upper Klamath…
Continue Reading Two more Oregonians die of COVID-19, bring total to 3
COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll from the novel coronavirus to three, the Oregon Health Authority…
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C.O. COVID-19 impacts: Courts, law enforcement, others making big changes
Tuesday’s announcements of changes in operations, curtailments and cancellations due to the COVID-19 outbreak stretched from the Deschutes County…
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Bend may pull $190 million May transportation ballot measure due to COVID-19
The city of Bend plans to withdraw its $190 million transportation bond measure from the May 19 primary election ballot, citing the new, serious…
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Gov. Brown extends statewide school closure to April 28
Gov. Kate Brown announced late Tuesday an extension of Oregon’s statewide school closure to a total of six weeks, until April 28, and also issued…
Continue Reading Gov. Brown: No visitors allowed at group care homes amid COVID-19 outbreak
Oregon will no longer allow visitors at nursing homes and other group care facilities in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus among people…
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DA: Bend police say they shot woman after chase as her van sped toward officer, K-9
Two Bend police officers said they shot and seriously wounded a Bend woman after a pursuit on Highway 20 east of Bend last week when she put her…
Continue Reading Portland to put homeless in public buildings, end evictions due to COVID-19
Authorities in Multnomah County announced Tuesday that they will be opening hundreds of new shelter beds in public buildings throughout Portland, to…
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Oregon reports 12 new COVID-19 cases; Deschutes County now at 6
Four more residents of the Oregon Veterans’ Home in Lebanon have tested positive for presumptive cases of COVID-19, the Oregon Department of…
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Oregon AG offers new price gouging hotline; gov clears way for prosecution
Hours after Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum asked Gov. Kate Brown to declare an “abnormal disruption of the market,” Brown did so, clearing…
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COVID-19 impacts: Bend warming shelter to stay open
NeighborImpact is pleased to announce a planned extension of the closure of the Bend Winter Warming Shelter on a day-by-day basis due to the new…
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Gov. Brown takes sweeping actions to curb COVID-19 spread, prep for patient surge
Gov. Kate Brown announced Monday sweeping measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus, from canceling all events of over 25 people to four…
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Gov. Brown stops short for now at shutting down bars, restaurants
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Monday stopped short of ordering a shutdown of bars and restaurants, instead urging younger, healthier people to keep their…
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