The Central Oregon Wildfire Educators Group (COWEG), created in 2022 under the Central Oregon Fire Prevention Co-Op, is proud to highlight years of momentum in wildfire preparedness, education, and community collaboration across the region. Bringing together city, county, state, federal, and private‑land wildfire educators, the group continues to deliver a unified, consistent message of how […]
Central Oregon Wildfire Educators Group Strengthens Regional Wildfire Preparedness
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Changing Patterns Offers Unique ‘Life After Incarceration Re-Entry Simulation’ at Annual Fundraiser April 11
What would you need to successfully navigate life after incarceration? Changing Patterns’ 3rd annual fundraiser, “An Unforgettable Experience,” invites regional leaders, social service personnel, and community members to step into the shoes of a returning citizen to experience for themselves the difficulties of re-entry to life after incarceration.Finding housing, a job, transportation and a support system […]
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Deschutes County Asks Redmond to Pause Homeless Camp Sweep
Deschutes County asked the City of Redmond to pause the eviction of dozens of homeless campers from undeveloped land in a City-owned industrial park, saying the move would add chaos to an effort to remedy homelessness in the area and make way for development. The Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners approved a letter detailing the request at a meeting March 18. That came one week after the Redmond City Council agreed to start notifying people living in tents and trailers on […]
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High Desert Museum Breaks Ground on $40 Million Expansion
The High Desert Museum broke ground Thursday on an expansion project that will bring more classrooms, community gathering spaces and a new art gallery to the museum. Estimated to cost around $40 million, the project is slated for a December 2027 completion date. “We’ve been working on this for several years, from the initial concept design to the fundraising,” HDM Executive Director Dana Whitelaw told the Source. “I think it’s astonishing that […]
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Unprepared: The Broken Pipeline Teaching Oregon’s Teachers
Jim Green says one solution for Oregon’s worst-in-the-nation reading scores is a governor’s executive order away. Green should know. For 25 years, he worked the halls of the Capitol, first as a lobbyist and then as executive director of the Oregon School Boards Association, which represents 1,400 elected members across the state’s 197 school districts. […]
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2026 Foodie Crawl
NeighborImpact invites the community to take part in one of Central Oregon’s most anticipated food events while helping meet a growing need for food assistance. The 2026 Foodie Crawl, presented by U.S. Bank, will take place Sunday, April 26, from 2 to 4 p.m., followed by an after-party from 4 to 6 p.m. in downtown […]
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Wyden Announces Town Halls Including Central Oregon
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today announced he will hold 10 open-to-all town halls starting March 28 in eastern, central and southern Oregon as well as in the Columbia Gorge. Heading into these 10 town halls from March 28-April 2, Wyden has held 1,152 open-to-all town halls statewide in keeping his promise to hold at least one town hall each year […]
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State Clears Hurdle for 450-Home Mixed-Income Community in Northeast Redmond
A state land use policy board agreed to tweak the rules of a 10-year-old affordable housing experiment that should help lift a 450-home development in northeast Redmond off the ground. Utilities are set and new streets will be paved this spring at a 40-acre site in northwest Redmond, slated to become a new community called Northpoint Vista. But much of the home building […]
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New Adaptive Cycling Center Expands Access
A new adaptive cycling center, the third of its kind on the West Coast, is coming to Bend’s Pine Nursery Park. Visit Bend’s Bend Sustainability Fund, which gets its money from the transient lodging tax imposed on visitors who stay in Bend short-term, is granting Oregon Adaptive Sports $63,747 to complete the center. “It’s aligned with a lot of […]
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‘Seeds of Abundance’
Bend artist Michele Guieu takes to heart the quote, “Beauty is everywhere, but the catastrophe is immense,” by French astrophysicist Aurelien Barrau. It’s a paradox about the stunning beauty of nature, art and life while simultaneously acknowledging that humans create situations of crisis. “Enjoy nature. Enjoy the beauty, but be active in your community,” Guieu […]