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Goodwill Superstore, Job Training Facility Opens April 9 

The new superstore will provide local material to shop for as well as free personal and professional training
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A new Goodwill Superstore and job training facility on Hunnell Road by Costco makes its debut to North Bend this April.   The 10,000-square-foot superstore and career training facility will provide new jobs for over 50 employees. An additional group of career preparation instructors working at the Career Center will provide community members seeking jobs with opportunities to develop personal and professional skills.   “This is where we provide free […]

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High Desert Museum Breaks Ground on $40 Million Expansion  

New classrooms, community gathering spaces, a 3,225 square-foot art gallery and a reinstallation of indigenous plateau cultural material are expected
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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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Deschutes River High School Opens Up to Realms, Bend Tech Students

Technical and college preparatory coursework will be offered.
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As Bend Tech Academy and Realms High School discontinue their education programs, Deschutes River High School opens up to students coming for the next school year. The school will be located on North East 5th Street, on Bend Tech Academy’s former campus. Deschutes River High School, will be a choice school accepting students in the Bend-La […]

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Support Staff at COCC Fight for Higher Pay 

COCC classified workers say they won’t wait any longer for a raise
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“Get up! Get down! Bend, Oregon, is a union town!” A group of college employees gathered outside Central Oregon Community College’s Boyle Education Center, cheering and hoisting signs that read, among other slogans, “No More Poverty Pay!” and “Pay a Living Wage Now!”  Their chants, slightly stilted at first, gained momentum and volume as dusk […]

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Sondra Marshall, Ph.D  

Local psychologist is accelerating elite competition opportunities for athletes with intellectual disabilities
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Sondra Marshall, Ph.D has become a familiar name across Central Oregon over the past two decades. The Bend-based psychologist founded the Programs of Evaluation, Development and Learning at St. Charles Health System, creating what has become a lifeline for local families navigating developmental and medical challenges. Marshall also helped launch the Central Oregon Concussion Program […]

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Grand Craft Bend: Craft Kitchen & Brewery’s Funny Business

Come for the beer and BBQ, stay for the experimental comedy
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G rand Craft Bend podcast talks to Courtney Stevens, co-owner of Bend’s Craft Kitchen & Brewery about launching the brewpub with her husband, Mark, and hosting tons of events including open-mic stand-up comedy, where Courtney sometimes performs her own material. Listen now: Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Grand Craft Bend: Craft Kitchen & Brewery

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Snow Way Out

Despite late-season snowfall, Central Oregon can still expect harsh drought conditions
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A late season snowstorm gave Central Oregonians a glimmer of hope that the drought, among the most severe in the region’s history, could be alleviated. Oregon’s Snotel precipitation report found the Upper Deschutes received about 99% of the median yearly snowfall. That figure may be a bit misleading, according to experts, and on April 25 […]

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New Year, New Villages

In 2021 Central Oregon Vet Villages became the first-of-a-kind shelter in the region; in 2022 even more will open
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Central Oregon Villages submitted two proposed models for a managed campsite to the City of Bend, and are the only organization to do so by the end of the City’s request for proposal period ending Dec. 9. The region saw its first village-style shelter open on November 11, 2021, when Central Oregon Veteran’s Village welcomed five veterans […]

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Less Deadly, More Contagious

Omicron makes up nearly 30% of COVID cases in Oregon
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The Omicron variant of COVID is spreading in Oregon and gaining ground against the Delta variant, which has been the leading strain since August. The Oregon Health Authority reports the new variant made up 27% of cases on Dec. 19, the most recent data available, since appearing in early December. Centers for Disease Control and […]

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Deshaun Adderley Scholarship Recipients Announced

A scholarship named in honor of bullied teen awarded to 16 Central Oregon students
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Members of the Father’s Group announced the recipients of the first Deshaun Adderley Scholarship on Thursday, awarding 16 students money in increments ranging from $100 to $1,000. The scholarship was created in honor of Adderley, who died by suicide in 2017 after being repeatedly bullied at Summit High School. Adderley’s death sparked a conversation about […]

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