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Beating The Heat

Cooling centers in Bend, Redmond and Madras provide a place for unhoused people to escape the blistering heat
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

On June 25 Deschutes County encouraged locals to take precautions against the extreme wave of heat cooking the Pacific Northwest. Temperatures reached as high as 108 degrees on Sunday and forecasts predict daytime highs over 100 until Wednesday. The county asked people to avoid the outdoors between 3-7pm, the hottest part of the day, something […]

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Counting the Unhoused Population

Central Oregon Point-In-Time Count that starts next week helps local agencies provide services to people without homes
Laurel Brauns

On Wednesday, Jan. 29, agencies in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will collaborate to get an accurate count of people in the region who do not have a place to live. This is part of a nationwide effort to provide a census of those experiencing homelessness. “The Point-In-Time Count […]

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Bend Winter Warming Shelter Opening Soon

Local officials hope to have warming shelter open by Dec. 15
Laurel Brauns

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Work Center will house up to 48 men and women per night this winter, filling part of the need for an emergency warming shelter in Bend. The Homeless Leadership Coalition has been working with local shelters and area nonprofits to find a temporary space for Bend’s unhoused since early this […]

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A Push for a Warming Shelter in Bend

Local leaders work on solutions for the unhoused population, still left out in the cold
Laurel Brauns

Temperatures dropped below freezing the night of October 29—while people without homes braved the life-threatening temperatures out of doors, huddling in their vehicles or cuddling with their animals for warmth, many hidden from sight on Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service land on the outskirts of town. That morning, city and county officials, […]

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Central Oregon Homeless Population Rising

880 people reported homelessness during the 2019 Count, up 12 percent
Chris Miller

On Jan. 23, trained volunteers for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development interviewed Central Oregonians for its 2019 Point in Time Count, in which dozens of volunteers surveyed people in shelters, transitional housing, at meal sites, drop-in centers and other areas to seek data on the homeless population in Central Oregon. Volunteers collected […]

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Redmond Homeless Camp Closing

Law enforcement followed up on 24-hour eviction notices, but decided to give some of the larger camps a little more time to clear out
Chris Miller

Driving east on Antler Avenue in Redmond across the rutted, potholed road, I stopped my truck near a gate on Central Oregon Irrigation District property. Walking roughly 100 yards south on another dirt road, I saw the first camp, marked by a black car with its front windshield smashed in. A dog barked from behind […]

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