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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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Year-Round Shelter Opens

Seventy individuals can find shelter at a converted warming shelter with new City and non-profit funding
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

Shepard’s House is receiving funding from NeighborImpact and the City of Bend to convert its warming center into a full year-round shelter. The location at 275 NE Second Street will open on June 1 and have the capacity to house 70 individuals. It will run seven days a week from 6 pm-7am and will be a […]

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How Can I Help?

From Facebook Groups to online donations, the coronavirus crisis can be a chance to volunteer and offer financial assistance
Laurel Brauns

A crisis of the magnitude that COVID-19 represents can reveal the lack of sustainable social safety nets in American society. Local, state and federal government assistance is on the way, but more help is needed to make sure everyone has access to services and assistance. Closures of vital resources, such as libraries where many people […]

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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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The Struggles of Snowmaggedon

For most people, late-season storms meant hassles with driving and shopping. For some, however, it was a battle to survive
Chris Miller

Take a look outside right now and chances are the evidence is still there: Bend received record-setting snowfall in February, getting nearly 46 inches during the month. That set a new record, according to the National Weather Service. Bend’s previous record for the month of February was 23.3 inches, set in 1917. February was also […]

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Wasted in Bend

Locals make an effort to minimize food waste
Suzanne Johnson

Imagine standing in front of a fridge stocked with produce, dairy, meat, plus dozens of condiment jars. Now take a quarter of that food out and bury it. That might sound ridiculous, yet that’s what happens all across the country: more than one-fourth of the food produced in the U.S. ends up in a landfill. […]

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