Central Oregon Community College is pleased to announce plans to expand its Madras campus with a new, 15,000 square-foot facility that will house a range of new training and education opportunities to meet workforce needs. COCC plans to open the Madras campus expansion in the fall of 2024.
The Nancy R. Chandler Lecture Series of the COCC Foundation returns with an incredible lineup! Get your tickets now for Dr. Jill Helms, professor, department of surgery, Stanford University, as she presents, "Forever Young: What Science is Discovering about Aging and Longevity."
The City of Bend will bring together a variety of stakeholders in roundtable meetings next week to receive feedback regarding the camping code currently in development.
Columbia Gorge Community College is significantly expanding job training for students pursuing careers in manufacturing, metals fabrication, agriculture, and other technology-based careers with the purchase of industry-standard advanced manufacturing equipment.
The next regularly scheduled County Court session will be held October 5, 2022 at 9:00 am. County Court will be held in the Commissioners Meeting Room of the Sherman County Courthouse.
City of Hood River Public Works will be paving Avalon Drive (from Belmont Avenue to Rebecca Avenue), Avalon Place, and Avalon Court starting Monday, October 3rd – Thursday, October 6th from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Bend City Council on Wednesday evening authorized the City to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with Deschutes County that will provide an additional $328,000 in funding to the Mobile Crisis Assessment Team (MCAT) and the Crisis Stabilization Center.
Deschutes County, a political subdivision of the State of Oregon, acting by and through the Deschutes County Health Services Department, consisting of Public Health and Behavioral Health Divisions (DCHS), is releasing this competitive solicitation to secure one (1) contractor for the provision of twenty-four (24) hours, seven (7) days a week, three hundred sixty-five (365) days per year, Security Services at Stabilization Center location.
Following a highly competitive national recruitment, Deschutes County and partnering cities Bend, La Pine, Redmond and Sisters have hired Cheyenne Purrington as Central Oregon’s first Houseless Strategies and Solutions Director.
On September 17, 2022, at 1003 hours, 911 Dispatch received a call regarding an injured hiker who reported to have fallen approximately 35-50 feet on an unimproved route southwest of Asterick's Pass. The injured hiker was scrambling up a rock outcropping to set up a slack line. During the fall, the injured hiker sustained injuries that prevented him from making it down to the river trail.
The next regularly scheduled County Court session will be held September 21st, 2022 at 9:00 am. County Court will be held in the Commissioners Meeting Room of the Sherman County Courthouse.
The Deschutes County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to receive testimony on proposed local standards for rural accessory dwelling units (ADUs) on Thursday, September 22 at 5:30 p.m.
The RV Dump Station located at the Public Works Building on “B” Street was shut down on September 16th due to being clogged with something City crews could not clear despite several attempts.