Bend

Hospital nurses feel despair 19 months into the pandemic

Every day that Tiffany Simmons goes to work at St. Charles Bend, she finds herself awash with despair.…

Coronavirus

Oregon struggling again to recover from COVID-19 spike

A week after forecasting that the state might reach herd immunity from COVID-19 by Christmas, top state researchers…

Business

Oregon landlords get millions in back rent, but many await aid

Despite millions of dollars paid out by a federal deadline of Sept. 30, thousands of Oregonians continue to…

Bend

Vaccine mandate arrives in Oregon, draws ire from health community in Bend

Gov. Kate Brown’s mandate that health care workers, teachers and school staff be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 was…

Business

Northwest ag producers rely on ‘many hands’ to harvest crops

The agricultural sector has always had its own unique set of perennial labor-related challenges, made only worse by…

Coronavirus

Oregon’s vaccine mandate kicks in Monday for thousands of workers. What happens now?

The deadline for Gov. Kate Brown’s vaccination mandates for health care workers, K-12 school employees and some state…

Coronavirus

Virus claims another Oregon victim: ‘The most beautiful girl’

Cleo Claire Rae Shepherd dreamed about learning to care for children whose lives are threatened by cancer, but…

Coronavirus

St. Charles Bend has more COVID-19 patients than any Oregon hospital, but spike in spread should end by Christmas

A deadly spike in COVID-19 infections that began just before Independence Day should near its end around Christmas,…

Coronavirus

Redmond School Board decides not to challenge COVID mandates in court

On the advice of its attorney, the Redmond School Board has decided not to challenge the state’s coronavirus…

Coronavirus

Overwhelmed by the pandemic, health care workers turn to the hospital chaplain

PENDLETON — The patient had been fighting in the intensive care unit for weeks, and the nurse had…

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