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Forest Service work won’t force out campers near China Hat Road…yet
Plans to repave part of China Hat Road just south of Bend this summer won’t force homeless people ...
Homeless
Legislature poised to vote on $376 million package for housing, homelessness
The Oregon Legislature is poised to vote on a $376 million housing package that would give cities more ...
Homeless
Madras wanted to fine grocery stores for having their shopping carts stolen. Retailers pushed back
MADRAS — The city of Madras proposed fining retailers $100 for having their shopping carts stolen from them, ...
Bend
Deschutes County earmarks $1.5 million for managed homeless camp
Deschutes County earmarked $1.5 million for a managed homeless camp Wednesday, but what form the site will take, ...
Homeless
Federal magistrate sides with Medford in lawsuit, finds city’s camping ordinances constitutional
A federal judge has deemed Medford’s time-place-manner camping ordinances constitutional. U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke ...
Bend
Added shelter beds around Central Oregon vital to homeless community during cold
Deschutes County shelters have been full during the recent onslaught of cold weather, with at least 160 people ...
Bend
Deschutes County’s Coordinated Houseless Office recruiting members for new committee
The Coordinated Houseless Response Office, a regional effort by Deschutes County and its cities to address homelessness, is ...
Homeless
From a tent to a tiny home, one family finds an oasis
REDMOND — The Breen family arrived early outside their new home at Oasis Village, a transitional housing community ...
Homeless
U.S. Supreme Court to take up Oregon case involving anti-homelessness laws
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review lower-court rulings in a case from Grants Pass that ...
Homeless
Freezing temps prompt emergency cold shelters to open in Bend, Sisters
As the weather worsens this winter, new shelters in Central Oregon are open to those in need of ...
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