Campus “Pop-Up” Vaccine Clinics Scheduled
COCC and OSU-Cascades, together with Deschutes County, are co-hosting free pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics on both campuses in Bend. Visit bit.ly/oncampusvaccines
to learn more, including how to make an appointment. The COCC Foundation and the College would be very grateful if you would share news of these upcoming clinics with your community (for example, on your social media accounts and in conversations with others). We also encourage you to attend if you’ve not yet had a chance to get your COVID-19 vaccine!
These on-campus COVID-19 vaccination clinics are open to any individual age 16 and older. No health insurance is required. Deschutes County administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Appointments recommended, limited walk-ups available. Pick the campus location/times that are most convenient for you (and please remember that you will receive your first and second dose at the same location):
Bend Brush Fire Was Human Caused
Bend Fire & Rescue crews quickly extinguished a small brush fire on 15th Street and SE Lostine Circle Wednesday. No homes were evacuated due to the fire, but three homes were put on alert. The fire grew to nearly a half-acre. 15th street was briefly closed while crews put out the fire. After investigation, it was determined the fire was human caused but it is unknown if it was intentional or unintentional. Investigation will continue.
Bend Fire & Rescue would like to remind the community that the fuels are already dry and fires will grow quickly in these conditions.
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IN LOCAL NEWS:
• Scary COVID-19 news for our state: The Oregon Health Authority reported 989 new positive cases and six deaths yesterday and 993 new cases today. More worrying news: We could see as many as 300 new hospitalizations within the next week. For the sake of everyone, please recommit to WASHING YA DAMN HANDS, WEARING YA DAMN MASKS, AND KEEPING YA DAMN DISTANCE.
No-prescription, rapid COVID-19 home tests to be sold at CVS, Walgreens and Walmart beginning this week https://t.co/cFmoG8iEZR
The film goes on to explore a partnership between the Nez Perce fisheries’ work to restore the salmon population through hatcheries, and their partnership with a local ranch to promote more environmentally friendly practices. But the main obstacle to restoring the Lostine’s salmon population, the filmmakers make clear, is a cluster of federal dams on the lower Snake River, which the Lostine eventually connects with. If those four dams were removed, the salmon population would likely rise dramatically.
“It’s a prime river,” Capetillo says. “I think it could make a real recovery, if we put in the extra time and effort.”
LOSTINE CANYON â Despite past controversy, hard work and uncertain weather, the Lostine Corridor Public Safety Project is well underway, just past the halfway point in efforts to remove hazard and diseased trees, improve public safety, and improve forest resources in the area.
âItâll be completely dependent on what the weather does for us,â said David Schmidt, owner of Integrated Biomass Resources in Wallowa, which successfully bid on the timber harvest portion of the stewardship contract in September 2018.
The harvest is slated to conclude Feb. 28, 2023, he said, though it could qualify for an extension.
But the logging must be done under âwinter conditions,â said Jim Zacharias, a member of the Wallowa Resources Board of Directors.