By Chris Petty, Franchise Manager of Express Employment Professionals of Central Oregon. With the remaining weeks left in 2022, we’re officially in the final stretch of the year. Before the calendar switches to 2023, now is the best time to buckle down, tie up loose...
Economy in Central Oregon By Jake Procino | Workforce Analyst/Economist, East Cascades | Oregon Employment Department All central Oregon counties have fully recovered from job losses in 2020 and are in expansionary growth passing their pre-pandemic peaks. Over the...
By Katy Brooks, CEO, Bend Chamber This article originally appeared in The Bulletin on December 11, 2022. We all know that the lack of available and affordable housing is one of the most significant challenges to Bend and Central Oregon. Left unresolved, our housing...
The Wallace Group announces that Kiefer Kuhn, R.G., Staff Geologist earned his Oregon Registered Geologist license in November 2022. Kiefer has been an integral member of the Wallace Group’s staff since December of 2019. Kiefer’s multi-disciplinary and technical...
Cascades Academy's Teen MUSE Club is doing its part to make the world a better place by hosting a Himalayan dinner and fundraiser to benefit Ten Friends, a local organization that works to educate young women and bring health services to remote villages in Nepal. The...
Ruiz is one of seven selected from nearly 200 nominees for her “grit” and commitment to bettering the world To celebrate what would have been the 126th birthday of namesake Marie Lamfrom, the Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation (MLCF) distributed grants to nonprofits...
Deschutes Public Library Foundation celebrates 20 years of building community one book at a time A Novel Idea has taken readers around the world and throughout time. We’ve read amazing books, joined in on powerful programming, and had thought-provoking...
Mosaic Receives Grant from Oregon Community Foundation Mosaic Medical, a nonprofit community health organization providing quality care for all in Bend, Redmond, Prineville and Madras, was recently awarded a $50,000 grant from Oregon Community Foundation (OCF). The...
Brooks Resources Corporation’s annual tradition of the wall calendar featuring an iconic image of Central Oregon has been released. Last year was the first time the company held a photo contest for the featured image, and its success encouraged them to issue another...
High Desert Conservation Corps is now recruiting 18-24 year old's for our fuels-specific crew, based out of Redmond. We are hiring 6 crew members for this AmeriCorps term of service, and the program runs from January 16 through June 20. The focus is to help protect...
Virginia Bailey, Design Staff 2, has joined Steele Associates Architects in Bend, Oregon. She attended University of Oregon, studied abroad in France and Vancouver, B.C., and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Architecture degree and minors in Interior...
Diversability Inc. was awarded $50,000 from the Central Oregon Health Council to expand services and programming for individuals with diversabilities and their families. The Community Advisory Council approved funding for our Resource Tools for All projects, including...
In the depth of winter, a deep layer of snow quiets the High Desert’s forests. But under the surface, a secret world comes to life. A new High Desert Museum exhibit dives into the snow, where voles, shrews, insects and porcupines build a matrix of tunnels to survive...
Oregon State University - Cascades announced that Saoirse Jones has joined its campus leadership team as director of development. "We are thrilled to welcome Saoirse to OSU-Cascades and continue the groundswell of community philanthropy that made the OSU-Cascades...
To help hungry families share a meal this Thanksgiving, NeighborImpact has distributed Thanksgiving meal staples to more than a dozen food pantries throughout Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. The meals include...
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