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Mid-Columbia Medical Center approves agreement to join Adventist Health
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Mid-Columbia Medical Center approves agreement to join Adventist Health

  • Columbia Gorge News
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THE DALLES — Mid-Columbia Medical Center (MCMC) and Adventist Health leadership have announced that the two organizations have approved an affiliation agreement for MCMC to join Adventist Health (pending regulatory and state review). The affiliation with Adventist Health will advance rural healthcare — the nonprofit healthcare organization has committed $100 million to finance MCMC’s strategic capital needs.

Providence and Hood River nurses agree to new two-year contract
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Providence and Hood River nurses agree to new two-year contract

  • By Noah Noteboom Columbia Gorge News

HOOD RIVER ­— On Oct. 20, nurses at the Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital voted to approve a new two-year contract. Negotiations between Providence and the Oregon Nurses Association — who represented 150 nurses working at Providence Hood River — lasted seven months before the two sides could find common ground on multiple points of contention.

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TD ends ODOT partnership

  • By Alana Lackner Columbia Gorge News
  • Updated

THE DALLES — The City of The Dalles terminated a grant partnership with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) concerning a project on First Street, at the regular city council meeting Oct. 24.

Education

COVID management plan presented, co-op agreement approved

  • By Kelsie Cowart Columbia Gorge News

During the superintendent’s report at the Aug. 25 North Wasco County school board meeting, Superintendent Carolyn Bernal broke down what COVID-19 management will look like within District 21 for the upcoming 2022-23 school year.