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High COVID-19 case counts due to community spread

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Recent high daily COVID-19 case counts in Wasco County are not due to significant outbreaks but rather to the rapidly increasing spread of the disease and its prevalence in the community, according to a Dec. 22 press release from North Centeral Public Health District (NCPHD.)

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Guest Commentary: April is Child Abuse Awareness Month

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April is Child Abuse Awareness month. We know, it is a heavy topic in an already stressful time, but as the directors of two local nonprofits serving children who have suffered abuse, we want to shine some light on the children and families who were already struggling with abuse risk factors before the pandemic began. These risk factors can include addiction, poverty, hunger, domestic violence and mental illness.

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April is Child Abuse Awareness Month

  • By Susan Erickson, Executive Director, Columbia Gorge CASA By Beatrice Lynch, Executive Director, Columbia Gorge Children’s Advocacy Center
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April is Child Abuse Awareness month. We know, it is a heavy topic in an already stressful time, but as the directors of two local nonprofits …

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Be heart SMART

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February is American Heart Month, and despite years of awareness campaigns, many people are surprised to find out heart disease remains the number one killer of men and women in the United States. The good news is, it is a very preventable disease.

‘The serious nature of heart disease’
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‘The serious nature of heart disease’

  • KRIS WILHELM, Providence Hood River Memorial
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Heart Disease remains the number one killer of both men and women in the United States. The American Heart Association reports that on average per year, nearly 750,000 people, both men and women, suffer a heart attack or cardiovascular event.