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Articles from the January 18, 2022 edition


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  • Hospital announces COVID-19 treatments

    Updated Jan 18, 2022

    Last week, St. Charles Health System started offering three new outpatient treatments for people with COVID-19. However, supplies are “severely limited,” according Dr. Jacoby Allen. “Studies are showing that these medications do have some benefit. They seem to be effective in preventing severe disease and hospitalization for those at high risk,” Allen said. “It’s availability that’s the big issue. We are going to try to deploy them as equitably and appropriately and quickly as possible, but we’re not going to have enough on... Full story

  • Youth program builds opportunities

    Jim Cornelius, News Editor|Updated Jan 18, 2022

    A little over a year ago, Evelyn Lopez was falling way behind in school.“Public school was not my calling,” the Sisters youth told The Nugget. “Not enough teacher one-on-one time, which I really needed.”Fast-forward to January 2022, and Lopez is thriving. Last Thursday, she was selected to cut the ribbon on Heart of Oregon Corps’ new child and youth development training classroom and pre-apprenticeship construction classroom in Redmond.As she works to catch up on credits t... Full story