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Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services is looking to add 200 employees to its workforce due to an increase in demand for behavioral health care statewide.

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital (HDVCH), part of Spectrum Health, is a 234-bed comprehensive children’s hospital in downtown Grand Rapids, that not only serves the needs of the local community, but also is a regional referral center for Spectrum Health and western Michigan. During the pandemic, HDVCH and community partners responded quickly to the increased need for behavioral health services and found new ways to provide them.

Public use restrictions, including ban on open fires, begin Friday in C.O. wilderness areas KTVZ file Smoking also banned, except in cleared areas BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- With continuing extreme temperatures and drying vegetation at higher elevations, the Deschutes National Forest, in coordination with the Willamette National Forest, announced it will implement public use restrictions within five wildernesses, beginning Friday. Effective 12:01 a.m. Friday, open fires, including wood stoves and cha...

Restrictions In Effect At Area Wildernesses With continuing extreme temperatures and drying vegetation at higher elevations, the Deschutes National Forest in coordination with the Willamette National Forest will implement public use restrictions within five wildernesses beginning tomorrow morning. Effective 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 2, open fires, including wood stoves and charcoal briquette fires, will be prohibited in all designated Wildernesses on the Deschutes National Forest. These wildernes...

Kalamazoo County Prosecutor says deputy was justified in December shooting By Will Kriss Jun 30, 2021 | 3:48 PM KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Deputy will not face any charges after being cleared in a fatal December shooting, according to County Prosecutor Jeff Getting. Shortly before 7 a.m. on December 18, police were called to a residential home on Morningstar Way in Kalamazoo, and Deputy Michael Leeger was the first to respond. The call cam...

and last updated 2021-06-28 18:00:39-04 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The board of directors at Pine Rest recently decided to distribute $1.8 million in bonuses to their staff. The decision was made in an effort to recognize the essential work their employees performed through the pandemic, and to help with staff retention. The board at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services decided to approve the funds to be distributed to staff as what they are calling an "employee appreciation bonus." The ...

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and West Michigan economic developers recently held their first-ever furniture industry symposium, and supply chain disruptions led the list of concerns.

On bad days, Elli can become violent. She has broken nine windows and, just a few weeks earlier, a mirror in school. It led to 11 stitches. In April, after Elli attacked her mom and then her sister, Cyndi knew she couldn’t avoid the ER any longer. But after arriving at the emergency room at Children’s Hospital in Detroit, Jensen did not feel relief knowing that her daughter’s pain would soon subside. “We’ve been through this several times,” she said, “and each...

On bad days, Elli can become violent. She has broken nine windows and, just a few weeks earlier, a mirror in school. It led to 11 stitches. In April, after Elli attacked her mom and then her sister, Cyndi knew she couldn’t avoid the ER any longer. But after arriving at the emergency room at Children’s Hospital in Detroit, Jensen did not feel relief knowing that her daughter’s pain would soon subside. “We’ve been through this several times,” she said, “and each...

Pine Rest says state erred by denying its 60-bed expansion request Updated 3:28 PM; Today 3:28 PM Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, shown in this file photo in Cutlerville, is seeking state permission to add 60 mental health beds in West Michigan. (MLive file photo) Cory Morse | MLive.com Facebook Share GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services says the state erred last month when it declined its application to provide 60 additional in-patient psychiatric beds ...