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Mosaic Medical, a nonprofit community health center with 15 clinics across Central Oregon, held a ceremonial ribbon-cutting this morning to mark the opening of the Conners Health Center, located at 2065 NE Tucson Way on Bend's eastside. The new facility replaces the former clinic located across the street, and will begin seeing patients in person on Monday, Nov. 8. The retail pharmacy will be open to the community later this month, and will offer medication at a discounted rate due to Mosaic's participation in the federal 340B medication assistance program. "We are very proud a...

In-depth effort to map the Red River Survey to gather data on bottom elevations from South Dakota to Lake Winnipeg Save to Read Later A complete bathymetric survey of the Red River, which is similar to a topographical map but of river bottom elevations, hasn’t been done in more than 70 years. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files) As water sources dry up and climate extremes cause drought and floods on the Prairies, a massive effort is underway to map the bottom of the Red River to measure its depth from South Dakota to Lake Winnipeg. As water sources dry up and climate extremes cause dr...

Save to Read Later Charlie McPherson of Dunnottar Bird Watch comes to this beach ridge at the southwest rim of the lake because migratory birds must pass by to reach their summer breeding grounds. (Katlyn Streilein / Winnipeg Free Press) The reflections of migratory birds whiz by Charlie McPherson’s binoculars as he faces southwest down the shoreline. The sun is just now breaching the distant, still-frozen expanses of Lake Winnipeg. The reflections of migratory birds whiz by Charlie McPherson’s binoculars as he faces southwest down the shoreline. The sun is just now breaching the distan...