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Blue Mountain Recovery Center in Pendleton set to close March 31

February 19, 2014
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The State, Feb. 17, 2014 Inside the palatial Blue Mountain Recovery Center, only three clients remain on a second-floor ward. Other wards are dim and abandoned. The Pendleton mental health hospital will officially shut down on March 31 after decades of scrutiny by the Oregon Legislature and dozens of 11th-hour saves. More than half of […]

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Eastern Oregon loses public psych hospital, gets private psych clinic

December 16, 2013
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From AP.com, December 15, 2013 As the state of Oregon prepares to close a mental hospital in Pendleton, a new cluster of mental health facilities is emerging nearby. READ – Pendleton Lawmakers Try To Keep Blue Mountain Hospital Open Crews are remodeling a former training center for people with developmental disabilities. Once complete, it will […]

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Blue Mountain Recovery Center gets temporary reprieve

November 12, 2013
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By The Associated Press, in The Oregonian, Nov. 11, 2013 The only facility in eastern Oregon for patients with severe mental illness is expected to receive more than $2 million in funding so it can stay open until March, local legislators say. That could give officials in Pendleton more time to figure out an alternate […]

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Pendleton Lawmakers Try To Keep Blue Mountain Hospital Open

September 19, 2013
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From The Lund Report, September 19, 2013 Rep. Bob Jenson of Pendleton told The Lund Report he’s hoping to find a way to delay the closure of Eastern Oregon’s state mental hospital before its doctors and nurses leave for work elsewhere. Rep. Jennifer Williamson of Portland suggested converting it into a much-needed prison hospital for […]

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At 100 and slated for closure, Blue Mountain Recovery Center still helping clients return to their lives

April 27, 2013
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By Kathy Aney, East Oregonian, April 27, 2013 The article is the fourth in a series on mental health. In recent days, the East Oregonian has written about state plans to close Blue Mountain Recovery Center in January and local efforts to save the mental hospital from extinction. This story is a look at how […]

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Blue Mountain Recovery Center Still On The Ropes

June 18, 2012
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From the East Oregonian, June 15, 2012 The fuzzy outlines of an operation to save the Blue Mountain Recovery Center are coming into focus. The Pendleton psychiatric facility dodged extinction numerous times in the past 20 years, but is scheduled for closure again in 2015. A group of about 25 individuals, including Oregon Health Authority […]

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Budget Rebalance Largely Spares Oregon Health Authority

March 8, 2012
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By Amanda Waldroupe, for The Lund Report, March 8, 2012 Services are largely preserved, but four wards at the new Oregon State Hospital won’t open until at least 2013 The state’s rebalanced budget, one of the last bills the Legislature passed before adjourning Monday evening, largely spares the Oregon Health Authority from deep cuts. Out […]

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State sez: Controversial Oregon mental hospital should be half as big as planned

January 18, 2011
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Surprise! As the Oregon State Legislature begins to engage with a $3.5 billion shortfall in the 2011-13 biennium the Oregon State Hospital project at Junction City appears to be dissolving… That’s okay because since it’s inception as an employment program by State Senator Peter Courtney independent advocates for mental health services have been skeptical of […]

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