New veterans' bus service

Cascades East Transit is offering the new service in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties and on the Warm Springs Reservation. Veterans Healthcare Transportation Service, or VHTS, provides rides for free to healthcare-related destinations. In Klamath County, where more than 7,000 veterans live, a similar service is offered by Basin Transit.

Ready for what winter may bring We've been planning with our fellow winter warriors to get ready for whatever the season brings us - and given this year, even a snowy sharknado wouldn't surprise us... Watch how we work with WSDOT, Portland Bureau of Transportation and TriMet to prepare for winter travel in the Portland metro area. Local partnerships like these happen all across the state to ensure we're ready. Are you?

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