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🌱 How new trauma training is equipping Grant County students to save lives
John Day today: cloudy - high: 56 low: 36

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- How new trauma training is equipping Grant County students to save lives
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Find out what's happening in John Dayfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Tuesday: Cloudy, with a high of 56 and low of 36 degrees.
- Wednesday: Snow and rain in the morning, temps: high: 42, low: 34.
- Thursday: Occasional rain and drizzle, with a high of 52 and low of 46 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• ESD & BMHD partner to bring Stop the Bleed course to Grant County schools (elkhornmediagroup.com) — Students in John Day and across Grant County are learning how to control life-threatening bleeding through the Stop the Bleed course, offered by the Grant County Education Service District and Blue Mountain Hospital. Taught by local trauma specialists, the program includes hands-on training, take-home bleeding control kits for each student, and new public access bleeding control stations in participating schools, with more campuses scheduled soon.
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🗞 Nearby News
Baker City
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La Grande
- Enjoy a free Christmas Meal with Community Kindness of Eastern Oregon (elkhornmediagroup.com)
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