City of Bend launches new online land use mapping tool
The city of Bend said Friday it is excited to announce the launch of a new public interactive mapping tool, the Community Development Data Explorer (“The Explorer”).
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Oregon’s declining jobless rate means shift in extended unemployment benefits
The U.S. Department of Labor informed the Oregon Employment Department that it is turning off Oregon’s Extended Benefits program because of Oregon’s declining unemployment rate.
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Oregon receives grant to plan for new 988 nationwide suicide prevention hotline
The Oregon Health Authority has received a planning grant to prepare Oregon for the launch of 988, a National Suicide Prevention emergency number that will go live on July 16, 2022, nationwide.
Continue ReadingSleep on the job? Company offers $3,000 for ‘Sleeping Beauty’ to test out mattresses
What if you could get paid for sleeping? Well, guess what — you can: $3,000 to be exact. Sleep Junkie, a mattress reviewing platform, is looking for a “Sleeping Beauty” who will get paid for snoozing. “Our Sleeping Beauty will become our official mattress tester, providing honest advice on some of the US’s top rated
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Bend woman arrested after pursuit, accused of spitting on police officer
Police said a Bend woman spat on a police corporal early Friday morning, took off in her pickup truck and eventually ended up blocking the Newport Avenue Bridge, where officers broke out a window and used a restraint device to take her into custody.
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Babies get Covid-19 antibodies from mothers while in the womb, study finds
Antibodies that protect against the coronavirus often get transferred from mother to infant during pregnancy — a finding that indicates a mother passes along at least some protection to her child, researchers reported Friday. The findings also suggest that vaccinating pregnant women might protect their unborn babies, as well, the researchers said — and it’s
Continue ReadingA fight between the EU and UK reveals the ugly truth about vaccine nationalism
The UN General Assembly in September last year was a pivotal moment in the pandemic, when leaders began to show some unity as global deaths approached a million. They had learned hard lessons from the damage that hoarding protective equipment had done, they said. When a vaccine was developed, the world’s most vulnerable would be
Continue ReadingNASA mission will zoom by asteroid before returning sample to Earth
A NASA spacecraft that took a sample from an asteroid 200 million miles away now has a plan to come back home. On May 10, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will leave the near-Earth asteroid Bennu and begin a nearly three-year journey back to Earth, NASA officials announced this week. The spacecraft, formally known as the Origins,
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Deschutes County pauses COVID-19 vaccination appointments for seniors
The Oregon Health Authority will not send any first dose COVID-19 vaccines to Deschutes County next week, as some intended shipments are being shifted to the Portland area, where thousands of Phase 1a health care workers are still waiting to be vaccinated.
Continue ReadingGeorge W. Bush to thank Dick Cheney, father of Liz Cheney, ‘for his daughter’s service’
Former President George W. Bush is making it clear that he supports Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the No. 3 Republican in the House, who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump. Bush’s chief of staff, Freddy Ford, told CNN on Friday that Bush plans to praise Liz Cheney during a Saturday call with his former
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Biden seeks to intensify public lobbying for Covid-19 relief bill amid the pandemic
When President Joe Biden intensifies his attention next week to selling Republicans and Democrats on his coronavirus relief bill, he won’t be relying on some of the presidency’s most symbolic powers. Out, for now, are arm-twisting sessions in the Oval Office or rides into a lawmaker’s district aboard Air Force One. Instead, administration aides are
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Two Bend parks celebrate a milestone in 2021
Drake Park and Shevlin Park each turn 100 this year.
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Pet Pals: You’re no bunny ’til some bunny loves you
Poppy and Penelope are 3-month-old sisters who need a loving home together and are waiting for just that at the Humane Society of Central Oregon. They’re docile and affectionate with humans, but need to be adopted together into their forever home.
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Football FANdemonium Finale
After a four-and-a-half-month long journey, we have officially found the biggest football fan on the High Desert. Congratulations to Aaron Chambers, better known as Raider Mystic!
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OSU students to test residents in 30 Redmond neighborhoods for COVID-19
Researchers with OSU’s TRACES effort hope to test as many as 600 Redmond residents this weekend. They claim these large random tests are more accurate.
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US spent $200 million sending 8,722 ventilators around the world and can’t find many now, watchdog finds
The Trump administration spent $200 million sending thousands of ventilators around the world, starting weeks after President Donald Trump touted America as the “king of ventilators,” but without any established way to locate them, the Government Accountability Office found in a report released Thursday. One hundred fifty of the ventilators went to countries with zero
Continue ReadingTwo members of the Proud Boys face conspiracy charges in US Capitol riot
The Justice Department on Friday announced conspiracy charges against two members of the far-right Proud Boys who allegedly participated in the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. The new indictment against Dominic Pezzola and William Pepe, both of New York, is the first riot-related case to accuse Proud Boys members of working together
Continue Reading‘Moms Demand Action’ pushes lawmakers to take action on ghost guns, background checks
Click here for updates on this story ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (WJZ) — A group of moms is leading the charge for getting untraceable guns off the streets, reforming police departments and making communities safer. Thursday was Virtual Advocacy Day for “Moms Demand Action on Gun Sense in America.” The group is six million strong and represented
Continue ReadingStudents build home from ground up as part of high school curriculum
Click here for updates on this story JAMISON, Pennsylvania (KYW) — High school students at Middle Bucks Institute of Technology in Jamison are putting the finishing touches on a home that took three years to build from the ground up. The two-story, four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath colonial is the school’s 37th student-built house and at nearly 2,700
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