Crook County School District gives football update to parents
The Crook County school district held a virtual parent meeting Monday evening to provide an update on the upcoming football season.
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Deschutes County Health Services seeks more vaccine staff assistance
Over the next 2-6 weeks, several key roles in the Incident Command Structure will phase out and return to their normal positions in the county. Hiring an immunization coordinator also has been a challenge, as two identified candidates declined the job due to the cost of living and housing.
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Far-right lawmaker elected Oregon GOP chairman amid larger US shift
A far-right senator who’s rebelled against coronavirus restrictions and said he supported protesters who stormed the Oregon Capitol has been elected chairman of the state Republican Party.
Continue ReadingBaton Rouge police are investigating after a video shows an officer with his arm around teen’s neck during arrest
Police are investigating the arrest of a Baton Rouge teenager on Sunday after a video posted online shows an officer pinning the 13-year-old to the ground with his arm under the boy’s neck. No decision has been made yet on whether the officers involved in the incident would face disciplinary action, Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon
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Spotted owl forest protection rollbacks reconsidered
The U.S. Interior Department is delaying the Trump administration’s last-minute roll-back of federal protections for the northern spotted owl.
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Booker scores 34, Suns roll to 132-100 win over Blazers
Devin Booker scored 34 points, Deandre Ayton added 19 and the Phoenix Suns kept rolling Monday night with a 132-100 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.
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No. 19 USC dominates 1st half in 72-58 win over Oregon
Tahj Eaddy scored 24 points and No. 19 Southern California led by 16 after a blistering start on its way to a 72-58 victory over Oregon.
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OSU scientist: Ground under transmission towers can link, benefit wildlife habitat
Converting the ground under electrical transmission towers into spaces for wildlife can enable fragmented populations to connect with one another, increasing local biodiversity and providing animals around the globe an important tool for adapting to climate change, a new study found.
Continue ReadingSeattle Mariners president steps down after comments surface in which he disparaged baseball players
Seattle Mariners president and CEO Kevin Mather resigned from the Major League Baseball club after disparaging comments he made earlier this month were made public over the weekend, according to an announcement Monday by team chairman John Stanton. The Seattle Times was the first to report details of Mather’s comments, which were made February 5
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Rescuers also rescued after 3 vehicles, 7 people get stuck in snow on Cascade Lakes Hwy.
A La Pine man’s attempt to rescue his nephew whose vehicle got stuck in the snow on the Cascade Lakes Highway west of Bend got him stuck as well Sunday night. In he end, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue ended up rescuing seven people from three vehicles.
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Pence and Trump’s relationship is ‘amicable,’ source says
Former Vice President Mike Pence and former President Donald Trump have spoken twice since the inauguration last month, according to a knowledgeable source, who described the pair’s relationship as “amicable.” The source would not provide CNN further details about the relationship, or describe the contents of the calls. One call was initiated by each. CNN
Continue ReadingUnemployment agency asking for thousand of dollars back from man who’s been dead for six years
Click here for updates on this story WEST BRANCH, Michigan (WNEM) — “That’s just the thing, he was dead and this 1099, it’s for 2020,” West Branch resident Betty Pope said. For Betty losing her husband was hard enough but now he’s at the center of an issue with the unemployment insurance agency. Recently she
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On Trump’s taxes, here’s where it gets interesting
Few things are certain in life, other than death — and that Donald Trump’s tax returns would inevitably be released. On Monday, the Supreme Court finally ended the long legal saga over them with a one-sentence order that will allow Manhattan prosecutors to obtain Trump’s returns and related documents from the Trump Organization. These had
Continue ReadingAs U.S. reaches grim pandemic milestone, one family reflects on their own loss
Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — 500,000 Americans have lost their lives to COVID-19 within the last year. It has been nearly a year since we first met the family Lloyd Lamb, just days after his death last March. He was the first recorded COVID-related death in Buncombe
Continue ReadingTanden’s OMB confirmation on brink of collapse after four GOP senators say they won’t support her nomination
The confirmation of Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget is on the brink of collapse after four key Republicans announced Monday that they will vote against her nomination, citing her past social media behavior. Tanden’s nomination in the evenly split Senate was jeopardized late last week when Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin
Continue ReadingTexas is still reeling from devastating winter storms and for some, recovery could take months
Monica Ware, a mother of four, says the broken water pipes that flooded her Houston home as winter storms pounded Texas last week have destroyed nearly all of the family’s belongings. “We used everything we had on (a) hotel this week,” Ware told CNN affiliate KTRK. “After this, it’s like, where are we going to
Continue ReadingFormer AG Loretta Lynch issues report on Syracuse University’s campus police after student protests
Former US Attorney General Loretta Lynch released her final report Monday into Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety, capping a nearly yearlong inquiry into the department. University Chancellor Kent Syverud announced Lynch’s independent review of campus public safety in February 2020, in the wake of student protests over the university’s handling of racist incidents on
Continue ReadingHuge demonstrations across Myanmar despite military’s warning that protesters could ‘suffer loss of life’
Huge crowds brought Myanmar’s towns and cities to a standstill Monday in a mass strike against the coup, despite a warning from the military junta that protesters will “suffer loss of life” if demonstrations confront security forces. Activists had called for a historic strike following the most violent weekend since protests against the February 1
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