Week three of high school football on the High Desert brought two cross-town tilts, including one of the most historical matchups in the region between Bend and Mountain View.
Continue ReadingStates are pushing ahead with expanding Covid-19 vaccine access and rolling back restrictions on businesses and large gatherings as America seeks a return to normalcy. But experts say two barriers stand in the way of reaching herd immunity and getting back to life as we knew it — Covid-19 variants and vaccine hesitancy. “We’re seeing
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CJ McCollum scored 32 points, Damian Lillard had 31 and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Dallas Mavericks 125-119 Friday night.
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PREP FOOTBALL= Adrian/Jordan Valley 58, Crane 16 Alsea 27, Eddyville 25 Baker 28, Nyssa 22, OT Camas Valley 38, Myrtle Point 6 Canby 28, Cascade 27 Cascade Christian 54, Douglas 8 Central Catholic 21, Barlow 7 Century 28, Aloha 13 Churchill 18, North Eugene 12, OT Clackamas 19, Grant 12 Coquille 38, Glide 13 Creswell
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Bend Pops Orchestra announced Friday that it has completed an anonymous gift matching drive by donating $10,000 to the Crook County School District. The funds will be used to purchase instruments for the Middle and High School music programs.
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Friday that nine Oregon tribes will receive more than $10.5 million in affordable housing grants under the recently passed American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to help with the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lulu, a 13-year-old cat waiting for a new home (and lap) at the Humane Society of Central Oregon, still has lots of love to give.
Continue ReadingPresident John Magufuli, the Covid-denying leader of Tanzania, was said to have died from heart failure, which he apparently battled for more than a decade, according to the country’s new president. Samia Suluhu Hassan said Magufuli had been receiving treatment in a Tanzanian hospital when he died on Wednesday evening. However, opposition leaders insist Magufuli
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The Lava Bears are set to take on the Cougars tonight in their 42nd crosstown rivalry matchup. NewsChannel 21’s Max Goldwasser will have the full recap tonight, on this week’s edition of The Big Playback.
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The Girl Scouts are back outside and selling cookies in Bend this weekend, and people are already lining up. More information here.
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Chinese officials dismissed Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan as “condescending.” An unnamed US official said the Chinese were “grandstanding.” And with that, any chance the US and China might shift course after four turbulent years of the Trump administration quickly faded. The tense and unusual diplomatic clash Thursday between
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris moved to reassert control over America’s bully pulpit Friday, decrying acts of violence against Asian Americans after a year in which former President Donald Trump inflamed racist attitudes by referring countless times to the coronavirus as “Kung Flu” and the “China virus.” Condemning the permissive culture of
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A rally was held Friday in downtown Bend, organized by the Youth Climate Congress, demanding government action to address climate change.
Continue ReadingAs the political fight over vaccinations continues around the country, CNN has learned that several members of Congress still have not been vaccinated despite having had access to the vaccine on Capitol Hill since December. Through a House-wide survey and interviews, CNN has contacted offices on Capitol Hill to try to get a clearer picture
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The retrial of Luke Wirkkala, accused of murder in the 2013 shooting death of David Ryder, continued Friday, and is expected to last three more weeks.
Continue ReadingThe former daughter-in-law of a Trump Organization officer said she is cooperating with inquiries by New York investigators who are looking into former President Donald Trump and his business, and have asked her about apartments she and her ex-husband were allowed to live in rent-free. Jennifer Weisselberg — a former ballet dancer who was married
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Just as spring is a time for rebirth, the Persian New Year is a time to celebrate new life. Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox, which is Saturday, March 20. This celebration of spring is filled with symbolism around rebirth and renewal, because spring is a time when life is coming back after a
Continue ReadingTrump’s personal Boeing 757 was always the crown jewel of his wealth — the ultimate sign that he had made it. He’s used it as a backdrop for sleek photo shoots, campaign rallies, VIP tours, for shots of him eating his Big Macs and KFC, plated, with a knife and fork. Trump loved to show
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For the Beavers, they continue to defy the odds with a 70-56 upset win over Tennessee.
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Alyssa McGrath, a current aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, joined a chorus of other women in accusing the governor of sexual harassment, accusing the Democrat of having behaved and spoken to her in an inappropriate sexual manner, The New York Times reported Friday. McGrath told the Times that Cuomo looked down her shirt
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