The Big Playback 4/2: Bend-Summit, Mtn. View-Ridgeview, La Pine-Sisters
Week five of the high school football season brought us three matchups featuring Central Oregon teams going head-to-head.
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Juvenile arrested in videotaped attack on Asian couple in Tacoma, Washington
A 15-year-old is under arrest in Tacoma, Washington, for an apparent attack on an Asian couple seen in a cell phone video that was circulated on social media. The Tacoma Police Department said the suspect is charged with second-degree assault. The video of the attack shows a person wearing a red top running up to
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Piece of SpaceX rocket debris lands on E. Washington farm
Authorities say a piece of burning rocket debris seen by many streaking across the Pacific Northwest sky last week crashed on a farm in Eastern Washington state.
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Passenger train carrying 490 derails in Taiwan, killing at least 50 and injuring dozens
A busy passenger train carrying 490 people has derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, killing at least 50 and injuring dozens more, authorities said. The eight-car train, traveling to Taitung, came off the rails in a tunnel just north of Hualien Friday morning, causing several carriages to hit the wall of the tunnel, the
Continue ReadingTeen helps adoptable dogs stand out with handmade bow ties
It started four years ago with a small donation. Darius Brown dropped off about 25 handmade bow ties at New York City’s ASPCA animal shelter. Hundreds of displaced dogs and cats made their way up north to this shelter following Hurricane Irma, hoping to get adopted and find a new forever home. Brown wanted to
Continue ReadingArizona stuns UConn, sets up national championship game with Stanford
Of the teams competing in the NCAA women’s basketball Final Four, just one of them — Arizona — was on this stage for the first time. The Wildcats were ready for the moment. Arizona, a No. 3 seed in this year’s tournament, stunned No. 1 seed Connecticut 69-59 on Friday night at the Alamodome in
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Man who wouldn’t leave Bend homeless camp jailed on criminal mischief charge
A man who refused to leave his tent on a Central Oregon Irrigation District access road and has declined several offers of assistance since last fall was arrested Friday afternoon, accused of throwing rocks and damaging a nearby business, police said.
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Friday’s Oregon prep football scores
PREP FOOTBALL= Amity 36, Milwaukie / Milwaukie Acad. 0 Astoria 8, Seaside 0 Banks 49, Tillamook 8 Beaverton 14, Westview 7 Bend 15, Summit 5 Camas Valley 60, Gold Beach 22 Cascade 71, Sweet Home 12 Century 48, Madison 6 Coquille 22, Bandon 14 Corvallis 28, Central 22 Crater 42, Roseburg 7 Creswell 25, Lowell
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Antetokounmpo has 47, Bucks beat Blazers 127-109
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 47 points and 12 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped the Portland Trail Blazers’ four-game winning streak with a 127-109 victory Friday night.
Continue ReadingMyanmar junta orders internet blackout as more pro-democracy protesters are detained
Myanmar’s military junta has cut all wireless internet services until further notice, in what appears to be part of a concerted effort to control communications and messaging in the Southeast Asian country. Pro-democracy demonstrators have repeatedly filled streets across the country for nearly two months in protest after the military overthrew the elected government over
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Veteran DCSO captain placed on paid leave amid internal investigation
Deschutes County sheriff’s Captain Deron McMaster, a 28-year veteran of the agency, was placed on paid administrative leave Friday pending the outcome of an administrative investigation into alleged policy violations.
Continue Reading‘We spent the night under heavy fire,’ recalls survivor after terrifying escape from Islamists in Mozambique
A heart monitor beeps in the background when Andre answers his phone, his voice still slightly raspy. He is recovering from a first round of surgery after being shot as he and dozens of others fled a terrorist attack in the northern Mozambique town of Palma. Andre is in pain but knows how fortunate he
Continue ReadingCanadian families struggling to access autism therapy as they wait for a national strategy
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — While Friday marks World Autism Awareness Day, some Canadians say the federal government’s long-promised national strategy isn’t coming fast enough with affordable and accessible support varying drastically between provinces. Tiffany Baker, who’s seven-year-old son Kameron has autism, says she has faced heartbreaking roadblocks in
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Gov. Brown orders public flags to half-staff to honor victims of Capitol attack
Gov. Kate Brown ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Tuesday as a sign of respect for the service and sacrifice of the victims of Friday’s attack at the U.S. Capitol.
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Bend church hosts Good Friday art exhibit
Antioch Church in Bend hosted its ‘Station of the Cross’ art exhibit on Good Friday.
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Pet Pals: Scooter is a happy poodle mix
Meet Scooter, a happy 6-year-old poodle mix waiting for a new home at the Humane Society of Central Oregon.
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The Big Playback preview: Rare matchups on tap
The 6A Mtn. View Cougars travel to Redmond to take on the 5A Ridgeview Ravens Friday night, an example of the creative scheduling in this late prep football season – and Max Goldwasser will bring you all the highlights at 11 on The Big Playback!
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Oregon High Desert Storm dance team auditions set
The region’s new pro indoor football team, the Oregon High Desert Storm, holds its second player tryouts on Saturday — and there’s also dance team auditions on Saturday, at Diamond Dance Academy in Redmond.
Continue ReadingAn 8-year-old cancer survivor sold over 30,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. She’s using proceeds to help ‘fellow childhood cancer warriors’
An 8-year-old cancer survivor in San Bernardino, California, is using some of the proceeds from her Girl Scout cookie sales to give back to others fighting cancer. Lilly Bumpus, who has been a Girl Scout for four years, said she sold 32,484 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, crushing the previous record of roughly 26,000 boxes
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Jury begins deliberations in Luke Wirkkala murder retrial
The jury began deliberations late Friday in the murder retrial of Luke Wirkkala, a Bend man accused in the fatal 2013 shooting of house guest David Ryder. They then recessed for the weekend and will resume deliberations Monday morning.
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