The Giving Plate giving away 200 Easter baskets
The Giving Plate in Bend is giving away 200 Easter baskets, provided by community volunteers, to kids this…
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Extreme policies, average statistics raise questions around Florida’s Covid-19 data
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, policy decisions in Florida have been among the most extreme — often among the first, the only or the few.…
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Pay It Forward: Lines for Life helps prevent teen suicide
The nonprofit Lines for Life wins the March Pay It Forward award, and gets $500 to further its suicide prevention…
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Out & About: Many beautiful photos of many beautiful places and things
It was a great week to get out and get some great…
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Gaetz showed nude photos of women he said he’d slept with to lawmakers, sources tell CNN
Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican being investigated by the Justice Department over sex trafficking allegations, made a name for himself when…
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Defense rests case in Luke Wirkkala murder retrial
After calling more character witnesses the defense rested its case Thursday in the Redmond murder retrial of Luke Wirkkala in the fatal shooting of…
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Republican congresswomen call out ‘hurtful’ comments made about Chinese immigrants by Texas GOP candidate they endorsed
A Texas Republican congressional candidate was called out by two GOP congresswomen who have endorsed her Thursday for “unacceptable and…
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Bend man earns brewing scholarship
Bend resident Jonathan Cano has won a brewing scholarship from the Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing and Distilling. Cano is an assistant…
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An 8-year-old cancer survivor sold over 30,000 boxes of Girl Scouts 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…
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Cascade Natural Gas to replace Bend pipelines
Cascade Natural Gas will evaluate and replace some gas pipelines on the west side of Bend. Construction begins on April…
Continue Reading Philippines says illegal structures found on reefs near where Chinese boats gathered
The Philippines said Thursday it has discovered illegally built structures on features in the Union Banks, a series of reefs in the South China Sea…
Continue Reading White House meeting with Japan and South Korea to focus on North Korea policy
National security adviser Jake Sullivan’s meeting with top officials from Japan and South Korea on Friday will focus primarily on North Korea…
Continue Reading At least 20 mass shootings have taken place in the two weeks since the metro Atlanta spa attacks left 8 dead
Two weeks have passed since the three Atlanta-area spa shootings claimed the lives of eight people, and in that time at least 20 other mass shootings…
Continue Reading Justice Department investigating Matt Gaetz as part of broader trafficking probe into another Florida politician
The Justice Department is investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz over allegations involving sex trafficking and prostitution, including involving a minor,…
Continue Reading US Olympic hopefuls will be allowed to protest racial and social injustice at trials
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has announced that it will not sanction athletes who kneel for the national anthem at the…
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The first Korean American first lady in the US: We will not stand silent any more
Forty one years. That’s how long I have lived in the United States since emigrating from South Korea to pursue the American dream. Twenty…
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Socially distanced egg hunts, in-person services are back for Easter in C. Oregon
Last year, Easter services at the Christian Life Center in Bend looked a little different, because of COVID-19 restrictions.…
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Oregon asks US Dept. of Education to forgive more ITT Tech student loans
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed an application Thursday with the U.S. Department of Education, asking for the cancellation of federal…
Continue Reading J&J says Covid-19 vaccine still on track despite manufacturing snafu
Johnson & Johnson said Thursday it still expects to meet its commitments for the promised delivery of an additional 24 million doses of its…
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Oregon reports 2 more COVID-19 related deaths, 521 new cases
There are two new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,385, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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