Construction cuts water service to Bend retail spot
A nearby construction project accidentally cut water service Tuesday to Reed Lane Plaza in southern Bend, prompting the Starbucks location to close,…
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Basic Rights Oregon puts spotlight on Pride Month celebrations
Pride Month celebrations were discussed at Basic Rights Oregon’s monthly Queer Town Hall on Tuesday that included Robyn Loxley of Prineville…
Continue ReadingModerates win the day in close vote over Southern Baptist presidency
Alabama pastor Ed Litton will be the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention following a narrow election win Tuesday — a victory for…
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Central Oregonians who seek to help seniors mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day was created to help the public flag abusive behavior toward seniors and watch for signs elders may be getting taken…
Continue ReadingInvestigators release preliminary report on plane crash that killed 7, including a Christian diet guru and ‘Tarzan’ actor
The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report into the May 29 plane crash that killed seven people, including Remnant…
Continue ReadingOlympic volunteers wanted to help at the Games. They didn’t sign up for Covid
When the Tokyo Olympics put out a call for volunteers, Nima Esnaashari signed up along with thousands of others in Japan eager to soak up the…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says Holocaust museum visit was ‘my decision’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Tuesday it was her decision to visit the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, adding that “this was…
Continue ReadingPediatricians work to close gaps in Covid-19 vaccine coverage by vaccinating adults
As pediatricians vaccinate newly eligible children and teens against Covid-19, some of them say they are giving just as many shots to adults. When…
Continue ReadingWhat you need to know about Israel’s new Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett
After four elections in two years, and with the country trapped in an agonizing parliamentary stalemate, Naftali Bennett appeared to be on the…
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Bend-La Pine School Board names building for Robert Maxwell, gets grief from parents over masks
Tuesday night’s Bend La-Pine School Board online meeting opened with another round of upset parents in Central Oregon, as many voiced their anger…
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Some Bend drivers going through construction site
Despite ‘Road Closed’ signs and marked detours, several motorists a day are driving through the Columbia-Simpson Avenue roundabout construction site…
Continue ReadingFederal court temporarily blocks Biden administration’s oil and gas lease pause
A federal court blocked, for now, the Biden administration’s pause on oil and gas leasing. The preliminary injunction issued Tuesday comes as a…
Continue ReadingOregon reports 7 more COVID-19 related deaths, including Deschutes County’s 81st; 314 new cases
There are seven new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including Deschutes County’s 81st death, raising the state’s death toll to 2,737, the Oregon…
Continue ReadingMakeup may contain potentially toxic chemicals called PFAS, study finds
The “No PFAS in Cosmetics Act” was introduced in the US House and Senate on Tuesday, following the release of a new study that found high…
Continue ReadingGirl Scouts say they have millions of boxes of unsold cookies due to the pandemic
Buying Girl Scout cookies has become a long-awaited yearly tradition for many people in the US. But this year, the organization is faced with an…
Continue ReadingFlorida governor signs new bill requiring K-12 public schools to hold moment of silence each day
All K-12 public schools in Florida will hold a moment of silence at the start of the day starting next school year, according to a bill signed into…
Continue ReadingMan convicted of killing student in Colorado STEM school shooting
A Colorado jury on Tuesday found one of the suspects in a deadly Colorado school shooting guilty of more than 40 charges, including murder. Devon…
Continue ReadingNew York reaches vaccine milestone and joins California in reopening
Tuesday brought reopenings in two of the largest states, with New York reaching an important vaccine milestone and joining California in dropping…
Continue ReadingCDC now calls coronavirus Delta variant a ‘variant of concern’
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now calls the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus, also known as B.1.617.2, a “variant of…
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Portland police officer indicted on assault charge from protest last August
A grand jury has indicted a Portland police officer on an assault charge stemming from an August 2020 protest where he allegedly caused physical…
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