Central Oregon campers, hikers and those who recreate are sure to be out this weekend for Memorial Day amid stellar, even summer-like weather. With camping comes campfires — and this dry spring has brought a higher risk for wildfires.
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Babak Namazi, whose brother and father are detained in Iran, is living in fear that his family members could be left behind again as the Biden administration is engaged in a diplomatic effort to salvage the Iran nuclear deal. Namazi’s deep concerns are not unfounded: While American prisoners have been released from Iran three times
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Jefferson County, striving to reach a 65% adult vaccination rate so that business restrictions can loosen, hopes to boost the number of prizes county residents can win through the recently announced “Take Your Shot Oregon” statewide campaign and its $1 million grand prize.
Continue Reading The Justice Department is taking six immediate steps to improve its efforts to combat the spike in hate crimes, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced in a memo to department employees Thursday, including expanding access to different languages. Thursday’s memo follows a 30-day “expedited review” Garland ordered in March, shortly after he was confirmed, to figure
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The City of Bend’s Beautification Program is seeking volunteers to help support the Pollinator Pathway Project, a new initiative that aims to create a continuous corridor of native pollinator gardens between residences, businesses, parks and open spaces throughout Bend and beyond.
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With summer right around the corner and increasing recreation operations due to improving pandemic conditions, the Bend Park and Recreation District is hosting a hiring event and invites potential team members to learn more about job opportunities available in the district’s recreation programs, swim, custodial and landscaping teams.
Continue Reading Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin issued an executive order on Thursday banning mask mandates while Gov. Brad Little was unaware and out of town. “The lieutenant governor did not make Gov. Little aware of her executive order ahead of time,” Marissa Morrison Hyer, Little’s press secretary, told CNN. Morrison Hyer said Little is out of
Continue ReadingThe mother of fallen US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who had asked to meet with GOP senators, met with several of them on Thursday ahead of an expected vote on the January 6 commission that so far is short of the 10 Republican votes needed to pass. Gladys Sicknick told reporters Thursday that she
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Deschutes County Health Services is partnering with Central Oregon Community College and the Oregon Health Authority to offer free drive-thru COVID-19 testing events on alternating Tuesdays in June.
Continue ReadingIn the days following George Floyd’s murder, millions of people around the world took to the streets protesting police violence and racial inequality. Rahul Dubey, a health care consultant in Washington, DC, wasn’t one of them. Yet on June 1, 2020, when peaceful protesters were targeted by police in riot gear right outside of his
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Deschutes County has released its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022. The total proposed budget, including county service districts, is $634,746,104, which represents an increase of 23 percent increase from last year’s adopted budget.
Continue ReadingRest assured that Regé-Jean Page is well aware of all the buzz and speculation he’s been stirring. “I spend a lot of time at the moment talking about what other people are saying about me, as opposed to anything I’m actually doing,” the “Bridgerton” star told Variety in a recent interview. From his rise to
Continue Reading The top Republican in Wisconsin’s state Assembly is hiring retired police officers to investigate November’s election, joining a growing list of presidential battlegrounds where GOP state officials are looking for evidence to support former President Donald Trump’s lies about widespread voter fraud. State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he is hiring
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The Deschutes County Road Department plans to begin road construction on Rickard Road between Gosney Road and U.S. Highway 20 next Tuesday and a road closure begins the following Monday.
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A 21-year-old Redmond man turned himself in to Bend police late Thursday afternoon, hours after officers said he was being sought as a suspect in the weekend stabbing of two Bend brothers at a northeast Bend apartment complex that sent both to the hospital, police said.
Continue ReadingRonald Greene‘s family attorneys said they were encouraged after meeting with a local prosecutor in Louisiana Thursday to discuss the possibility of state criminal charges against the officers involved in Greene’s death. Family attorney Ron Haley said they met with John Belton, district attorney for the Third Judicial District. “What makes sense to us would
Continue ReadingThe Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin warning that events associated with the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre could be targets for racial violence, according to a source familiar with the warning. These events “probably are attractive targets for some racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist-white supremacists to commit violence,” the bulletin
Continue ReadingSean Combs was serious when he added “Love” to his name. On Thursday, Combs posted a throwback photo of himself with ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez and plenty of folks want to believe the move was the greatest attempt at shooting a shot since Michael Jordan’s legendary buzzer beater during the 1989 NBA Finals between Jordan’s Chicago
Continue ReadingBaltimore City Public Schools announced a new grading policy Tuesday that will allow the district to move tens of thousands of students who have failed at least one class up to the next grade level. The students will be assessed in the fall to complete their missed course work during the next school year. The district
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A 38-year-old Metolius man was arrested on attempted murder and other charges by the Central Oregon Emergency Response Team as he left his home on Wednesday, accused of firing at least two gunshots toward a Madras home a day earlier, police said.
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