Bend Park & Recreation District holds job fair
The Bend Park and Recreation District held a job fair Thursday at The Pavilion for dozens of part- and full-time positions.
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California bar owner charged with multiple felonies for allegedly selling fake Covid-19 vaccination cards, officials say
A bar owner who allegedly sold fake Covid-19 vaccine cards at his Northern California business has been charged with multiple felonies, including forgery and identity theft. Todd Anderson, 59, of Acampo, California, was arrested Tuesday at his bar, the Old Corner Saloon, John Carr, a spokesperson for the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, told
Continue ReadingAtlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won’t run for reelection
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced late Thursday night that she will not run for reelection this year. “As (husband) Derek and I have given thoughtful prayer and consideration to the season now before us, it is with deep emotions that I hold my head high, and choose not to seek another term as Mayor,”
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Aspen Lakes trumpeter swan Eloise passes away
The Aspen Lakes community near Sisters is mourning the loss of beloved trumpeter swan matriarch Eloise, who apparently died of natural causes at the age of 26.
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Kropf plans to direct federal aid funds to Bend shelter
Each Oregon House member is being asked how to use $2 million of federal relief funds, and Bend Democrat Jason Kropf is recommending it go to Bend for a year-round, low-barrier shelter.
Continue ReadingA Fort Jackson trainee is in custody after a school bus full of students was hijacked in South Carolina, sheriff says
A Fort Jackson trainee is in custody after allegedly hijacking a school bus full of students on its way to Forest Lake Elementary School in Columbia, South Carolina, the Richland County sheriff said. Sheriff Leon Lott called the incident “a very scary situation,” but said none of the 18 children on board the bus were
Continue ReadingBob Dylan Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of singer-songwriter and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan. Personal Birth date: May 24, 1941 Birth place: Duluth, Minnesota Birth name: Robert Allen Zimmerman Father: Abraham Zimmerman, a furniture and appliance salesman Mother: Beatty (Stone) Zimmerman, a former model and housewife Marriages: Carol Dennis (1986-1992, divorced); Sara Lowndes (1965-1977, divorced) Children:
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War veteran indicted alongside Steve Bannon in fraud case faces new federal charges in Florida
A triple amputee war veteran who was indicted last year along with Steve Bannon and two others, in an alleged scheme to defraud donors to a crowdfunding effort to build a private US-Mexico border wall, was indicted Thursday for filing false information on his 2019 federal income tax returns, the Justice Department announced. Brian Kolfage,
Continue ReadingChinese cinemas are showing old propaganda movies. Is Hollywood going to lose out?
Beijing has ordered China’s cinemas to use the box office this year to spread propaganda celebrating the Communist Party. The country’s movie fans aren’t having it — and worry the new mandate is crowding out some of the Hollywood films they are clamoring for. Chinese moviegoers revolted last month after major ticketing sites around the
Continue ReadingAn attempted robbery at a Wells Fargo has turned into a hostage situation in Minnesota
There is an active hostage situation stemming from an attempted bank robbery at a Wells Fargo in St. Cloud, Minnesota, according to the bank and law enforcement officials. St. Cloud officers were called to the bank around 2 p.m. CT Thursday for reports of a possible robbery in progress, St. Paul Police said. Wells Fargo
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Bend flower shop copes with Mother’s Day challenges amid nationwide flower shortage
Bend flower shops are busy, of course, as Mother’s Day is right around the corner. But the businesses also are struggling, as the nation faces a flower shortage after the pandemic put some growers out of business, and others can’t find enough workers.
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Ex-Deschutes prosecutor who alleged ‘toxic’ race, sex discrimination agrees to $87,500 settlement
A former Deschutes County deputy district attorney who sued the county, alleging race and sex discrimination and a “toxic sex- and race-based hostile work environment,” has reached an $87,500 settlement with the county, District Attorney John Hummel announced late Thursday.
Continue ReadingThe foster care system is failing Black children and the death of Ma’Khia Bryant is one example, experts and attorney say
Ma’Khia Bryant was charging at two young women with a knife, police body camera video footage shows, when an officer arrived and fatally shot her outside the foster home she had been living in for about two months. Ma’Khia’s foster mother Angela Moore, who wasn’t home at the time, said the dispute stemmed from an
Continue ReadingNew ‘Stranger Things’ season 4 teaser is Eleven-out-of-ten creepy
It appears as though Eleven’s dark past will have some light shed on it in the upcoming season of “Stranger Things.” That is what we can gather, anyway, from a new teaser trailer released on Thursday. In a creepy one-minute clip, viewers are taken to an institution in which a bunch of children with shaved
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Oregon reports five more COVID-19 related deaths, 763 new cases
There are five new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,514, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.
Continue ReadingSuspect in custody after Idaho middle school shooting that injured three
Two students and one adult suffered non-life-threatening injuries during a shooting at Rigby Middle School in Rigby, Idaho, on Thursday, according to a statement from the school district obtained by CNN affiliate East Idaho News. The suspect, a 6th-grade student, pulled a handgun out of her backpack and started shooting in a hallway before going
Continue ReadingAlmost a million people signed up for Obamacare coverage through April after Biden reopened exchanges
Almost a million people signed up for 2021 health insurance coverage on the federal Affordable Care Act exchange during the first 10 weeks of President Joe Biden’s special enrollment period, according to data released Thursday from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That’s well over double the number who turned to the exchange in
Continue Reading Average time for unaccompanied children in CBP custody down more than 75%
Unaccompanied migrant children now spend an average of around 24 hours in Border Patrol custody, a Biden administration official said Thursday, down from the more than 100 hours that CNN reported in March. US law permits children to remain in these jail-like border facilities for only 72 hours before being transferred to the custody of
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Scattered showers likely overnight and into Friday
Lows Thursday night will be a bit cooler in the 30s, which is closer to average this time of year.
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