I have not spent much time in this newsletter on the antics of Marjorie Taylor Greene or the scandal surrounding Matt Gaetz, two of the more controversial pushers of conspiracy theories currently serving in Congress. This is supposed to be about “What Matters,” and after the Trump years we all spent struggling over whether the
Continue ReadingFamilies who lost loved ones to Covid-19 can now get help with funeral expenses from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, though the program got off to a bumpy start. The agency launched on Monday a hotline — 844-684-6333 — to apply for up to $9,000 in assistance per burial. While FEMA has aided families with
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Milwaukee was once the leather manufacturing capital of the world. More than a century later, one small remnant remains. Tactile Craftworks is a business banking on the hope that a return to safe travel will have people looking to them. Handmade is still the way
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Pausing every so often to wipe away tears, Philonise Floyd testified Monday at Derek Chauvin’s trial that his elder brother George Floyd was a mama’s boy and a loving person when they were growing up in Houston. “He was so much of a leader to us in the household, he would always make sure we
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PARKER, Colorado (KCNC) — Michelle and Erik Harvey had some anxiety as their April 1 flight from Denver to Austin, Texas approached. The couple from Parker knew federal law required any passengers over two years old to wear a mask, and they knew their 2½ year old son
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Depending upon weather, beginning Wednesday and continuing Thursday and Friday, fuels specialists on the Deschutes National Forest will ignite several prescribed fires on the Sisters Ranger District for a total of about 600 acres.
Continue ReadingOne person was killed and one critically injured in a targeted shooting outside a Paris hospital on Monday, the city prosecutor’s office told CNN. The attacker fled the scene outside the Henry Dunant Hospital, in the 16th arrondissement of the French capital, using a two-wheeled vehicle. The prosecutor’s office said that initial investigations suggests the
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Deschutes County Health Services is partnering with the Oregon Health Authority to offer a free drive-thru COVID-19 testing event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday in downtown Bend at Bend-La Pine Schools Education Center.
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Students, staff and community members are invited to meet the four finalists for the principal position at La Pine High School during a virtual forum Wednesday, April 14 at 4:15 p.m.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Musicians in the Twin Cities reggae community have come together to make a music video calling for social justice. During the chorus of his song, “Enough,” Ryan Liestman sings, “It’s gonna get rough, it’s gonna be tough, we all agree we’ve had enough.” Liestman, who
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As the US races to vaccinate more Americans, Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising, predominantly among younger people who haven’t yet gotten a shot. Some experts worry this might only be the start of what’s to come in the next weeks. Michigan is already in the middle of a violent surge, and one epidemiologist says
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A Bend man allegedly entered a stranger’s home without permission early Monday morning, stole items including a key to a pickup truck, then drove away, crashed into a nearby fence and fled but was arrested nearby, authorities said.
Continue ReadingIran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has vowed revenge against Israel after an apparent attack on an Iranian nuclear site caused a blackout at the facility over the weekend. The incident threatens to undermine recently revived diplomatic efforts between Washington and Tehran to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. Newly inaugurated centrifuges at Iran’s Natanz facility, a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MOBILE COUNTY, AL (WALA) — A Wilmer man attacking his wife was shot and killed by his son, according to Mobile County Sheriff’s Office investigators. Deputies said Jarrell Gregory Busby was armed with a handgun during the attack on his wife. Investigators said Busby’s son defended his stepmother
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden will name Chris Inglis to the new position of national cyber director, the White House announced on Monday Inglis — whose legal first name is John but who goes by Chris — is a former National Security Agency deputy director. The Washington Post was first to report his appointment. The White House
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — When Rio Villa and her boyfriend found a GoPro camera on a recent trip to Three Sisters Falls in San Diego, they knew they needed to help find the owners. Without any way to know who the camera belonged to, they removed the video
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — An 11-year-old boy has died after he was shot by a child who found a handgun while inside a vehicle in a Walmart parking lot in Dallas Sunday afternoon, police said. Police said they responded to the shooting at around 12:40 p.m. at the location
Continue ReadingFox Corporation chief executive Lachlan Murdoch dismissed the Anti-Defamation League’s demand that the company fire host Tucker Carlson, telling the organization in a letter that his company saw no problem with comments Carlson made about the racist “great replacement” theory. “Fox Corporation shares your values and abhors anti-semitism, white supremacy and racism of any kind,”
Continue ReadingThere is one new COVID-19 related death in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,441, the Oregon Health Authority reported Monday.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, La. (KTBS) — A Shreveport man says he’s falling deeper in debt as his rental home falls apart but his landlord hasn’t responded. Ricardo Wray told KTBS 3 he lost his job because of COVID-19 and acknowledged being behind on his rent. But his living situation has
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