Health officials in the tri-county Portland metro area say “tens of thousands” of front-line health care workers have not received the COVID-19 vaccine and that it will likely take weeks before most do.
Continue ReadingThousands of Indian farmers protesting controversial agricultural reforms stormed New Delhi’s historic Red Fort Tuesday, with others breaching barricades and clashing with police. Protesters scaled the walls of the iconic monument and a flag was hoisted alongside India’s national flag. Tear gas and flash bangs could been seen on live streams from the city’s streets
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More than $5 million is coming to the Deschutes and Fremont-Winema national forests for a variety of forest restoration and resiliency projects. Read more at: https://ktvz.com/news/central-oregon/2021/01/24/c-o-buttes-to-basins-forest-resiliency-project-receives-3-3-million-in-federal-funds/
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January has already become the worst month for US Covid-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic. As of Tuesday, there have been more than 79,000 coronavirus fatalities, topping the previous record set in December by more than a thousand, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The grim milestone underpins the growing demand from
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In March last year, the UK government said it was hopeful the country could cap its coronavirus deaths at 20,000. It was a bleak target to set, but one the nation came to begrudgingly accept. Ten months on, Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivered a somber public briefing Tuesday, in which he announced the country could
Continue ReadingSeoul’s former mayor died last year in an apparent suicide after his secretary accused him of sexual harassment. Now, an investigation by a human rights watchdog in South Korea has found that her accusations were credible. In a report released Monday, the independent National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRC) found that former mayor Park
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The Bend Park & Recreation District is registering participants in various recreation programs once again, but Juniper Swim & Fitness Center won’t be able to reopen until restrictions are loosened.
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As the federal government promises more help against the coronavirus pandemic with better distribution of vaccines, the President is joining the chorus of officials reminding Americans they need to continue to wear face coverings and social distance for the rest of winter and spring. “The brutal truth is it’s going to take months before we
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Measure 110, which will decriminalize personal possession of small amounts of drugs, making it a violation much like a traffic ticket, becomes law on Monday.
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Redmond city councilors had their first but apparently not last discussion Tuesday night about whether to allow recreational marijuana dispensaries in the city, but a slim majority did not want that issue to be part of the council’s goals for the coming year.
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the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group is backing house bill 2698, also known as the ‘right to repair’ legislation.
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Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene repeatedly indicated support for executing prominent Democratic politicians in 2018 and 2019 before being elected to Congress, a CNN KFile review of hundreds of posts and comments from Greene’s Facebook page shows. Greene, who represents Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, frequently posted far-right extremist and debunked conspiracy theories on her page,
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On the day that thousands of Bend-La Pine Schools kindergarten through third-graders returned to in-person classes, parents of High Lakes Elementary School students were informed that someone at the school had been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Continue ReadingThe Wisconsin hospital pharmacist who in December allegedly removed 57 vials of Covid-19 vaccine from cold storage because he believed the vaccine could harm people has signed a plea agreement “acknowledging that he was guilty” of trying to make the vaccine ineffective, the Department of Justice said. Steven Brandenburg, 46, is charged with two counts
Continue ReadingGoldman Sachs cut chief executive David Solomon’s annual compensation by $10 million, or 36%, following a penalty deduction that resulted from the bank’s role in a corruption scandal involving a Malaysian investment fund, known as 1MDB. Solomon’s compensation package was reduced to $17.5 million for 2020, down from the $27.5 million he received in 2019,
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Demand for guns as been exceptionally high since the pandemic began, but it’s so strong that it’s hurting some gun stores around Central Oregon.
Continue ReadingNBC’s “Young Rock” may largely be about Dwayne Johnson’s good old days, but it also aims to be honest: Those days weren’t all good. That, Johnson hopes, will inject the forthcoming sitcom about his life with an authenticity that audiences will appreciate. “My life — you know, we use these terms ‘wild’ and ‘crazy’ and
Continue ReadingThe National Baseball Hall of Fame class of 2021 is empty. None of the 25 eligible candidates received the minimum of 75% of ballots cast to be elected, according to a news release from the Hall of Fame Tuesday. Of the 25, there were 11 new candidates and 14 returnees. The last time the Baseball
Continue ReadingThe fifth-largest district in the United States is expediting its plan to bring students back for in-person learning after a rise in student suicides. Nevada’s Clark County School District, which has more than 326,000 students enrolled, has been fully remote since March 2020 — when the Covid-19 pandemic began. In the nine months since March,
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