Four Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies recently removed some 3,300 pounds of garbage from an abandoned campsite off China Hat Road, south of Bend. The agency has been unable to use inmate work crews due to COVID-19.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — Another winter storm is about to hit and we’ll see snowplows on public streets and in private parking lots. The City of Omaha requires the 27 contractors it uses to have insurance and legal drivers. But private snowplow operators are on the honor system.
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Regency Prineville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has 18 residents in precautionary isolation after a COVID-19 outbreak in which a dozen staff members tested positive.
Continue ReadingYouTube star JoJo Siwa responded to backlash over a children’s board game with her name that contains questions she is calling “gross” and “inappropriate.” The 17-year-old singer and internet sensation posted a video to her social media accounts Monday night explaining she had “no idea” what types of questions were included on the playing cards,
Continue ReadingA father died and his two children are missing after they were swept away by a wave Sunday in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast. The family of four was on the shore at Blind Beach near Jenner, California, when a wave knocked them all into the ocean Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The father
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A server at an Asheville restaurant got a shock when he went to clear a table. A customer at Nine Mile in Biltmore Park recently left a $1,000 tip. Tom Sforza picked up the tip after waiting on a family of five. Sforza
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 64-year-old Maplewood man is accused of pulling a gun on a gym manager during an argument over members not wearing face masks. According to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office, Michael Florhaug faces one felony charge of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon in connection
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Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter will not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, and former President George W. Bush will be in attendance, their respective representatives said Tuesday. “President and Mrs. Carter will not travel to Washington for the inauguration but have sent their best wishes to President-elect Biden and Vice
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Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, said on Tuesday that they plan to go to the Supreme Court after losing their latest legal attempt to stop next week’s execution. Montgomery, 52, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on January 12 at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OCEANSIDE, New York (WCBS) — Two friends on Long Island are making a unique contribution to save struggling small businesses. Short social media commercials are being donated to restaurant owners drowning in debt, free of charge, CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan reported Monday. Things have been slow for Hasan Balkas
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden will make remarks Wednesday focusing on delivering relief to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic with a focus on helping minority-owned businesses, a transition spokesperson tells CNN. The planned speech in Wilmington, Delaware, the details of which were shared first with CNN, will come as a group of Republicans in the House
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A Republican senator from Clackamas County will resign two years before his term expires. In an email to colleagues, Sen. Alan Olsen of Canby said he will step down Jan. 10, citing a need to put family first, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Olsen represents Senate District 20, which covers much of Clackamas County,
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Bill Gross started off his investment outlook for 2021, titled “A Little Bit Softer Now,” on an unusual note, discussing a legal spat involving a neighbor and complaining that his new automatic toilet seat didn’t lift as quickly as it should. Then he got down to brass tacks. His favorite market sector: natural gas pipelines,
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Lourdes Pelaez-Kingery was recovering from appendix surgery when she got the phone call that parents of college-age kids have come to dread in this time of coronavirus: Her daughter tearfully explained that she had moved out of her dorm at Texas A&M University-San Antonio days earlier after her suitemates threw a party and 14 unmasked
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A woman is facing charges after attacking another woman on a Spirit Airlines flight at Portland International Airport on Sunday because the woman’s kids had kicked the back of her seat.
Continue ReadingIf you think quarantine needs a better publicist in the United States, you might be right. New Zealanders went into a strict lockdown and so did Italians. So did the residents of China, Spain, Bolivia, Morocco and South Korea. The idea of isolating for a stretch of two weeks either because you’ve been exposed to
Continue ReadingImagine having cardiac arrest and getting picked up by an ambulance that won’t take you to a hospital. Or having a medical emergency and languishing outside an emergency room for hours. This is what Los Angeles County faces as the onslaught of Covid-19 devastates the community — including those without coronavirus. “Hospitals are declaring internal
Continue ReadingShake Shack is kicking off 2021 by introducing a new contender to the fast food industry’s already-crowded chicken sandwich wars. The burger chain announced the rollout of its Korean-style Fried Chick’n Sandwich and Korean-style Gochujang Chick’n Bites on Tuesday. Both items use Gochujang, a fermented red chili paste common in Korean cuisine. The new sandwich
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration is continuing to award border wall contracts in the waning days of Donald Trump’s presidency, including in areas where private land hasn’t yet been acquired, an unusual move that will complicate President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to halt construction. Asked by CNN Tuesday whether there are plans to continue to finalize contracts, even
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As President Donald Trump’s days in the White House grow increasingly numbered, his delusions about the 2020 election are growing. By a lot. “You can lose and that’s acceptable,” Trump said during a rally for Georgia’s Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue on Monday night. “You lose, you lose. You go and you go wherever
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