The vast, 33,000-acre Bull Springs Skyline Forest west of Bend has been on the sales block for close to three years, at a daunting price. So the private owners announced Monday a dramatic, 25% price drop — to “just” $95 million.
Continue ReadingPERTH, Australia (AP) — A man who may have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet was killed by the animal in southwest Australia, police said Tuesday. It was reportedly the first fatal attack by a kangaroo in Australia since 1936. A relative found the 77-year-old man with “serious injuries” on his property Sunday
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — It was a familiar scene in Seattle: Russell Wilson leading his team downfield for a game-winning score late in the fourth quarter. This time, he wasn’t given a chance by his new coach in Denver, pulled off the field in exchange for a 64-yard field goal
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — It was a familiar scene in Seattle: Russell Wilson leading his team downfield for a game-winning score late in the fourth quarter. This time, he wasn’t given a chance by his new coach in Denver, pulled off the field in exchange for a 64-yard field goal
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Jayathi Murthy began her duties as Oregon State University’s President on Monday. She replaces Becky Johnson, who served as interim president the past year in Corvallis. Murthy previously served as the Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA, becoming the first woman to hold that position.
Continue ReadingBy Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN The Senate Judiciary Committee will investigate claims made by former US Attorney Geoffrey Berman in his forthcoming book that Trump-era officials in the Justice Department pressured his office to “aid them politically.” “Throughout my tenure as U.S. attorney,” Berman writes in the book according to The New York Times, which
Continue ReadingBy JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Bassitt had his shortest start in three months, failing to get through the fourth inning as the NL East-leading New York Mets lost to the Chicago Cubs 5-2. The Mets had won each of Bassitt’s last eight starts, a span in which he had a
Continue ReadingABERDEEN, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Department of Corrections was fined more than $84,000 for reportedly failing to follow safety rules meant to stop the spread of disease at its Aberdeen prison. The state Department of Labor and Industries said Friday it cited and fined the agency, The Olympian reported. The determination came after
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth (COPY), a program of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, is offering a class to prepare volunteers to become mentors for children with an incarcerated parent. After initial training and background checks, volunteers are matched with a child that shares similar interests and commits to spending a
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Rookie Charles Leblanc hit a pair of RBI doubles during an eight-run burst in the fifth inning and the Miami Marlins beat the Texas Rangers 10-6 for a split of their doubleheader. Texas won the opener 3-2 as Mark Mathias drew a bases-loaded walk to snap an eighth-inning tie. The Marlins trailed
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD and KOSTYA MANENKOV Associated Press NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP) — Pope Francis begged for an end to Russia’s “senseless and tragic war” in Ukraine as he arrived Tuesday in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan to join faith leaders from around the world in praying for peace. Francis flew to the Kazakh capital
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A pickup crash into dry vegetation on U.S. Highway 26 north of Madras Monday afternoon sent the driver to the hospital and sparked a wildfire that crews stopped at about an acre.
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Since opening between 1636 and 1865, several of the eight prestigious Ivy League schools have been renamed. College Ave examined historical documents and timelines of the Ivy League universities to compile a list of their original names when they were founded.
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eSpark looked at how computer usage in schools has changed since 2009 using data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
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Stacker debunked common myths about mpox using a variety of news, scientific, and government sources.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves have reprimanded star guard Anthony Edwards for homophobic comments he made on an Instagram video and later apologized for. Timberwolves president of basketball operations Tim Connelly says the team is “disappointed in the language and actions” Edwards displayed in an Instagram video. Edwards made a disparaging, profane comment about
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Fire crews staying and working at Mt. Bachelor have a common mission, outside of putting out the Cedar Creek Fire entirely. It’s to stop the fire from going farther east — and at the same time, to be as prepared as possible to protect lives, homes and property, in case it does.
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Andy Rose, CNN Britt Reid, the former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach, pleaded guilty Monday to driving while intoxicated in connection with a crash last year that left a 5-year-old girl with a brain injury. The girl, Ariel Young, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury, a parietal fracture, brain contusions and
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Lizzo made a childhood dream come true on Monday. The “About Damn Time” singer won the Emmy for outstanding competition program for “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,” an Amazon series that documented her search for backup dancers. “When I was a little girl, all I wanted to see was
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Kaufman and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Iran has taken “a step backward” with its latest response to a nuclear deal proposal, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, calling a near-term agreement “unlikely.” “What we’ve seen over the last week or so in Iran’s response to the proposal put forward by the European
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