High Desert Stampede is coming up; volunteers help make it happen
The High Desert Stampede is coming up April 5-8 at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds! Volunteers are what makes this rodeo event so great! Patrick…
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Key Democrats seek info from former judge who reviewed Supreme Court leak probe after CNN exclusive
By Tierney Sneed and Ariane de Vogue, CNN Key congressional Democrats have asked the former federal judge who reviewed the Supreme Court‘s…
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Drone and cellphone help stuck motorist get rescued in Lane County
A man was stuck in the Willamette National Forest without cellphone service, so he tied his phone to a drone, and sent it high enough to get a text…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico may curb paramilitaries near southern US border
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Legislators in New Mexico are advancing legislation to rein in paramilitary patrols that have…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico may curb paramilitaries near southern US border
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Legislators in New Mexico are advancing legislation to rein in paramilitary patrols that have…
Continue ReadingExplosion kills at least 19, injures dozens in Bangladesh’s capital
By Swati Gupta and Jessie Yeung, CNN An explosion ripped through a building in a crowded area of Bangladesh’s capital on Tuesday, killing at…
Continue ReadingUS to relax COVID testing rules for travelers from China
By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing to relax COVID-19 testing restrictions…
Continue Reading4 Kentucky GOP governor candidates make pitches in TV debate
By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Four of the candidates running in Kentucky’s Republican…
Continue ReadingSchool safety concerns aired after California fatal stabbing
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California school district heard community concerns about campus safety in the wake of a fatal stabbing at a…
Continue ReadingWA greenhouse gas allowance auction raises estimated $300M
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s first auction of greenhouse-gas pollution allowances has generated an estimated $300 million as companies,…
Continue ReadingWA greenhouse gas allowance auction raises estimated $300M
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s first auction of greenhouse-gas pollution allowances has generated an estimated $300 million as companies,…
Continue ReadingANÁLISIS | Por qué el presidente Bukele quiere que todos sepan sobre su nueva megacárcel en El Salvador
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La semana pasada, el presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, publicó en Twitter un video típicamente polémico.…
Continue ReadingChina censors women modeling lingerie on livestream shopping — so men are doing it
By Chris Lau and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Donning a sassy piece of silk lingerie, a male model grooves to the beat and forms a heart shape with his…
Continue ReadingBiden administration declares fentanyl laced with xylazine ‘an emerging threat’ in the US
CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The White House has declared that the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl combined with xylazine — an animal…
Continue ReadingSafety agency opens probe of Norfolk Southern rail accidents
By JOSH FUNK and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal investigators are opening a wide-ranging investigation into one of the…
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Bend-La Pine students going green on the road: District’s first electric school bus is on the job
Riding on a school bus just became eco-friendly in Central Oregon. Students from Bend-La Pine Schools hopped on the district’s first electric…
Continue ReadingTexas inmate executed for killing wife and her daughter
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas has executed an inmate for fatally stabbing his estranged…
Continue ReadingChina’s new foreign minister warns of conflict with US, defends Russia ties
CNN By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang warned Tuesday that “conflict and…
Continue ReadingThreat of rising seas to Asian megacities could be way worse than we thought, study warns
By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Parts of Asia’s largest cities could be under water by 2100 thanks to rising sea levels, according to a new study that…
Continue ReadingDeSantis points to looming culture wars with Florida ‘on the front lines in the battle for freedom’
CNN, WSVN, WFOR, WFTS By Steve Contorno, CNN Laying out his top priorities for a second term and a potential platform for a presidential run, Florida…
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