Senate Republican Leader Tim Knopp of Bend acknowledged Thursday that he is now among 10 GOP senators who have accrued 10 or more unexcused absences due to the ongoing boycott, but again blasted the Democratic Senate president for what he called “arbitrary, capricious, and retaliatory actions.”
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El escritor Salman Rushdie, que sobrevivió a un ataque con arma blanca el año pasado, hizo una rara aparición pública en la Gala PEN América este jueves por la noche en Nueva York para recibir un premio. Rushdie habló en el acto celebrado por el grupo literario y de defensa de
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) — A small enclave of Detroit is considering municipal bankruptcy to help rid itself of a decades-old water debt that has grown to about $20 million and threatens to swamp the already financially struggling city. Highland Park and the Great Lakes Water Authority are in court-ordered
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In 1957, Celilo Falls, a fishery that was pivotal to the lives of many Native Americans along the Columbia River, was lost when it was flooded and destroyed by the construction of The Dalles Dam.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The renovations and new construction of libraries throughout Deschutes County bring a wonderful opportunity for the Deschutes Public Library to expand its existing art collection. The Library appointed local artists, one project architect, and community representatives from Bend, La Pine, Redmond, Sisters, Sunriver, and Portland to serve on the Public Art
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers played the sixth-longest game in NHL history to open their Eastern Conference final. The Panthers won 3-2 with only a few seconds left in the fourth overtime in Game 1 early Friday. It marked the 15th four-overtime game in NHL history. It also marked the
Continue ReadingBy CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer When Kamryn Yanchick graduated, she hoped to decorate her cap with a beaded pattern in honor of her Native American heritage. Whether she could was up to her Oklahoma high school. Administrators told her no. Yanchick settled for wearing beaded earrings to her 2018 graduation. A bill vetoed earlier
Continue ReadingBy CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer When Kamryn Yanchick graduated, she hoped to decorate her cap with a beaded pattern in honor of her Native American heritage. Whether she could was up to her Oklahoma high school. Administrators told her no. Yanchick settled for wearing beaded earrings to her 2018 graduation. A bill vetoed earlier
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Homicide detectives in Australia are investigating why a police officer felt so threatened by a 95-year-old woman clutching a walking aid and steak knife that he needed to Taser her inside her nursing home. Clare Nowland, a great-grandmother with dementia, is in critical condition in hospital after
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A string of strong thunderstorms rumbled through the High Desert before sunset Thursday evening, presenting a dramatic panorama many of you have shared with us. Friday night, storms moved through again, and the sunset scenes were just as special. Thanks for sharing – please use the Share tab atop our website or email share@ktvz.com.
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Jennifer Seeley was glued to her phone, safe at home but terrified nonetheless. There was an active shooter at the Texas mall where she works as an assistant store manager. And she was searching desperately for information, praying. Was the gunman dead? Were her coworkers dead? What was happening? So
Continue ReadingWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A 7.7 magnitude earthquake caused a small tsunami to wash ashore on South Pacific islands Friday. No damage has been reported, and the threat passed in a few hours. Waves 60 centimeters (2 feet) above tide level were measured off Lenakel, a port town in Vanuatu, the Pacific Tsunami Warning
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, Western allies have shipped billions of dollars worth of weapons systems and ammunition to Ukraine with an urgency to get the supplies to Kyiv in time for an anticipated spring counteroffensive. Now summer is just weeks away. While Russia and Ukraine are focused on an
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Legislature has passed a bill that combines a 12-week abortion ban with restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors. Conservative lawmakers wrangled just enough votes to end a filibuster, then pass it Friday. An initial vote on Tuesday rolled the bans into one bill.
Continue ReadingJessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — In one shot, a young woman stands on a New York street beneath glittering string lights, the nighttime scene mimicking an old photo of her mother, a Japanese immigrant who raised four children in the United States. “My mother has always been bound by the limitations of her reality,” reads
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press A Massachusetts Air National Guard member charged with leaking highly classified military documents will remain behind bars while he awaits trial, a federal magistrate judge ruled Friday. The ruling comes after prosecutors revealed that 21-year-old Jack Teixeira had a history of violent rhetoric, and was caught
Continue ReadingBy DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the polarizing wake of Jordan Neely’s chokehold death at the hands of a fellow New York City subway rider, there has been a “distortion of values,” Rev. Al Sharpton said Friday in eulogizing the former subway performer at his funeral. Neely, who had been struggling
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds that most U.S. adults say they are highly concerned about how the nation’s economy would be affected if the debt limit isn’t increased and the government can’t pay its debts. That’s according to a survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center
Continue ReadingBy SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — On the weekend in March when Brittany Glover would have turned 34, her mother stood on the same busy road in Atlanta where her daughter died six months earlier. Glover, a flight attendant with a passion for clothes, was coming from an entertainment venue during the early
Continue ReadingBy Jake Kwon and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The United States Tsunami Warning Center lifted an alert over the South Pacific on Friday, around three hours after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the region. “Based on all available data, the tsunami threat from this earthquake has now passed,” the center said in
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