Bend businesses offer positive initial reaction to new Paid Leave Oregon program
Workers and their employers are starting to make payments this week for new Paid Leave Oregon benefits, which won’t become available until this…
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NeighborImpact offering grants to expand Central Oregon’s child care offerings
In an effort to address the child care crisis in Central Oregon, NeighborImpact is supporting the expansion of child care services by providing…
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‘There’s more work to be done’: COCC leaders say Oregon community college audit points to needed improvements
A recent audit from the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office points to “substantial deficits” at the state’s 17 community colleges, ones that…
Continue Reading‘Uncharted territory’: January heat records smashed across Europe
By Christian Edwards, CNN The year has only just started but already Europe has broken an alarming number of weather records as extreme heat spread…
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“I did not see this coming!” Vikings fans get engaged while tailgating in Green Bay
By Mike Max Click here for updates on this story GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (WCCO) — The biggest win we found for the…
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House adjourns after chaotic day without electing a speaker as McCarthy fails to lock down votes
CNN By Clare Foran, Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona and Kristin Wilson, CNN The new House GOP majority is locked in a chaotic once-in-a-century fight to…
Continue ReadingUtah resort employee dies after being ejected from chairlift
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — An ski patroller at a Utah resort has died after being ejected from a chairlift shaken by a tree that fell onto a lift…
Continue ReadingFans give millions to Damar Hamlin’s toy drive for kids
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Damar Hamlin’s goal was simple: He wanted to raise $2,500 online to buy toys for needy kids. It took about two…
Continue ReadingFor adolescents, social media might be a brain-changer, researchers say
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Frequent use of social media could be reshaping how adolescents’ brains develop, a new study found. Those who checked…
Continue ReadingTwo charged with attacks on four power substations in Washington state
By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Two men were arrested on New Year’s Eve for allegedly shutting down four Washington state power…
Continue ReadingApple has lost $1 trillion in market value in a year
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple’s market cap fell below $2 trillion in trading Tuesday for the first time since early 2021 and one…
Continue ReadingNFL balances emotions, tight schedule after Hamlin shock
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL pushed ahead Tuesday with a difficult balancing act, navigating players’ emotions after Buffalo…
Continue ReadingVideo game workers form Microsoft’s first US labor union
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer A group of video game testers has formed Microsoft’s first labor union in the U.S., which will also…
Continue ReadingTony Award-winner, Chicago stage champion Frank Galati dies
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Galati, an actor, director, teacher and adapter who was a pivotal figure in…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What happened to Damar Hamlin?
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest after making a tackle during Monday night’s game,…
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Oregon Psilocybin Services begins accepting applications for licenses, worker permits
Oregon Psilocybin Services has begun accepting applications for licenses for manufacturers, laboratories, service centers and facilitators, the…
Continue ReadingRep.-elect Santos quiet as speaker vote delays swearing-in
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Republican Rep.-elect George Santos of New York, who is accused of lying about large swaths…
Continue Reading‘Prophet of Doom’ pleads guilty in Brooklyn subway attack
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who opened fire on a packed Brooklyn subway train last year, wounding 10 passengers in a…
Continue Reading2 arrested in power substation vandalism in Washington state
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Two men have been arrested and charged with vandalizing electrical substations in Washington state,…
Continue ReadingCalifornia police more likely to stop, search Black teens
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California law enforcement searched teenagers whom officers perceived to be Black at nearly six times the rate of teens believed…
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