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Month: January 2024

The Big Playback 1/26, Pt.1: Crook County wins dual meet; the Cougars blow out the Lava Bears; Storm sits atop IMC throne

On Wednesday at Crook County High School, the Cowboy wrestlers dominated their dual-meet against the Culver Bulldogs. On Friday night, the Cougars dominated their long-time rivals, the Lava Bears. Mountain View improves to 2-4 in league play, as they win 77-50. Bend High falls to 0-6 and remains winless this season. The Summit Storm are

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Philippine troops kill 9 suspected Muslim militants, including 2 involved in Sunday Mass bombing

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine army says troops killed nine suspected Muslim militants in the volatile south, including two key suspects in a bomb attack last month that left four Christian worshippers dead. Four army scout rangers were slightly wounded in Thursday’s operation against the Dawlah Islamiyah, a small outfit

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Merkley applauds Biden administration pause on LNG projects approval, calls for taking climate impacts into account

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., applauded the Biden administration Friday for pausing approval of Calcasieu Pass (CP2) in Louisiana, while the Department of Energy takes a greater look at the process for determining whether the project and other proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals are in the public interest. Merkley has long

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Senators Wyden, Merkley join call for restoration of low-income water assistance

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., have joined Senate colleagues in calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to restore funding for the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) for Fiscal Year 2024. The crucial funding that expired at the end of FY23 gave assistance to low-income families, Tribes, and urban communities with

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EPA puts nearly $11 million toward OSU, other community wildfire smoke preparedness programs

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – In light of the Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement to invest nearly $11 million in community wildfire smoke preparedness programs, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., applauded the Biden administration’s action to follow through with federal support for the Wildfire Smoke Preparedness in Community Buildings program, which he created in 2022 as chair of the

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California bill would require cars have ‘speed limiter’ technology to prevent topping speed limit by over 10 mph

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — A new California bill would require certain vehicles sold or manufactured in the state to be equipped with speed limiter technology. California Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced the new bill, officially known as SB 961, as part of the SAFER California Streets legislation package. The package aims to reduce traffic deaths and

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Haitians suffering gang violence are desperate after Kenyan court blocks police force deployment

By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Radio stations across Haiti got jammed with calls just hours after a court in Kenya blocked the deployment of a U.N.-backed police force to help fight gangs in the troubled Caribbean country. Many callers wondered and demanded: What’s next? Few know. Uncertainty and

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