Seven Central Oregon athletes and one coach received All-State honors this week. The teams were highlighted by Summit’s Pearson Carmichael and Jon Frazier, who won Player of the Year and Coach of the Year awards.
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday after a firm finish on Wall Street, as expectations remained solid for U.S. interest rate cuts this year. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 1.7% to 40,120.11. Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.4% to 7,813.80. South Korea’s Kospi added 0.8% to 2,728.82. Hong
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Central Oregon Sportsplex Alliance is a coalition of community members, businesses, sports teams and partners that are committed to bringing top-tier sports facilities to the region. Their plan is to develop a strategy of a multi-sport facility, engaging in multiple turf, multi-sport soccer, lacrosse, rugby, baseball and softball fields, indoor
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Their nominations secure, Joe Biden and Donald Trump were left to read the tea leaves Tuesday as voters across the country cast primary ballots and, in one critical state, approved Republican-backed changes to election law. Wisconsin was again in the spotlight, its status as a crucial 2024 presidential battleground
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced Monday that it has forfeited on behalf of the United States 14 real properties located in Oregon — together worth more than $5.7 million — that were used by an interstate drug trafficking organization to illegally grow marijuana for redistribution and
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) autorizó el uso de Rejoyn, el primer tratamiento digital con receta para el trastorno depresivo mayor. Rejoyn, fabricado por Otsuka Pharmaceutical y Click Therapeutics, es una aplicación para teléfonos inteligentes que se utiliza junto con antidepresivos
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Human Rights Watch says Colombia and Panama are failing to protect the hundreds of thousands of migrants who cross the Darien jungle on their way to the United States and have become increasingly exposed to robberies and sexual violence. In a report published Wednesday the watchdog
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — In perhaps prosecutors’ strongest rebuke yet to how Judge Aileen Cannon has handled the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, special counsel Jack Smith said in court filings late Tuesday evening that the judge had ordered briefings based on a “fundamentally flawed” understanding of
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SALEM., Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Forestry is soliciting applications to join the Smoke Management Advisory Committee. The committee is currently seeking applications to fill one vacancy to represent the public. Created in 1989, the Smoke Management Advisory Committee (SMAC) provides advice and assistance to the Oregon Department of Forestry Smoke Management Program.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press The aftermath of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio doesn’t qualify as a public health emergency because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical exposures haven’t been documented, federal officials said. The Environmental Protection Agency never approved that designation after the February 2023 Norfolk Southern derailment even though the
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot has increased to an estimated $1.23 billion after another drawing without a big winner Wednesday night. The numbers selected were: 11, 38, 41, 62, 65 and the Powerball 15. The jackpot, which now ranks as the eighth-largest in U.S. lottery history, has been growing for more than
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A slim majority of Americans support the Supreme Court’s recent decision to keep former President Donald Trump on the ballot, according to a poll released Wednesday, but they are largely unconvinced that he should be granted immunity from prosecution. The Marquette Law School poll found that 56% backed the high court’s decision
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon State Marine Board’s Waterway Access Permit Program has entered the fifth year of implementation; however, compliance is still low compared to other boating requirements. In 2019, the Oregon Legislature approved the waterway access permit program with the intent of having the Marine Board use the funding for improving nonmotorized access and increase paddling
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La muerte de Camila Gómez Ortega, de 8 años, fue por asfixia mecánica intencional por un tercero, informaron este martes las autoridades de seguridad de México, al reportar la cronología del caso ocurrido el pasado fin de semana en Taxco, Guerrero, en cuyo marco ocurrió un linchamiento. Al detallar lo
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia has seen furious battles over election laws ever since Democrat Stacey Abrams’ narrow loss to Republican Brian Kemp in the 2018 governor’s race. The brawling burst into the national consciousness in 2021, when Republicans rammed through a sprawling election law placing new restrictions on voters. The
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers have reached an agreement to resolve differences over proposed tax and fee increases. The deal announced Wednesday amounts to a far more modest revenue approach than an initial $1.3 billion revenue package proposed. Senate leaders said that was unnecessary now during uncertain economic times
Continue ReadingBy GARY FIELDS and AMELIA THOMSON DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite the country’s deep political polarization, most Americans share many core beliefs about what it means to be an American, according to a new poll. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 9 in 10 U.S.
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press In the moments before the cargo ship Dali rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge and sent it crumbling into the water, a flurry of urgent warnings crackled over radios and enabled police to block traffic from getting on the span, likely saving lives. But those warnings
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is expanding the use of technology to process the ever-growing number of passengers as travel booms following coronavirus pandemic-related slumps. During fiscal year 2023, the agency processed nearly 400 million travelers at the ports of entry. That’s a 24% increase over the
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press XENIA, Ohio (AP) — On April 3, 1974, a deadly tornado barreled through Xenia, Ohio. It killed 32 people, injured hundreds and leveled half the city of 25,000. Nearby Wilberforce was also hit hard. As the Watergate scandal unfolded in Washington, President Richard Nixon made an unannounced visit to Xenia to tour
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