By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — When Jordan Myrick first moved to California in high school and heard about dirty sodas, she wasn’t the biggest fan. “It was a weird thing,” Myrick said. But in 2023, Myrick, who said she is “very passionate about soda,” visited Utah on a “The Real Housewives of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SUNGAI ABU, Indonesia (AP) — Mud, rugged terrain and lack of telecommunications hampered rescue efforts Saturday after a landslide set off by torrential rains smashed down into an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, killing at least 12 people. Villagers had been digging for grains of gold in the remote village
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — An explosion at a gas station in Russia’s southern region of Dagestan has killed at least 13 people and injured 23 others. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said the explosion on Friday triggered a fire that tore through the service station and its cafeteria on the outskirts of the regional capital, Makhachkala. Two children
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founding members, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a southern suburb of Beirut. The killing of the powerful militant group’s longtime leader sent shockwaves throughout Lebanon and the Middle East, where he has been
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First we have last week’s winner, Madras Gavin Williams with the punt return for the touchdown! Congrats! Top play nominations this week: Vote for your favorite!
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Una misión de SpaceX destinada a unir a los astronautas del Boeing Starliner con la nave espacial que los traerá de regreso a casa ha despegado. Suni Williams y Butch Wilmore, de la NASA, han estado en la Estación Espacial Internacional más de 100 días más de lo esperado. La misión de
Continue ReadingCNN By Oscar Holland and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — Born almost a decade before the first Miss Universe contest was held in 1952, 80-year-old Choi Soon-hwa could now make history as the pageant’s oldest ever participant. Earlier this month, she was unveiled as a finalist in the annual Miss Universe Korea competition. On Monday,
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — Born almost a decade before the first Miss Universe contest was held in 1952, 80-year-old Choi Soon-hwa could now make history as the pageant’s oldest ever participant. Earlier this month, she was unveiled as a finalist in the annual Miss Universe Korea competition. On Monday, Choi
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This week’s Athlete of the week is none other than Summit cross country runner Hayden Boaz!
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With less than 40 days until Election Day, the Rev. Al Sharpton’s choice of a battleground state for a get-out-the-vote bus tour made sense. It was a strategic choice on Sharpton’s part to recruit speakers who many first knew as Black and Latino teenagers wrongly convicted in a case
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The Caldera Wolfpack and the Bend High Lava Bears had a must-see volleyball match this week. The teams went five sets, with the Wolfpack coming out on top. The Summit Storm soccer team came to play this week. The two top teams in the IMC from the last seasons went head to head. Summit beat
Continue ReadingHezbollah has confirmed that its leader of more than three decades, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike. The group vowed to continue its fight against Israel even as Israel’s attacks on Hezbollah targets pounded areas around Lebanon’s capital. The United Nations says the number of those displaced from southern Lebanon has topped 211,000.
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The Sisters Outlaws were unreal Friday night! Outlaws running back Kayl Mock had four touchdowns in the first half, and helped Sisters to improve to 3-1. The Redmond Panthers had a similar night. They put up 53 points to win their second game of the year.
Continue ReadingCNN By Dalia Faheid and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Helene, the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida’s Big Bend region, is now a post-tropical cyclone with winds of 35 mph, leaving at least 59 people dead in five states, leveling communities, knocking out power and stranding many in floodwaters following the historic
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We are on the western edge of an area of high pressure that is in just the correct position to usher warmer than normal air into the area. The temperatures will be in the middle to upper 80s today as the high maintains a grip on the western United States, but is drifting east. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and left millions without power. “I’ve never seen so many people homeless as what
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A SpaceX mission due to unite the Boeing Starliner astronauts with the spacecraft that will bring them home has taken flight. NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have now been on the International Space Station more than 100 days longer than expected. The SpaceX mission, called Crew-9, took off
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The subtitle of Lynda Sather’s new book is ‘Fear, Fish & Finding Yourself in Alaska.’ We talked to Sather about the book before a signing event at Redmond’s Herringbone Books on Wednesday, October 2nd.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new initiative is underway by European, Arab and Islamic nations to strengthen support for a Palestinian state and its institutions and prepare for a future after the war in Gaza and escalating conflict in Lebanon. Norway Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said in an Associated Press interview Friday
Continue ReadingCNN By Dalia Faheid and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Helene, the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida’s Big Bend region, is now a post-tropical cyclone with winds of 35 mph, leaving at least 59 people dead in five states, leveling communities, knocking out power and stranding many in floodwaters following the historic
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