SALEM, Ore (KTVZ) – The week of October 14-18 is National School Lunch Week. The Oregon Department of Education and the Oregon School Boards Association are teaming up to raise awareness of the importance of Child Nutrition Programs in schools. Around the state, school board members will eat with students during the week to learn about
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Culver QB and Safety Houston Wittenberg had three interceptions and three touchdowns in last weeks win. He has led the Bulldogs to their best start since 2014.
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The Summit Storm upset Bend High and improved to 2-0 in league play with a 21-6 win Friday night. Meanwhile, the Mountain View Cougars continue to dominate, beating Redmond 43-0, and the Ridgeview Ravens beat Caldera in a thriller, 29-26.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Voters will decide whether California should raise its minimum wage to $18 an hour, which would put it at the highest in the United States. The state already has raised fast food worker wages to $20. Labor advocates say it’s necessary to keep up with the ever-rising cost of
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The weather conditions are looking dry for the weekend as we are going to see a mix of clouds and sunshine today, but there is a slight chance for a stray shower. Expect the temps to reach the low 70s, even with the cloud cover. Sunday will be mostly sunny and mild with highs
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Tamaulipas informó este sábado que el diputado local Vicente Verástegui fue hallado con vida y que ya se encuentra con su familia. En un comunicado, la fiscalía añadió que investiga las circunstancias por las que fue secuestrado. El viernes, las autoridades de México habían abierto una investigación
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Three COCC students and three visiting college students from Bend’s sister city of Belluno, Italy have been involved in a special mural project here after a similar painting in Belluno.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — The recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is a fast-dwindling group of atomic bomb survivors who are facing down the shrinking time they have left to convey the firsthand horror they witnessed 79 years ago. Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima
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A passenger on an Alaska Airlines flight Wednesday said they had a close call on final approach to Redmond Airport, as the pilot had to pull up to avoid another plane, delaying its landing. We’ve reached out to the FAA to confirm details.
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ALBANY, Ore. (KTVZ) – An Oregon State Police K-9 team seized 40 pounds of crystal methamphetamine during an I-5 traffic stop this week and arrested the driver, a California woman. An OSP trooper stopped the vehicle around 5 p.m. Tuesday for a traffic violation on the freeway in Linn County. During the stop, the trooper
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s finance minister says the government is looking at additional ways to boost the economy, but he didn’t unveil a major new stimulus plan at a news conference Saturday. Stock investors and analysts have been hoping for a plan of up to 2 trillion yuan, or about $280 million. Finance
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Friday the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a total of $679,690 to five projects, primarily in Eastern Oregon, that boost habitat restoration and build community resilience to the impacts of climate change. The projects will support management of invasive grasses, reduce wildfire risks and restore sagebrush habitat.
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Drought is now so bad in parts of southern Africa that governments say they must kill hundreds of their most captivating, majestic wild animals to feed desperately hungry people. In August, Namibia announced it had embarked on a cull of 723 animals, including 83 elephants, 30 hippos and 300
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — En una noche oscura, una feroz tormenta asestó a Florida un fuerte golpe en la cabeza. Menos de dos semanas después, otra le desgarró el corazón. Después de que los fuertes vientos de Helene, las lluvias torrenciales y un muro de agua se cobraran 20 vidas en el estado a lo
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon, Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants have clashed along the border while the Lebanese army has largely stood on the sidelines. It’s not the first time the national army has found itself watching war at home from the discomfiting position of bystander. As
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is urging a federal judge in Spokane, Washington to rule that the Food & Drug Administration’s restrictions on the abortion medication mifepristone are unnecessary and unlawful, and to order the federal agency to remove these barriers to the drug’s access. Rosenblum is co-leading the multistate lawsuit with Washington
Continue ReadingAP Soccer Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Morgan Weaver and Christine Sinclair scored to give the Portland Thorns a 2-0 win over Orlando on Friday night and hand the Pride their first loss of the season. The Pride (17-1-6) had not lost in 23 matches this season and had a 24-game unbeaten streak dating to
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers shelled out $1 billion for Japanese talent in the offseason and it’s paying off in the playoffs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Yu Darvish in a historic postseason matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Dodgers got home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández to beat
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In preparation for the November 5th General Election, the Deschutes County Clerk’s Office will test the county’s vote counting system on Monday at 2 p.m. Deschutes County Elections ensures the security and integrity of the vote-by-mail process by conducting a thorough logic and accuracy test before and after every election. The public
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon Senator Ron Wyden gave a keynote address Friday at the Pacific Hemp Beverage Industry Summit at Worthy Brewing, talking about the need to regulate – not ban – hemp-derived products at the federal level. “Gen Z. the Millennials, Gen X — they are changing their drinking preference,” Wyden told about
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