More than 300 quilts were donated by 80 quilters for Saturday’s third annual Bend Food Project Quilt Sale. It was held at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon on Saturday. All proceeds from the quilt sale will go toward providing food for kids through the Bend Food Project and The Giving Plate. Last year, the sale raised
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POWELL BUTTE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Saturday was the 78th annual Lord’s Acre Day at Powell Butte Christian Church, filled with food and fun. The original idea was that each farm family of the church would donate an acres worth of their produce to the Lord’s work. It’s been a Powell Butte tradition since 1947. Visitors and participants enjoyed pies by the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Donald Trump would push to remove fluoride from drinking water on his first day in office, if elected president. Kennedy is a prominent proponent of debunked public health claims. Kennedy may be in line to lead health initiatives if Trump wins the White House. Kennedy
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” in the final days before the presidential election, playing herself as the mirror-image double of Maya Rudolph’s version of her in the show’s cold open. The first lines the candidate spoke as she sat across from Rudolph, their outfits
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris holds 47% to former President Donald Trump’s 44% among likely voters in the final Iowa Poll before Election Day from the Des Moines Register and Mediacom. That margin falls within the poll’s 3.4 point margin of sampling error and suggests no clear leader in
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris holds 47% to former President Donald Trump’s 44% among likely voters in the final Iowa Poll before Election Day from the Des Moines Register and Mediacom. That margin falls within the poll’s 3.4 point margin of sampling error and suggests no clear leader in the
Continue ReadingCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Nearly 200 families gathered Saturday along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border for heartfelt but brief reunions with loved ones they had not seen for years because they live in opposite countries. Tears flowed and people embraced as Mexican families were allowed to reunite for a few minutes at the
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AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — In Oregon’s first Big Ten season, the top-ranked Ducks have beaten the conference’s traditional powers: Ohio State and Michigan. Dillon Gabriel threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score in another efficient performance from the Heisman Trophy front-runner, leading Oregon to a 38-17 win over the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden has returned to his birthplace in Scranton, Pennsylvania, making a final campaign stop for Vice President Kamala Harris. There, he offered the kind of unfiltered political sentiments that have become fairly common for him in recent weeks. Biden slammed Harris’ rival, former Republican President Donald Trump,
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of women have rallied in the U.S. capital and elsewhere with abortion rights at the forefront of their demonstrations. Saturday’s Women’s March events came ahead of the hotly contested election for president and other top offices. Abortion-rights and reproductive health care measures will be on the ballot in 10 states. Such
Continue ReadingBy Meghan Daniels Click here for updates on this story WOODHAVEN, Michigan (WXYZ) — A group of neighborhood kids in Woodhaven went out for a normal night of trick-or-treating on Halloween, but rather than take home all those treats for themselves, they stopped to share with a friend who they said needed them more. Amy
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese women marched in Dakar for climate justice Saturday, calling for what they call “polluting countries” to curb greenhouse gas emissions ahead of the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) on November 11. Senegal has suffered devastating floods in recent months, part of a wider pattern of record breaking
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has approved a revised plan for a massive proposed wind farm after he rejected a sharply slimmed-down version earlier this year. Inslee urged permitting officials to work quickly to allow the construction of as many Horse Heaven Wind Farm turbines as possible, The Seattle Times reported. Washington
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Ante Budimir has showed fans a jersey with the words “Be strong Valencia” after scoring Osasuna’s winning goal. He and his teammates dedicated Osasuna’s 1-0 win over Valladolid in the Spanish league on Saturday to the victims of the deadly floods that hit the Valencia region this week, and
Continue ReadingAndrea Saint Martin (CNN) — Las fuerzas israelíes dicen que capturaron a un operativo de alto rango de Hezbollah en una incursión anfibia de fuerzas especiales en el norte del Líbano. Miembros de la fuerza de élite Shayetet 13 capturaron al presunto operativo de Hezbollah después de desembarcar en la costa de Batroun, una ciudad
Continue ReadingLA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s government says supporters of former President Evo Morales have taken more than 200 soldiers hostage as unrest prompted by an abuse investigation of the ex-leader continued for a third week. Bolivia’s Foreign Ministry in a statement Saturday identified those involved in the hostage taking as members of “irregular groups”
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — As the nation and the world waits and watches for the results of the US presidential election this week, it’s safe to say that tensions may be running high. As polls close and results begin trickling in, one great way to disengage while staying somewhat in the realm of
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 12-year-old Pilot Butte Middle School student arrested last week on charges of bringing a loaded handgun to school with plans and an intended target list was released from custody by a juvenile court judge over the objections of prosecutors and others, Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels said Saturday. Gunnels
Continue ReadingANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Top-ranked Oregon lost No. 1 receiver and punt returner Tez Johnson with an apparent shoulder injury in the first quarter of a 38-17 win over Michigan on Saturday. Johnson had a 21-yard punt return. On the Ducks’ second snap, he caught an 11-yard pass and landed on his right shoulder
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson might have put a significant dent in the reelection hopes of one of the GOP’s most vulnerable congressional incumbents on Friday and later backtracked comments where he said he would consider repealing the CHIPS Act. Earlier in the day at a
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