Associated Press LONDON (AP) — As gray seals go, Sheba is grayer than most. The grand dame of the Cornish Seal Sanctuary in England was celebrated Saturday for her 50th birthday, far surpassing the lifespan of a seal in the wild and possibly being the oldest in captivity. Things weren’t looking bright for the young
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — On a summer’s evening in 2019, Zach Sheldon watched huge chunks of ice break off Valdez Glacier in Alaska as it calved into the lake below. The following morning, the experienced tour guide led his group to a crest on the glacier to see the aftermath. But as he
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Congrats to Mountain View’s Mason Chambers and Jordan Best for winning last week’ Play of the Week!!! The Top Plays from this week: -Caldera QB Tommy Morris lighting it up and connecting with Ty Hattenhauer for the TD -Madras Gavin Williams with the punt return for the TD -Bend High Carlie Shields wins it for
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — “His birth was unknown, his death hidden.” So reads the headstone (translated from Latin) marking the grave of the enigmatic man known as Kaspar Hauser, who died in 1833. Nearly 200 years later, scientists have finally solved a longstanding mystery about Hauser’s suspected ties to German royalty. Hauser appeared
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Our NewsChannel 21 Athlete of the Week is Georgia Koch! Congrats Georgia! And we have other scores from around the league
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The State of Oregon, through collaboration between the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, the Oregon Department of Agriculture, the Oregon Water Resources Department and the Oregon Health Authority, released a Nitrate Reduction Plan on Friday to outline the state’s key strategies to reduce groundwater nitrate concentrations to less than seven mg/L
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The Bend High volleyball team showed why they have been to back-to-back state title games. This week the Lava Bears dominated the Mountain View Cougars on the road to win in three sets.
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The Summit Storm won their first game of the year Friday night as they defeated the Henley Hornets. After a slow first half, the Storm went off for 21 points as the Storm defense shut down the Hornets. The Caldera Wolfpack, meanwhile, lit up the night sky as they dropped 35 points against Lebanon. QB
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — New civil rights lawsuits filed this week bring the total number of claims against current and former staffers of the Oregon Youth Authority to six, KGW reported Friday. The suits were filed on behalf of people who were incarcerated in an OYA facility between 2018 and 2022. Four of the named
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There is a ridge of high pressure off the coast that will continue to build and block. What I mean by that is the high will act as a blocking force for any rainy or cloudy weather to impact Central Oregon as the air builds under the dome. This time of year, when the sun
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Rescue workers are searching for at least six people missing after heavy rain pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto, triggering landslides and floods and leaving one person dead in a region still recovering from a deadly Jan. 1 earthquake. The Japan Meteorological Agency on Saturday issued the highest alert level
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MUNICH (AP) — Oktoberfest is open. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started Oktoberfest at noon Saturday when he inserted the tap into the first beer keg, signaling the 189th start of the festival. Thousands of beer lovers celebrated in the Munich fairground as the first to clink their mugs during the world’s largest folk
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Las hermanas de una mujer israelí secuestrada y asesinada por Hamas han descrito las condiciones “inhumanas” en las que estuvo cautiva, y declararon a CNN que vivieron “una pesadilla” desde que el ejército israelí recuperó su cadáver en un túnel subterráneo de Gaza. Eden Yerushalmi fue secuestrada en el festival de
Continue ReadingBy David Wright and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris entered September – and the closing weeks of the presidential campaign – with significantly more available campaign cash than Donald Trump, new federal filings show, after setting a grassroots fundraising record during her first full month as the Democratic presidential nominee. Fundraising by the
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend man accused of shooting at another man on a busy northeast Bend street last month has been indicted on federal charges of felon in possession of a firearm, a prosecutor said Friday as a Deschutes County judge agreed to dismiss three similar local charges. Aaron Polit, 41, still faces three
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Women make up more than half of the voters in Sri Lanka, but in Saturday’s presidential election, not even one will be on the ballot. Sri Lanka is voting for a president to take its economy forward after it went through an unprecedented financial crisis in 2022 that
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Joshua Savage just published his latest book, “Secret Bend, Oregon: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure.” It may well hold some surprises for even long-time residents.
Continue ReadingBy Manveena Suri and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed after more than 18 months in captivity in Indonesia’s restive Papua region, according to a statement from Wellington’s foreign minister on Saturday. Mehrtens spoke at a press conference in Timika, Indonesia thanking those who freed him and saying he
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia has been freed by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air when he was abducted by rebels from a remote
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Kittens Pepper and Domino just came back to the Humane Society of Central Oregon from their great foster home, so they are ready to, as Lynne says, “squirm into your heart.”
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