Bend Venture Conference returns October 17-18; company applications open through August 9
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Each fall, hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors from around the country descend on Bend for a two-day celebration of…
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Hawaii wildfire death toll rises to 102 after woman determined to have died from fire injuries
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii authorities say the death toll from last year’s wildfire in Lahaina on the…
Continue ReadingAlec Baldwin attorneys argue damage to gun during testing was unacceptable destruction of evidence
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Defense attorneys for Alec Baldwin say the involuntary manslaughter charge against him in the 2021 death of a cinematographer…
Continue ReadingMaui ponders its future as leaders consider restricting vacation rentals loved by tourists
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Alicia Humiston bought her condo in Lahaina after she visited Maui and fell for its rainforests,…
Continue ReadingMore rain possible in deluged Midwest as flooding kills 2, causes water to surge around dam
By MARGERY A. BECK, HANNAH FINGERHUT and JOHN HANNA Associated Press NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) — More storms are possible in parts of the deluged…
Continue ReadingFormer pro surfer known for riding huge Pipeline waves dies in shark attack while surfing off Oahu
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A well-known Hawaii lifeguard who was killed in a shark attack while surfing off Oahu’s North Shore was a former…
Continue ReadingIndonesia won’t pay an $8 million ransom after a cyberattack compromised its national data center
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea says North Korea is again flying balloons toward the South, probably carrying trash
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea is again flying balloons toward the South that are likely…
Continue ReadingLawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
By SARA CLINE and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s new…
Continue ReadingA look at Julian Assange and how the long-jailed WikiLeaks founder is now on the verge of freedom
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — News that the U.S. Justice Department has reached a plea deal that will lead to freedom for…
Continue ReadingJapanese noodle giant serves up notoriously poisonous pufferfish
By Chris Lau and Rinka Tonsho, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Pufferfish is regarded as a luxury in Japan and a meal featuring the potentially poisonous…
Continue ReadingLa anatomía de una extraña criatura marina no se parece a nada que se haya visto jamás, pero al darle la vuelta se produjo una revelación
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una criatura marina extinta del tamaño de una mano humana fue uno de los primeros animales en desarrollar un…
Continue ReadingRep. Jamaal Bowman faces tough challenge from George Latimer in Democratic primary in NY suburbs
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press One of the most liberal members of Congress is trying to fight off a strong challenge from a political moderate…
Continue ReadingMissouri, Kansas judges temporarily halt much of President Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Federal judges in Kansas and Missouri on Monday together blocked much of a Biden administration…
Continue ReadingTakeaways: A possible Trump VP pick grapples with supporting a CO2 pipeline
By JACK DURA and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has emerged as a serious contender to be…
Continue ReadingJulian Assange agrees to plea deal with Biden administration that will allow him to avoid imprisonment in US
CNN By Evan Perez and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge related to his…
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Next big change to U.S. Highway 97 in northern Bend: northbound traffic shifts to new lanes on Friday
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Friday, northbound traffic on U.S. Highway 97 will be permanently shifted to the newly built northbound U.S. 97 parkway, ODOT…
Continue ReadingUS and allies clash with Tehran and Moscow over Iranian nuclear program at UN Security Council
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its key European allies clashed with Iran and Russia over…
Continue ReadingUtah primaries test Trump’s pull in a state that has half-heartedly embraced him
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Republican voters in Utah are set to decide whether retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney will be…
Continue ReadingA potential Trump VP pick backs a controversial CO2 pipeline favored by the Biden White House
By RICHARD LARDNER and JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is one of Donald Trump’s most visible and…
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