The Jefferson County Fire &; EMS Board of Directors will be voting on Feb. 22 at 4:30 p.m. on a resolution to ask voters to consider a $14.5 million capital bond request on the May 21 election ballot.
Continue ReadingBy NOREEN NASIR Associated Press Dozens of Indigenous activists have traveled to Las Vegas to gather outside the Super Bowl and demand the Kansas City Chiefs change the team name and ditch its logo and gametime rituals. Rhonda LeValdo founded and leads a group called Not In Our Honor that is calling for the changes.
Continue ReadingBy DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A Catholic laywoman who lived in 18th-century Argentina and joined the Jesuits in their evangelical mission throughout the South American country will become the first female saint from the home country of Pope Francis on Sunday. María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, more commonly known
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen, Joseph Ataman and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — The worst kept secret in Kyiv has finally been confirmed: the man who led Ukraine’s armed forces for two years is out of his job. President Volodymyr Zelensky replaced General Valerii Zaluzhnyi on Thursday, after 10 days of rumor and speculation – and months of a fraying relationship.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County Environmental Health said Friday it has received multiple reports from community members who have received spam phone calls that appear to come from the county. Callers appear to be “spoofing,” or faking, the Health Services’ Environmental Health main phone number, so the call appears to be coming from Deschutes
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum made special appearances before the Oregon Legislature this week to support three important pieces of legislation. One would create an impactful 100-year environmental clean-up fund using the proceeds of a best-in-the-nation settlement she obtained from Monsanto at the end of 2022. Another would ensure consumers have
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Panamá negó el pedido de salvoconducto para salir del país del expresidente Ricardo Martinelli luego de que Nicaragua le concediera asilo político el miércoles, según un comunicado de la Cancillería panameña. La decisión del viernes fue notificada personalmente a la embajadora de Nicaragua en el país, Consuelo Sandoval Meza,
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese President Macky Sall defended his decision to postpone elections as violent protests erupted across the country. In his first interview since announcing the delay of presidential elections earlier this month, Sall brushed off accusations that the decision was unconstitutional and told The Associated Press that
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Raegan Beers scored 17 points and No. 17 Oregon State pulled away in the second half to knock off No. 20 Utah 58-44, its second win over the Utes in three games, on Friday night. Oregon State now have won seven of its last eight games with three wins coming
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump, now the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, made false claims Friday about the extent to which he and President Joe Biden each cooperated with federal authorities over the classified documents they each retained after they left office. “I cooperated with the very
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Maddie Nolan heard she had blocked her first shot of the season, but wasn’t quite sure. So her teammate, Quay Miller, quickly scanned the stat sheet and confirmed that, indeed, Nolan did record one. Yet another assist on an evening filled with them. Nolan scored
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say they are investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks between 2017 and 2023 valued at approximately $3 billion, with the money reportedly being used to help fund its development of weapons of mass destruction. And the high volume of cyberattacks by North Korean
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The case of a Redmond man found guilty of murder “except for insanity” in the May 2022 killing of a Cloverdale woman puts yet another sad spotlight on the challenges of mental illness.
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To calculate the average cost of a date in 2024, MoneyGeek analyzed the average cost of dinner and a movie for two in 50 major cities across the country.
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The Conversation presents three key things couples can do to make the decision to move in together a smooth and happy experience.
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio Nueva York (CNN) — Una ex alta ejecutiva de TikTok está demandando a la empresa alegando que sufrió discriminación por su edad y género durante los tres años que trabajó para la empresa. Katie Puris, que trabajó en marketing en TikTok a partir de 2019, dice que enfrentó expectativas desiguales como mujer,
Continue ReadingWBTV, CNN By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and his allies are pushing to replace the chair of the Republican National Committee with North Carolina’s party leader who promoted 2020 presidential election lies and supported using the courts to overturn the results. Michael Whatley, the chairman of the
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Nayib Bukele ganó las elecciones presidenciales del domingo en El Salvador, con lo que logró reelegirse en la presidencia del país para otro periodo de cinco años, anunció la noche de este viernes el Tribunal Supremo Electoral. Bukele, candidato del partido Nuevas Ideas, obtuvo dos millones 700.725 sufragios, el
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A Bend woman listened Friday afternoon to the evidence against her and the tearful pain expressed by relatives, friends, a supervisor and coaches of three members of a tight-knit Warm Springs family she killed in a 2022 head-on crash, then stood and said: “I wish I could trade my life for theirs.”
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