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
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEWRY, Maine (AP) — An annual event in Maine involving mud, beer and cash has once again drawn dozens of eager competitors. More than 30 couples participated Saturday in the North American Wife Carrying Championship. The raucous, politically incorrect event involves embarking on a 278-yard race during which contestants splash through water, leap
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Millions of people worldwide tuned in for a remote Alaska national park’s “Fat Bear Week” celebration this month, as captivating livestream camera footage caught the chubby predators chomping on salmon and fattening up for the winter. But in the vast state known for its abundant wildlife, the magical and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Dominique Davenport was waiting for a ride home after getting off the MetroLink light rail one night in East St. Louis, Illinois, when he heard an argument followed by gunshots behind him on the station’s platform. A teenager had been killed, the latest act of violence for a St. Louis-area
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected. Trump’s plan is predicated, in part, on the notion that immigrants are stealing what he calls “Black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs.” But government data shows immigrant labor contributes to economic growth
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, Fla. (AP) — Tony Brazzale, a diving boat captain who has lived for 10 years in his Wellington home in southeastern Florida, wasn’t worried about Hurricane Milton. The storm’s center was forecast to make landfall on the opposite side of the peninsula and then cross the state well to the north of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Attack ads on every TV break. Campaign money pouring in. And on a sunny Saturday, a crowd stretching out the door for a campaign rally at Tulip’s, a popular Fort Worth nightclub — this time for Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, a former NFL linebacker trying to unseat
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