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Month: June 2026

Bentz introduces bill to create new emergency access road and fire safe zones in Juniper Canyon

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-02) introduced legislation today in Washington, D.C., to improve public safety and wildfire preparedness in Juniper Canyon in Crook County. The bill proposes granting the county a permanent right of way for a new public access road and conveying four Bureau of Land Management parcels for “fire safe

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Rent and utility aid available for 2020 wildfire survivors in eight Oregon counties

Oregon Housing and Community Services announced that the application deadline for the Intermediate Housing Assistance program is June 30, 2026. This program provides temporary rent and utility assistance to renters who survived the 2020 Labor Day wildfires and straight-line winds. The assistance is available for those who lived in one of eight disaster-affected counties and

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Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force John "B-9" Bentivegna speaks onstage at a special screening of "FLY ME TO THE MOON" in July 2024 in Washington

Hackers breach senior US Space Force official’s Instagram account and post Iranian propaganda

By Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Hackers breached a senior US Space Force official’s Instagram account and temporarily posted a string of pro-Iran and anti-US propaganda on Sunday, some of it invoking the Vietnam War. One video reviewed by CNN used audio from “Hanoi Hannah,” an infamous Vietnam War propagandist, telling US soldiers

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Anxious GOP lawmakers seek specific promise that DOJ fund is dead before moving on Trump agenda

By Ted Barrett, Adam Cancryn, Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans need more assurances that the Trump administration will completely drop a controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund after the Justice Department said it would abide by a court order temporarily blocking the effort. Many senators told CNN they cannot move

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