Ask any American what they think the best dish is, and you’ll likely get an emphatic response about some local joint that makes top-tier food. It could be a regional delicacy that you just have to try or a local comfort food you won’t find anywhere else. Every state has a dish uniquely their
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After a stressful day, it’s tempting to crash on the couch, switch on the TV, and scroll through your phone until bedtime. It feels like stress relief because it’s mindless, but that’s exactly why it doesn’t work. Stress is a top factor impacting mental health, according to a 2026 American Psychiatric Association poll of
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Buying now often starts before a shopper goes looking for a retailer, since a short video can put the product and the buy button on the same screen. AP reported in 2023 that TikTok Shop brought that behavior into the U.S. mainstream with a Shop Tab and affiliate videos, turning social content into a
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Take a wild guess at the state with the most auto repair shops. If you said California, you’d be wrong. Here’s what the data shows. California has the highest number of repair shops, at 20,998, but compared with its population of 39,355,309, the state ranks No. 24. Wyoming has 494 establishments, but with the
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Reputable legal practices don’t just offer legal protection, guidance and support to their clients. They also offer a place to store privileged communications, financial data and extremely sensitive information. However, with cybercriminals targeting law firms to gain access to this data, organizations face a difficult challenge in finding the right methods of online protection.
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“I’ll sleep when I’m dead” once reflected a culture that praised long hours and treated rest as time that could be sacrificed. But that attitude has become harder to defend as more people connect a poor night of sleep with how they feel and function the next day. Many now wake up and check
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Constipation during travel is widely reported and thinly studied, and an obesity medicine physician says most of its causes are set in motion before the traveler leaves the house. “We hear about this all the time and we know it’s real,” said Dr. Jessica Duncan, an obesity medicine physician and the chief medical officer
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Nearly 9 out of 10 (87%) human resources professionals agree that organizations have a responsibility to support the workforce’s mental health needs, according to SHRM’s 2026 Mental Health Snapshot. But confidence in the ability to actually meet those needs is slipping. Currently, 62% of HR pros feel prepared to support employees’ mental health needs,
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If you’re an accounts payable (AP) manager at a growing company, your current process probably wasn’t designed from scratch. Invoices arrived, someone figured out how to handle them, and the workarounds became the process. At lower volumes, a shared inbox and a spreadsheet tracker can absorb the workload without breaking. At higher volumes, AP
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In this week’s Pet Pics, we prove there is no shortage of adorable pets across Central Oregon. Remember to share the best photos of your pet with us and you could see them on the news at 6PM on Tuesdays. All you gotta do is click the share tab.
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Poison ivy rash is not contagious. You cannot give it to a family member by touching them, and no one in your household will break out simply by being near you. The rash itself poses no risk of transmission. What does spread is the substance that causes the rash: urushiol (pronounced yoo-ROO-shee-ol), the colorless,
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Families often begin searching for home care because a loved one needs help with daily activities. Yet the decision to hire home care is rarely driven by practical needs alone, according to a 2026 survey commissioned by A Place for Mom. Using proprietary survey data from 708 family caregivers who were searching for, using,
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Property owners who skip estate planning are walking into a financial trap. Tangled titles pile up. Fractional ownership disputes multiply. Forced partition auctions drain equity. Family assets fragment across generations, and there’s no easy way back. Without clear documentation—without wills, without trusts, without written agreement on ownership—properties get locked down. Owners can’t refinance. They
Continue ReadingPor Erick E. Beltran, CNN en Español Dolly Parton fue una de las grandes exponentes de la música estadounidense. Publicó 49 álbumes y ganó 11 premios Grammy a lo largo de su carrera. Su incursión en el country la llevó a convertirse en una de las cantantes más exitosas del género. Su música también trascendió
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By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump demonstrated his might with Republican primary voters Tuesday in South Carolina, as CNN’s Decision Desk projected that Darline Graham — the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham and the president’s pick in the state’s special Senate primary runoff — will claim the GOP nomination. Now
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CENTRAL OREGON (KTVZ) — A young male gray wolf recently spotted in Central Oregon is healthy and mobile, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. According to Think Wild, ODFW said the collared wolf is engaging in natural dispersal behavior, traveling from its family group to seek new territory and potential mates. Photos
Continue ReadingPor Katie Doran, Elise Hammond, Patrick Svitek y Aaron Blake, CNN La senadora Darline Graham ganará la segunda vuelta republicana de la elección especial al Senado en Carolina del Sur, proyecta CNN. Graham reemplazará a su difunto hermano, el senador Lindsey Graham, en la papeleta de las elecciones generales. Darline Graham, recién llegada a la
Continue ReadingPor Holmes Lybrand, CNN Tres funcionarios del Servicio Secreto, entre ellos el director de comunicaciones del organismo, fueron puestos en licencia administrativa mientras se investiga una posible conducta indebida, según dijo a CNN una fuente familiarizada con la decisión. La naturaleza de la presunta conducta no estaba clara de inmediato. A los tres funcionarios, incluido
Continue ReadingAnálisis de Zachary B. Wolf, CNN En una época en la que ninguna celebridad estadounidense parece inmune a las numerosas divisiones del país, Dolly Parton fue un ícono que trascendió géneros y se mantuvo neutral en las distintas guerras culturales sin dejar de decir lo que pensaba. Su estilo fue adoptado por la comunidad LGBTQ
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CENTRAL OREGON (KTVZ) — Firefighters at the Rowe Creek Complex got a special visit this week from some four-legged friends. Volunteers with Go Team Therapy Dogs brought four dogs to fire camp over several days. Aspen, Zelda, Chloe, and Rocky, along with their handlers, helped bring some smiles and a little joy to crews working long shifts away
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