Saturday is a Local Alert Weather Day across Central Oregon as gusty winds, low humidity and several active wildfires combine to create critical fire weather conditions.A Red Flag Warning remains in effect through 11 p.m. Saturday for portions of Central Oregon. The National Weather Service has identified today’s fire weather setup as a Particularly Dangerous
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Hot, dry weather, low humidity, and occasional gusty winds continue to keep fire danger very high across Central Oregon. With several active wildfires already burning, it only takes one spark to start another.Here are a few simple ways you can help protect our communities:Prevent human-caused sparks. Avoid mowing dry grass during the hottest part of
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NEVADA CITY, Ca. (CNN) — Just six weeks after Bend resident and snowmobiler Chris Thomason of Thomason Auto Group, was killed in an avalanche in California’s Sierra Nevada, another deadly slide in nearly the same area has claimed more lives. Authorities in Nevada County confirmed Saturday that search crews recovered the bodies of nine skiers
Continue ReadingBy Keir Simmons, Andrea Mitchell and David Hodari WASHINGTON — A ceasefire deal has been reached to end 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip, Hamas and Israeli officials and a source briefed on the negotiations told NBC News on Wednesday. The hard-won agreement will also free dozens of hostages held in Gaza, as well as Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails,
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Former President Jimmy Carter, a Georgia peanut farmer who vowed to restore morality and truth to politics after an era of White House scandal and who redefined post-presidential service, died Sunday at the age of 100. The Carter Center said the 39th president died in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by
Continue Reading(CNN) — President Donald Trump has pardoned former New York police commissioner Bernie Kerik, he announced at Joint Base Andrews on Tuesday. Kerik served time in prison for tax fraud and lying to officials.
Continue Reading(CNN) — President Donald Trump is once again weighing commuting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s prison sentence, according to a person familiar with the matter. Trump publicly hinted he would use his clemency powers for Blagojevich, a Democrat, in August. But he faced sharp blowback from some conservative members of Congress, including from Illinois, as
Continue Reading(CNN) — Former Maryland Rep. John Delaney announced Friday that he’s dropping out of the 2020 Democratic presidential race, telling CNN’s “New Day” that he doesn’t have sufficient support. Delaney did not endorse another Democrat in explaining his decision to CNN’s John Berman but vowed to support the Democratic nominee regardless of who it is.
Continue Reading(CNN) — US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland was directed by President Donald Trump to work with Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine, he plans to tell Congress Thursday, and was left with a choice: Abandon efforts to bolster a key strategic alliance or work to satisfy the demands of the President’s personal lawyer. Sondland
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