Smith Rock Ranch marks 20 years, selling online tickets only, announces corn maze theme
The Smith Rock Ranch is ready for its 20th fun season of pumpkin-hunting, a corn maze and more, despite the challenges of the past…
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FedEx Ground in Bend joins in delivery company’s first National Hiring Day
FedEx Ground hosted its first National Hiring Day Thursday at the company’s Bend facility, as well as other locations across the country.…
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Oregon Health Authority investigates Deschutes County Jail COVID-19 outbreak
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reports 13 jail inmates and four staff have tested positive for COVID-19, but the Oregon Health Authority…
Continue ReadingHere’s what it’s like inside a field hospital treating migrants at the US southern border
By Rosa Flores and Christina Maxouris, CNN Just yards from where thousands of migrants are waiting to be processed by American immigration…
Continue ReadingHere’s what it’s like inside a field hospital treating migrants at the US southern border
CNN, KVIA By Rosa Flores and Christina Maxouris, CNN Just yards from where thousands of migrants are waiting to be processed by American immigration…
Continue ReadingHouse Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump advisers, associates
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S.…
Continue ReadingMan who left woman to die in suitcase sentenced to 30 years
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has imposed a 30-year prison sentence on a man who tied up his ex-girlfriend in her New York apartment…
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Oregon says it’s ready to provide COVID-19 booster shots to those eligible, but asks for patience
Oregon health officials said Thursday they are ready to make booster shots available to people who are eligible to receive one, if the Western States…
Continue ReadingMan who pointed airsoft rifle at people pleads guilty
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 23-year-old man carrying an airsoft rifle and pointing it at people in downtown Portland last month has pleaded guilty to…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea, US repatriate war casualties 70 years later
HONOLULU (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in visited Hawaii this week as the remains of 68 Korean and six presumed U.S. service members were…
Continue ReadingEx-OppenheimerFunds worker charged in $8M inside trade case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former OppenheimerFunds analyst was freed on $1.5 million bail after he was arrested on…
Continue ReadingEx-OppenheimerFunds worker charged in $8M inside trade case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former OppenheimerFunds analyst was freed on $1.5 million bail after he was arrested on…
Continue ReadingBuckle up: Arizona Republicans to show 2020 recount results
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump who were hired by Arizona Senate Republicans to…
Continue ReadingAssault victims protest outside U-Michigan board meeting
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Protesters appeared outside a meeting of the University of Michigan’s governing…
Continue ReadingOldest human footprints in North America found in New Mexico
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking…
Continue ReadingEx-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont detained in Sardinia
By RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The lawyer for Carles Puigdemont says the former Catalan leader has been detained in…
Continue ReadingMinnesota couple get 40 years in starved daughter’s death
ELK RIVER, Minn. (AP) — The father and stepmother of an 8-year-old Minnesota girl whose emaciated body was found in the family’s apartment last…
Continue ReadingOregon reports 12 more COVID-19 related deaths, 1,836 new cases, 885 hospitalizations
There are 12 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,661, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania school district reverses ban on books by authors of color after students fought back
By Mirna Alsharif and Liam Reilly, CNN A southern Pennsylvania school board has reversed its decision to ban anti-racism books and resources. The…
Continue ReadingPort of Houston target of suspected nation-state hack
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A major U.S. port was the target last month of suspected nation-state hackers. The Port of…
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