Visit Bend seeks community votes to help decide first Bend Sustainability Fund grants
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Visit Bend, an economic development organization, is asking the community to get involved with its first Bend Sustainability…
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Search-and-rescue efforts from Tennessee flooding are suspended as the death toll increases to 20
By Rebekah Riess and Travis Caldwell, CNN Search efforts have been suspended in Tennessee following deadly flooding Saturday that left 20 people dead…
Continue ReadingLuke Combs, Dan + Shay celebrated by peers at ACM Honors
by KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dan + Shay, Luke Combs, Rascal Flatts and more country artists were celebrated…
Continue ReadingPolice: 4 killed in shootings, arsons in Washington state
KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — Authorities believe one gunman killed three people and wounded another during a spree of shootings and arsons in eastern…
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Law enforcement says methamphetamine still top illegal drug threat to Central Oregonians
Methamphetamine continues to be the No. 1 illegal drug threat to Central…
Continue ReadingPolice: 4 killed in shootings, arsons in Washington state
KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — Authorities believe one gunman killed three people and wounded another during a spree of shootings and arsons in eastern…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Is Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano going to erupt again?
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The ground at the summit of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has been rumbling and swelling in recent…
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Bend panel eyes Mirror Pond fish passage options
An advisory committee is exploring options for a fish passage around the Newport Avenue dam that formed Mirror Pond more than a century ago. We…
Continue ReadingBody camera footage shows 2019 beating of Black man by Louisiana state police officer
By Nick Valencia and Peter Nickeas, CNN A Louisiana State Police trooper was captured on video repeatedly beating a Black motorist with a flashlight…
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Oregon FBI’s top agent talks with KTVZ about hate crimes awareness, enforcement effort
The FBI in Oregon is joining a new hate crime awareness and enforcement initiative. The state’s special agent in charge talked with NewsChannel…
Continue ReadingMexico undecided on reinstating “remain in Mexico” policy
By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department is not saying whether the government will allow the U.S.…
Continue ReadingA Black veteran is killed by police after 911 call says he has a gun. But his sister says a crisis team should have been sent
By Mark Morales, CNN The sister of a retired military officer who was shot and killed by police outside his New Jersey home on the Fourth of July…
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OSU-Cascades Summer Academy giving high schoolers a ‘jump start’ to the college experience
Some high school students are spending some of their late-summer days back in a classroom, testing what it’s like to be in…
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Health officials warn people misusing horse, cattle drug to ‘cure,’ treat COVID-19
The drug is called Ivermectin, and feed and supply stores can’t keep it on their shelves. Some people believe it can treat Covid-19. One Central…
Continue Reading12 dead after attacks on Indigenous communities in Nicaragua
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Activists and environmentalists in Nicaragua charge that settlers have again attacked Indigenous communities in the…
Continue Reading‘I think we already broke’: Mississippi’s nurses are resigning to protect themselves from Covid-19 burnout
By Madeline Holcombe, Erica Hill and Laura Dolan, CNN Earlier this month, Mississippi ICU nurse Nichole Atherton resigned, worn down by the stress,…
Continue ReadingKite surfer dies after slamming into Fort Lauderdale home
By Melissa Alonso and Rebekah Riess, CNN A kite surfer who crashed into a beachfront home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Wednesday has died, Fort…
Continue ReadingHarris says she urged Vietnam to free political dissidents
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris says she raised issues of human rights abuses and…
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Oregon VA director’s message to veterans amid challenging days: You are not alone
Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs Director Kelly Fitzpatrick made the following statement…
Continue ReadingNirvana sued by man who was nude baby on ‘Nevermind’ cover
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 30-year-old man who appeared nude at 4 months old in 1991 on the cover of Nirvana’s…
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