Alfalfa-area brush fire damages structures, but crews save home
A brush fire broke out Tuesday afternoon east of Bend in the Alfalfa area, damaging some structures, but was quickly stopped by fire crews before it…
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‘We haven’t peaked yet’: Oregon already outpacing historic, devastating 2020 wildfire season
While the wildfire season in Oregon did not start ahead of schedule this year, the large-scale burns are happening earlier than normal. Compared to…
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Crunch: Bend auto body shops struggle with issues; customers face long delays
Several bodyshop managers in Bend say they are currently backed-up and having trouble getting parts. …
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‘So thankful’: Family that lost everything in wildfire gives back to Redmond community
Krystal Vaughn and her three children had just 15 minutes to evacuate their home in Blue River off Highway 126 before it was destroyed by the Holiday…
Continue ReadingNxivm founder Keith Raniere to pay 21 victims a total of $3.46 million in restitution
By Sonia Moghe, CNN A federal judge ruled that 21 people should receive a total of $3.46 million in restitution from Keith Raniere, the founder of…
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Texas firm, RealPage, acquires Bend-based G5 Search Marketing
RealPage, Inc., a leading global provider of software and data analytics to the real estate industry, announced Tuesday that it has entered into a…
Continue ReadingCalifornia will begin permanently offering free meals to all public school students this fall
By Stella Chan and Theresa Waldrop, CNN California will permanently begin providing free school meals for students this fall in a move that many…
Continue ReadingAlabama’s biggest city has a growing gun — and homicide — problem
By Ryan Young, Theresa Waldrop and Pamela Kirkland, CNN Katrina Grady was driving home from her mother’s house on the west side of Birmingham,…
Continue ReadingAlabama’s biggest city has a growing gun — and homicide — problem
The US is seeing a spike in crime across the country with even some of the country’s smallest cities are seeing a spike in gun violence. CNN’s Ryan…
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OLCC, Dept. of Agriculture to begin hemp field inspections to confirm THC levels are legal
At a special meeting on Monday, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission approved temporary rules allowing the agency to work with the Oregon Department…
Continue ReadingThis butterfly was the first to go extinct in the US because of humans
By Ashley Strickland, CNN As the first North American insect to go extinct due to humans, a blue butterfly has become an icon for insect conservation…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 21: Covid-19, Congress, Trump ally, opioid trial, Olympics
CNN’s Leyla Santiago reports on a Florida hospital that is facing a record-breaking surge of Covid-19…
Continue ReadingStaff at one Florida hospital figured they had seen the worst of Covid-19. They may be proven wrong
By Leyla Santiago, Sara Weisfeldt and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Staff at the University of Florida Health Jacksonville figured they had seen the worst…
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Oregon reports 6 more COVID-19 related deaths, including 2 in Deschutes County; 595 new cases
There are six newly reported COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including two Deschutes County residents, raising the state’s death toll to 2,832,…
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It’s ‘every firefighter on deck’ in Oregon this wildfire season, with a long way to go
As infernos continue to rage across Oregon, officials say that the state will need “every firefighter on deck” this wildfire season, having…
Continue ReadingRockets land near Afghanistan’s presidential palace during Eid prayers
By Kara Fox and Nic Robertson, CNN Three rockets landed in two different areas near the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday morning,…
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17-year study finds removal of barred owls slows decline of spotted owls in Northwest
A 17-year study in Oregon, Washington and California has found that removal of invasive barred owls arrested the population decline of the northern…
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City of Bend plans community open house on Project Turnkey motel-shelter conversion
The city of Bend will be hosting a community open house to share information about Project Turnkey-Bend from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 27.…
Continue ReadingShe found out on social media that the future she imagined for herself and her family was doomed
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Ariela Rodriguez was sitting in her car when the future that she imagined for herself and her family was crushed. She found out…
Continue ReadingWildfire smoke from the West’s massive blazes stretches all the way to the East Coast
By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN The massive Bootleg Fire in Oregon has scorched an area larger than Los Angeles, and it’s only 30%…
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