Don’t worry, birds won’t become dependent on you feeding them, OSU study suggests
Oregon State University researchers have some good news for the well-meaning masses who place bird feeders in their yards: The small songbirds who…
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ODFW to host big game regulation meetings around the state beginning July 6
Join Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife district staff at one of 16 annual big game regulation meetings happening around the state in…
Continue ReadingRussia says people can decline its vaccine. But for many, they’ll get fired if they do
By Zahra Ullah and Anna Chernova, CNN If you ask the Kremlin whether Covid-19 vaccination in Russia is voluntary, its officials will tell you it is.…
Continue ReadingCondo owners were facing $15M in assessments for building repairs
Condo owners in the South Florida tower that collapsed last week were facing assessments for millions of dollars worth of repairs, according to…
Continue ReadingCondo owners in Surfside building were facing assessments for $15 million worth of repairs
By Casey Tolan, CNN Condo owners in the South Florida tower that collapsed last week were facing assessments for millions of dollars worth of repairs…
Continue ReadingNew photos show damage at condo taken 36 hours before collapse
Miami Herald reporter Sarah Blaskey shares photos taken by a contractor just 36 hours before the Champlain Towers condo building collapsed showing…
Continue Reading‘This is a moment like Katrina and like Andrew’: Surfside condo collapse raises questions beyond South Florida
By Eric Bradner, CNN A Florida condominium’s deadly collapse could force stunned engineers and architects, homeowners associations and local…
Continue ReadingThe junta overthrew the government they represented. What happens next for Myanmar’s diplomats in limbo?
By Caitlin Hu, Julia Hollingsworth, Eliza Mackintosh and Helen Regan, CNN In a beige stone townhouse on a leafy New York street, a political coup…
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Bend hotel occupancy is on the rise, with tourism on the rebound
With the summer season here, many tourists have begun to return to…
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C.O. power providers not seeing major strain on grid, despite record heat
To escape the heat wave, just about everyone is cranking up the air conditioning, if they have…
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Bend homeless advocates seek solutions after 2 people die at Hunnell Road camp
Service organizations and volunteers at the homeless camp along Hunnell Road in northern Bend are doing their best to keep people safe from the…
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Police seek witnesses to juvenile altercation, assault in NW Bend
Contact between two groups of Deschutes River floaters led to a confrontation and fight Sunday evening among juveniles on a street in northwest Bend,…
Continue ReadingNew video of Ethiopia massacre shows soldiers documenting executions
A CNN investigation in April 2021, in collaboration with Amnesty International, exposed the horror of a massacre perpetrated by Ethiopian soldiers in…
Continue ReadingNew video of Ethiopia massacre shows soldiers passing phone around to document their executions of unarmed men
By Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, Nima Elbagir and Barbara Arvanitidis, CNN A few scattered human bones lay on the rocky ground, along with a…
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Rimrock Trails Treatment Services receives $7,500 grant from Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation
Rimrock Trails Treatment Services said Monday is tremendously grateful to receive $7,500 in grant funds from the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian…
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Deschutes County imposes public use restrictions to curb wildfire threat
Deschutes County commissioners voted Monday to impose public use restrictions on unprotected lands within the county and on all county-owned land, to…
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Oregon reports no new COVID-19 related deaths, 87 new cases — lowest count in over a year
There are no new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, leaving the state’s death toll at 2,763, along with 87 new cases, the lowest figure in over a…
Continue ReadingNCAA takes big step toward allowing athletes to profit from name, image or likeness
By Homero De la Fuente, CNN In a major step, the NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to support an interim policy that would allow college athletes…
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Unlicensed contractor charged with 5 more Deschutes County thefts; other victims sought
An unlicensed contractor from Lodi, Calif., arrested a month ago for a fraud scheme in Central Oregon has been arrested on five more theft by…
Continue ReadingUN rights chief urges US to ‘stop denying and start dismantling racism’
By Leah Asmelash, CNN The United Nations’ human rights chief is calling on the US to reform its criminal justice system, reimagine policing…
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