Man who wouldn’t leave Bend homeless camp jailed on criminal mischief charge
A man who refused to leave his tent on a Central Oregon Irrigation District access road and has declined several offers of assistance since last fall…
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Myanmar junta orders internet blackout as more pro-democracy protesters are detained
Myanmar’s military junta has cut all wireless internet services until further notice, in what appears to be part of a concerted effort to…
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Veteran DCSO captain placed on paid leave amid internal investigation
Deschutes County sheriff’s Captain Deron McMaster, a 28-year veteran of the agency, was placed on paid administrative leave Friday pending the…
Continue Reading‘We spent the night under heavy fire,’ recalls survivor after terrifying escape from Islamists in Mozambique
A heart monitor beeps in the background when Andre answers his phone, his voice still slightly raspy. He is recovering from a first round of surgery…
Continue ReadingCanadian families struggling to access autism therapy as they wait for a national strategy
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — While Friday marks World Autism Awareness Day, some…
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Gov. Brown orders public flags to half-staff to honor victims of Capitol attack
Gov. Kate Brown ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Tuesday as a sign of respect for the…
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Bend church hosts Good Friday art exhibit
Antioch Church in Bend hosted its ‘Station of the Cross’ art exhibit on Good…
Continue ReadingAn 8-year-old cancer survivor sold over 30,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. She’s using proceeds to help ‘fellow childhood cancer warriors’
An 8-year-old cancer survivor in San Bernardino, California, is using some of the proceeds from her Girl Scout cookie sales to give back to others…
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OSU Board sets tuition, fee hikes for 2021-22; plans to hire interim president
The Oregon State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved tuition rates and fees for the 2021-22 school year, including a 2.5% increase for…
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Pelosi orders US Capitol flags to be flown at half-staff to honor fallen officer
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ordered the flags at the US Capitol to be flown at half-staff on Friday in honor of US Capitol Police Officer William…
Continue ReadingApril the Giraffe, who became a worldwide sensation for giving birth in 2017, has died
April the Giraffe, who became an internet celebrity by giving birth on a YouTube livestream in 2017, has died at the age of 20. The beloved animal…
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Bend woman gears up to hike Continental Divide Trail, fundraising for a cause
Blisters, exhaustion and sore muscles will soon be a reality for Britney Ingram. In two weeks, the Bend woman will begin a five-month trek on the…
Continue ReadingThe gates were locked, a boy dying in a woman’s arms inside. This is what police have learned about the mass shooting in Orange, California
When police were finally able to enter the courtyard of the business complex in Orange, California — where four people were fatally shot…
Continue ReadingPGA Tour plans to keep its season-ending Tour Championship in Georgia
The Tour Championship, which features the richest prize in golf, will be played in Atlanta as scheduled this September, the PGA Tour said in a…
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MLB moving All-Star Game from Georgia after state passes new restrictive voting laws
Major League Baseball announced Friday that this season’s All-Star Game and draft will not be held in Atlanta in response to Georgia’s…
Continue ReadingSalman Rushdie reflects on post-colonial India 40 years after release of ‘Midnight’s Children’
Forty years after the publication of “Midnight’s Children,” author Salman Rushdie said he believes the India he was brought up in…
Continue ReadingHow a Bay Area clinic is helping provide vaccines to people experiencing homelessness
While some people nationwide have successfully booked their vaccine appointments online, many others — including people who are experiencing…
Continue ReadingTop homicide detective says Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd was ‘totally unnecessary’
The Minneapolis Police Department’s top homicide detective testified that kneeling on George Floyd’s neck after he had been handcuffed…
Continue ReadingChicago police shot and killed a 13-year-old boy in what the department says was an ‘armed confrontation’
Chicago police shot and killed a 13-year-old boy on the city’s West side early Monday morning and haven’t provided many details about the…
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Deschutes County to receive nearly 7,800 COVID-19 vaccine doses for next week
The Oregon Health Authority has allocated 7,780 first-dose COVID-19 vaccines to Deschutes County for next week, officials said Friday. Vaccine…
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