As Covid-19 surges globally, Israel is emerging into post-pandemic life
Shuki Weiss is starting to see the post-Covid light. The music promoter, who has helped bring the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Rolling Stones to…
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Oregon woman develops rare blood clot, dies after receiving Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
An Oregon woman has died after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, officials with the Oregon Health Authority announced Thursday.…
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China calls these Uyghur parents ‘terrorists’ without evidence. But they say they just want to be with their children again
Three Uyghur parents who publicly appealed to Beijing to let their children leave China have been accused, without evidence, of child abandonment and…
Continue ReadingThe latest area of competition between the US and China: Saving the world
With Washington rejoining international efforts against climate change under President Joe Biden, the United States and China now have a new area of…
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OSU professor Spinrad chosen to serve as NOAA administrator
Richard “Rick” Spinrad, an Oregon State University professor and former OSU vice president for research who lives near Sisters, has been…
Continue ReadingWoman pleads guilty to hate crime charges after police say she ran over a girl because she ‘was a Mexican’
An Iowa woman who told police in 2019 that she ran over a girl because she “was a Mexican” pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal hate crime…
Continue ReadingEmergency crews recover hiker’s body
Click here for updates on this story TALLULAH FALLS, Georgia (WGCL) — Emergency responders worked to recover the body…
Continue ReadingWoman describes moments after bear rips open garage door
Click here for updates on this story AVON, Connecticutt (WFSB) — It’s that time of the year where more and more…
Continue Reading11-yo girl delivers baby after mom goes into labor at home
Click here for updates on this story MOLALLA, Oregon (KPTV) — An 11-year old Molalla girl has quite the story to tell.…
Continue ReadingEarth Day cleanup along Deschutes Canyon: Volunteer ‘horrified’ by trash left at illegal camp
Piles of clothes, food, toys, and even buckets of sewage were left at an abandoned campsite off of Lower Bridge Road. To mark Earth Day, volunteers…
Continue ReadingMa’Khia Bryant argued about housekeeping before fatal police shooting, foster parent says
Ma’Khia Bryant and two other young women argued over a messy house and unmade bed before a fight that ended with the fatal police shooting…
Continue ReadingZimbabwe to sell hunting rights for endangered elephants
Zimbabwe will “soon” start selling rights to shoot as many as 500 elephants this year, the country announced this week. Tinashe Farawo, a…
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Mid Oregon Credit Union reaches milestone: $500 million in assets
Mid Oregon Credit Union announced Thursday that its assets now exceed $500 million as of March 31.…
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Ma’Khia Bryant may have argued about housekeeping before fatal police shooting, foster parent says
Ma’Khia Bryant and two other young women may have argued over a messy house and unmade bed before a fight that ended with the fatal police…
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Commute Options joins groups urging more federal investments in public transit
On Thursday, in recognition of Earth Day, 34 Oregon transit, environmental, housing and community organizations, including Commute Options in Bend,…
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Revived Bend bike share program plans to add more bikes, new locations
Bike sharing in Bend arrived in 2016, but was another victim of the pandemic that hit last…
Continue ReadingRussia orders troops back to base after massive buildup near Ukraine border
Russia ordered its top military brass to return troops to their permanent bases starting Friday, saying it had concluded a “snap…
Continue ReadingDaunte Wright’s mother says she ‘never imagined’ she’d be standing there at his funeral
The families of George Floyd and Philando Castile joined mourners in Minneapolis on Thursday to bid farewell to Daunte Wright, a Black man whose…
Continue ReadingTexas town to become home to largest urban solar farm in US
Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — For 50 years, the landfill in the middle of Houston’s…
Continue ReadingThe New York Post spent weeks fearmongering about vaccines. Now it’s telling people to ‘GET VAXXED’
Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post tabloid newspaper makes a very clear statement on Thursday: “GET VAXXED!” It is a laudable message…
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