Bend Fire seeks public input through online community survey as it crafts first five-year strategic plan
Bend Fire & Rescue has launched an online community survey to help the department craft its first five-year strategic…
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Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline as Nvidia weighs on Wall Street
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Friday after a retreat on Wall Street, where a drop in Nvidia stock…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Alberto dissipates over central Mexico after heavy rains killed 4
By ALFREDO PEÑA Associated Press TAMPICO, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto, the season’s first named storm, has weakened as it moves inland…
Continue ReadingMan wanted in connection with multiple homicides in Oklahoma arrested in Arkansas
By Sara Smart, Rebekah Riess and Jeremy Grisham, CNN (CNN) — Stacy Lee Drake, the man wanted in connection to multiple crimes including a…
Continue ReadingIllegally brewed liquor kills at least 34 with dozens hospitalized in southern India
NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 34 people have died and dozens hospitalized after drinking illegally brewed liquor in the southern Indian state of Tamil…
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NeighborImpact partners with city of Bend to offer down payment help for first-time home buyers
Bend first-time home buyers can now receive help with their down payment from a new program offered by NeighborImpact and the city of…
Continue ReadingRodriguez scores header gives Timbers 2-1 win over the Earthquakes
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jonathan Rodriguez scored on a header in the 72nd minute and the Portland Timbers extended their unbeaten streak to five…
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Second major, challenging NW Bend house fire in two days causes $1.5 million damage; firefighter injured in fall
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A three-story northwest Bend home undergoing extensive remodeling sustained at least $1.5 million in damage from a challenging…
Continue ReadingMuch of New Zealand’s far north is without power after a transmission tower fell over
By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Much of the northernmost part of New Zealand is without power after a…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea says Kim and Putin’s defense pact permits all available means to assist each other if either nation attacked
By Helen Regan, Gawon Bae and Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — North Korea and Russia have pledged to use all available means to provide immediate…
Continue ReadingCan a marriage survive a gender transition? Yes, and even thrive. How these couples make it work
By JEFF McMILLAN Associated Press Marissa Lasoff-Santos and the person she would marry quickly fell head over heels in love. Lasoff-Santos was a gay…
Continue ReadingThe fate of the latest cease-fire proposal hinges on Netanyahu and Hamas’ leader in Gaza
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The fate of the proposed cease-fire deal for Gaza hinges in many ways on two men:…
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Beaver Works Oregon planted over 5,000 trees this spring to support Central Oregon beaver habitat
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Beaver Works Oregon, a program of Think Wild dedicated to supporting beaver in Oregon’s High Desert, recently planted and…
Continue ReadingPutin signs deals with Vietnam in bid to shore up ties in Asia to offset Moscow’s growing isolation
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed at least a dozen deals with his Vietnamese…
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Bear-y unusual day for black bear that scampered through Madras, climbed tree, was tranquilized and relocated to forest
A black bear cub that scampered through Madras streets and backyards on Wednesday, drawing plenty of attention, eventually climbed a backyard tree,…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea will consider supplying arms to Ukraine after Russia and North Korea sign strategic pact
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Thursday that it would consider sending arms to Ukraine, a major…
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‘Devices are so addictive:’ Health professionals, Well Wired founders discuss tech in schools after school board discussion
A “letter of concern” by 135 health care professionals was presented to the Bend-La Pine School Board Tuesday night, raising concerns about the use,…
Continue ReadingTanner Bibee strikes out career-high 12, Guardians blank Mariners 8-0 in battle of division leaders
By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Tanner Bibee struck out a career-high 12 in six innings, Josh Naylor homered twice and had four…
Continue ReadingPutin arrives in Vietnam as Russia seeks support in face of Western isolation
By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on Wednesday, fresh from a rare meeting in…
Continue ReadingProbe finds carelessness caused Jewish student group’s omission from New Jersey high school yearbook
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press An investigation into how and why a Jewish student group was erased from a New Jersey high school yearbook has…
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