BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Presley Abell, a student at Mountain View High School, has won the state-level “Celebrate the West” art competition. She is now competing against winners from 20 other states for regional recognition, with the People’s Choice poll closing May 22. You can vote in the competition here. Abell’s winning painting is titled
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gas prices are up in most states again this week, including Oregon, whose average rose four cents to $5.32 a gallon. The national average for regular gasoline ticked up two cents to $4.50 a gallon. These increases are smaller than last week, when the national average jumped 31 cents and the
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Florida is expected to wind down its “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention facility sometime this summer, according to a source familiar with the planning. Vendors at the site were told Tuesday that detainees will be removed by “the start of” June and the center will be dismantled in
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Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Renowned chef Hillary Sterling has worked in kitchens with some culinary icons. Every meal doesn’t have to be a big production, though — she shared her favorite recipe for dining solo. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣
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By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Israel is concerned that US President Donald Trump may strike an agreement with Iran before addressing some of the key issues that drove the two countries to launch the war in the first place, multiple Israeli sources have told CNN. A deal that leaves Tehran’s nuclear program partially intact
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend Park and Recreation District is inviting community members to join its Natural Resources and Trails team with upcoming volunteer project days from May to October. Volunteers are needed to roll up barbed wire, pull weeds, remove trash, close off unofficial trails, and plant native vegetation at several volunteer projects scheduled
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By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Keir Starmer has thrown down the gauntlet to his potential rivals, defying calls to quit as Britain’s prime minister and instead challenging his would-be opponents to launch a formal challenge against his leadership of the Labour Party. To trigger a leadership challenge, one fifth of Labour’s members of
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Voters in Central Oregon will soon decide on a proposed fire levy that leaders say is critical to maintaining emergency response–especially in the wake of last year’s Flat Fire. The Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District is asking voters to approve a higher levy, but officials say the need has been building for years. The measure would replace
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division has alerted employers to two active scams targeting businesses, with fraudulent callers attempting to steal money through misrepresentation. These scams involve individuals falsely claiming to represent Oregon OSHA or an affiliated consultation firm to extract payments from employers. Scammers are reportedly utilizing publicly searchable
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The man who was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines jet after he jumped a perimeter fence at Denver International Airport intended to kill himself, officials confirmed Tuesday. The man was identified as 41-year-old Michael Mott, according to Sterling McLaren, Denver’s chief medical examiner. The manner of death
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EDITOR’S NOTE: In this episode of The Local Lens, Spencer Sacks interviews Ron Boozell who is running for Deschutes County Commissioner.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — According to Central Oregon Fire Info, the Pine Mountain Fire is now 100% contained at 2,589 acres as of Tuesday morning. The fire will transition back to the local unit tonight and a Type 4 Incident Commander will oversee the remaining operations including fire patrols and hazard identification and mitigation. “Visitors
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HINES, Ore. (KTVZ) — Happening now, with increasing temperatures and lower fuel moisture, the Malheur National Forest will move from a low to a moderate fire danger rating. The moderate fire danger rating went into effect this morning. When fire danger is “moderate”, it means that fires can start from most accidental causes, but number of fire
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of the late Pope John Paul II. He was canonized as a saint on April 27, 2014. Personal Birth date: May 18, 1920 Death date: April 2, 2005 Birth place: Wadowice, Poland Birth name: Karol Jozef Wojtyla Father: Karol Wojtyla, officer in the Polish
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By Rebekah Riess, Ramishah Maruf, CNN (CNN) — Data stolen in a cyberattack that shut down an education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the US last week has been returned to the platform’s parent company, Instructure, according to an update the company posted Monday. Canvas, a popular, cloud-based digital hub for classrooms,
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN It’s been 100 days since Nancy Guthrie disappeared, with few concrete answers emerging in the case. It’s also reigniting debate over whether crime dramas like “CSI” have inflated the public’s expectations of which cases police can realistically solve — and how quickly. Here’s what else you need to know to get
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — If you’re shopping for your favorite Calbee chips in Japan and see that familiar bag in black and white – it’s not a printing mistake. The Japanese snack maker said on Tuesday it will temporarily change the packaging to grayscale and ditch its typically bright and eye-catching colors in
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By Simone McCarthy, Teele Rebane, Isaac Yee, Yong Xiong, CNN Cangzhou, China (CNN) — A few hundred miles from where Chinese leader Xi Jinping will roll out the red carpet for President Donald Trump this week, a shadowy ecosystem has long been at work pumping billions of dollars into Iran’s economy – now helping keep
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By Lex Harvey, Deidre McPhillips, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Stephen Kornfeld was taking the trip of a lifetime aboard a cruise sailing across the Atlantic Ocean when he was called on to care for other passengers who fell ill. Now, he’s the only MV Hondius passenger in a biocontainment unit at the University
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