Rep. Breese-Iverson, fellow lawmaker support 6 policy recommendations to quickly boost housing production
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – State Sen. Dick Anderson (R-Lincoln City) and Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson (R-Prineville) released a memo…
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2 children and a woman drowned in the Rio Grande, authorities say, days after Texas blocked the feds amid migrant crisis
By Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — Three migrants, a woman and two children, drowned in the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas – very recently the…
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A weekend of ferocious winter weather could see low-temperature records set in the US heartland
By JIM SALTER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Icy winter weather blanketed the U.S. on Saturday as a wave of Arctic…
Continue ReadingFrom a ludicrously capacious bag to fake sausages: ‘Succession’ props draw luxe prices
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Someday soon, someone will be walking down the street proudly carrying a ludicrously capacious…
Continue ReadingFive-foot Toy Story 3 bear draws the crowds at Costco’s first store in ‘China’s Silicon Valley’
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — More than four years after Costco’s first store in the country caused a stir, shoppers in the southern…
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‘It’s just horrific’: Summit HS grad critically injured in Hawaii moped crash
Bella Grinsell is a native Oregonian and graduate of Summit High School. For the past five years, she’s been attending the University of Hawaii in…
Continue ReadingUS says Texas blocked border agents from entering park to try to save 3 migrants who drowned
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Homeland Security Department said Saturday that Texas denied federal agents…
Continue ReadingPalestinian soccer team set for its first test at Asian Cup against three-time champion Iran
By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Palestinian soccer team will get its first test at the Asian Cup with its preparations…
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Emergency alert: Oregon agencies urge people to stay home as severe winter storm hitting much of the state
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – – Many parts of Oregon are experiencing severe winter storm conditions, including snow, ice, freezing rain, high winds,…
Continue ReadingFendi’s gender-busting men’s collection is inspired by Princess Anne, ‘chicest woman in the world’
BY COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Silvia Venturini Fendi plucked heirlooms from an aristocratic family hope chest and embellished…
Continue ReadingAs shutdown looms, congressional leaders ready stopgap bill to extend government funding to March
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders are preparing a stopgap bill to keep the federal…
Continue ReadingAt least 37 dead in Colombia landslides
By Gerardo Lemos, Sahar Akbarzai, Jose Alvarez, Heather Chen and Juan Carlos Paz, CNN (CNN) — Landslides in Colombia’s northwestern area of…
Continue ReadingIowans weigh Trump’s legal woes as they decide who to back in caucuses
By Arit John, CNN Ames, Iowa (CNN) — Teresa Garman has attended decades worth of Iowa caucuses, but views Monday’s meeting as the most…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu says Israel will cut Gaza off from Egypt, taking control of Palestinian enclave’s remaining border
By Lauren Izso, Heather Law and Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN (CNN) — The border between Egypt and Gaza “must” be closed, Israeli Prime Minister…
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Upcoming COCC Transfer Days event connects students with bachelor’s degree choices
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Central Oregon Community College is hosting its annual Oregon Transfer Days event — an outreach partnership comprised of…
Continue ReadingMexico finds missing Colombian women. They had apparently been forced to work as escorts
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say they have found at least eight Colombian women who were reported missing in the Gulf coast state of…
Continue ReadingTrump, Haley, DeSantis campaign in frigid Iowa in the final days before the Republican caucuses
By JILL COLVIN, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, THOMAS BEAUMONT and BILL BARROW Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley pushed…
Continue ReadingJohn Kerry, the US climate envoy, to leave the Biden administration
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy on climate, is stepping down from the Biden administration…
Continue ReadingCeiling in 15th century convent collapses in Italy during wedding reception, injuring 30 people
ROME (AP) — The governor of Italy’s Tuscany region says 30 people were injured when a restaurant ceiling collapsed during a wedding…
Continue ReadingWho is Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s new President?
CNN By Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Lai Ching-te, a former doctor from a poor mining family, was propelled into politics by a military crisis in the…
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