Oil worker health care fund is sought by New Mexico congressman in swing district
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A first term U.S. congressman from New Mexico has introduced a bill that would create a health…
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Armenia and Azerbaijan clash over plight of 120,000 people in Nagorno-Karabakh facing food crisis
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan clashed at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council over…
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Lasting legacy: Jake and Josh Eckstein Memorial Trade Scholarship chooses first recipient, a Crook County future welder
Jake and Josh Eckstein passed away in 2019 in a tragic crash while they were on their way to work. Since then, their parents Scott and Phyllis…
Continue Reading3 people have died after infection with rare flesh-eating bacteria in Connecticut and New York
By Rob Frehse and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — At least three people have died in Connecticut and New York after contracting a rare flesh-eating…
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ODOT finishes cleanup of Bend’s Truman Avenue homeless encampment — but residents haven’t moved far
While ODOT finished cleaning up a new encampment at Truman Avenue along Highway 97 in Bend, displaced residents didn’t move far. The agency says each…
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Three candidates reelected to Sunriver Homeowners Association Board of Directors amid mailing dispute
After a misleading email was sent out by a current board member, three board members were reelected to the Sunriver Homeowners Association Board of…
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Friends grieve ‘very caring, selfless’ downtown Bend shooting victim; nationwide manhunt for suspect continues
Shocked friends are mourning the death of Taylor Shane Wyss, a 33-year-old Redmond man who was shot and killed on the sidewalk in front of Duda’s…
Continue ReadingUS women’s national team coach Vlatko Andonovski resigns after early World Cup exit, AP source says
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer U.S. women’s national team coach Vlatko Andonovski has resigned, a person familiar with the decision told…
Continue ReadingEx-Anaheim mayor to plead guilty in federal corruption case over Angel Stadium sale
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former mayor of Anaheim has agreed to plead guilty to obstructing an FBI corruption investigation into the $150…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia says it executes American citizen convicted of killing his father
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has executed an American citizen convicted of killing his father. The Interior Ministry identified…
Continue ReadingTexas woman accused of threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump election case and a congresswoman
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas woman has been charged with threatening to kill the federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President…
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Disabled Bend veteran gets new service dog, thanks to generous NewsChannel 21 viewers
Late Wednesday morning, a cute puppy named Teddy arrived in Bend to meet his new owners: James Darcy and his wife, Mary Ann Bell. As he grows up,…
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High number of dead, dying young common murres on Oregon beaches; ODFW: Don’t disturb, pick them up
Oregon coast visitors are seeing many dead and dying fledgling common murres right now on state beaches, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife…
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Organizers of first Bend ‘Water Lantern Festival’ vow to help clean up Deschutes mess; BPRD says no more permits
Organizers of Bend’s first – and quite possibly last – Water Lantern Festival said Tuesday they are working with community groups to clean up…
Continue ReadingInmates at California women’s prison sue federal government over sexual abuse
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Eight inmates of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison have filed a lawsuit…
Continue ReadingMaui wildfires death toll rises to 110 as official says using the warning sirens wouldn’t have saved lives
By Lauren Mascarenhas, Nouran Salahieh, Sara Smart and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — The death toll in the Maui wildfires is now 110, Hawaii Gov. Josh…
Continue ReadingPolice who fatally shot a pregnant woman are sued by her family in Colorado
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Destinee Thompson was supposed to be on her way to lunch with her stepmother in…
Continue ReadingWoman charged with murder in case of Kansas officer killed in shootout with car chase suspect
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A Tennessee woman has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with =the killing of a police officer in suburban…
Continue ReadingShot at while they drowned. Executed in the desert. Those who collected the bodies recount ‘one of the worst days’ in Darfur’s genocide-scarred history
CNN Exclusive by Tamara Qiblawi, Allegra Goodwin, Nima Elbagir and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of families gathered in the West…
Continue ReadingPatrick Hamilton, ex-AP and Reuters photographer who covered Central American wars, dies at 74
By SUSANA HAYWARD Associated Press SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — Patrick Hamilton, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War who covered civil wars in…
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