Firefighters conduct prescribed burning on 145 acres northeast of La Pine
Firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest continued conducting prescribed burning operations Friday on 145 acres on the Thor Unit 7 Prescribed…
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More Central Oregon beef returning to your table soon with planned Madras-area meat processing facility
More home-grown beef should be returning to Central Oregon shelves in coming years as The Symons Beef Company soon will start building a…
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Problem Solvers: The Digital Divide and the call to ease screen addiction among students
Scrolling, streaming, a constant buzz, and endless distraction. Cell phones have found a permanent place in students’ pockets. Right now, there is a…
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BLM planning 36-acre prescribed burn in Tumalo area within the next week
TUMALO, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bureau of Land Management’s Prineville District said Friday it is planning a prescribed fire in the Tumalo area to take…
Continue ReadingCan the Dept. of Transportation and Sean Duffy fix an antiquated and frequently broken air traffic control system?
By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — After 100 days as Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Sean Duffy says he has the best…
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Multi-agency investigation leads to nearly 10-year prison sentence for Bend sex offender, drug dealer
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A previously convicted local sex offender was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison Friday following a multi-agency…
Continue ReadingTrump, in a major concession, says the tariff on China should be 80% — but will leave it up to Bessent
By David Goldman and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday set negotiating terms for his administration’s first…
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Small Business Spotlight: Somewhere That’s Green in Bend prioritizes people and plants
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — This week is National Small Business Week—and Central Oregon is full of them! For this month’s Small Business Spotlight,…
Continue ReadingDiver dies in preliminary operations to recover tech tycoon’s sunken superyacht
Story by Reuters Palermo, Italy (Reuters) — A diver died on Friday during preliminary operations to recover British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s…
Continue ReadingTufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk arrives back home after spending six weeks at a Louisiana detention center
By Gloria Pazmino, Rebekah Riess, Dalia Faheid, CNN Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk on Saturday arrived in her home state of…
Continue ReadingPope Leo asks cardinals to make themselves ‘small’ in first Mass as pontiff as cardinals deny he’s a ‘counterweight’ to Trump
By Christian Edwards, Lauren Kent, Christopher Lamb and Kara Fox, CNN Rome (CNN) — On most days, the Sistine Chapel is one of the world’s…
Continue ReadingUS and other allies of Ukraine pile pressure on Putin, threatening fresh sanctions if he refuses 30-day truce
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s Western allies including the US are threatening to slap Russia with more sanctions if Moscow fails…
Continue ReadingVictims’ group alleges Pope Leo XIV mishandled sexual abuse cases involving priests in Chicago and Peru
By Bob Ortega and Robert Kuznia, CNN (CNN) — Six weeks before American Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the activist group…
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Furry Friends: Kona the lab loves to wag her tail
This week’s Furry Friend is Kona, a 7-year-old black lab who is a very happy girl. Don’t let her age fool you, Kona is still full of puppy energy.…
Continue ReadingUS admits its new aid plan would initially only feed 60% of Gaza, as UN rejects proposal
By Jeremy Diamond, Alex Marquardt and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee outlined an American-Israeli plan to…
Continue ReadingAir traffic controllers lose radar and radio contact with planes approaching and departing Newark for 90 seconds – again
By Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — Air traffic controllers handling flights approaching and departing Newark Liberty International Airport…
Continue ReadingTrump floats raising taxes on the rich to pay for his sweeping tax and spending cuts package
By Lauren Fox, Sarah Ferris, Tami Luhby and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said he’s open to hiking taxes on wealthy…
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Save the Date: A weekend of Mother’s Day events in Central Oregon
Are you looking for something to do this weekend in Central Oregon? Matthew Draxton highlights three local events, from Mother’s Day celebrations to…
Continue ReadingUkraine says it has uncovered Hungarian spy network working in border region
By Svitlana Vlasova, Tim Lister and Todd Symons, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine said Friday it had exposed a network of Hungarian spies trying to obtain…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court Justice David Souter, a Bush nominee who veered to the left, dies at 85
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican appointee who retired from the high court in 2009 after…
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