Stores don’t sell your favorite product anymore. That’s on purpose
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Pepperoni was getting out of hand at Hormel. The food giant last year was selling 71 different…
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Bend median home sales price returns to record $800K peak as Redmond’s holds in $500K range; appraiser gives insights
Bend’s median home sales price returned to the $800,000 record set in the summer of 2023, while Redmond’s figure of $500,000 held within the fairly…
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Bend Vietnam Veterans Memorial’s new flagpole: Extra-tall and tough
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — After the recent vandalism of the flagpole at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Deschutes Memorial Gardens, various local…
Continue ReadingTrump announces campaign manager Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff
CNN By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his campaign manager, Susie Wiles, will be named his White House…
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‘We meet patients where they’re at’: BestCare opens specialized Bend clinic to treat substance abuse disorders
BestCare Treatment Services said lasted Thursday it has opened Bend’s first full-time specialized clinic dedicated to the comprehensive care of…
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Defense asks judge to ban the death penalty for man charged in stabbing deaths of 4 Idaho students
Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students asked a judge to take…
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Masseur accused of assaulting female customer at NE Bend spa facing new charges involving two other women
A man arrested last year on charges of sexually abusing a female massage customer at a northeast Bend spa was arraigned Thursday on revised charges…
Continue ReadingFDA moves to pull popular decongestant from shelves amid effectiveness concerns
By Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to remove oral phenylephrine – a common ingredient in…
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Record steelhead numbers return to Deschutes River, most since dams built in 1960s, Warm Springs Tribes, PGE say
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Biologists from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Portland General Electric have collected more than 250 returning…
Continue Reading25 million people in California face ‘life-threatening’ fire warning
VENTURA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, CONNOR NELSON, CHRISTINA NOREN, CNN By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Powerful winds that fueled fast-moving…
Continue ReadingIn Portland, Oregon, political outsider Keith Wilson elected mayor after homelessness-focused race
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Voters in Portland, Oregon, have elected political outsider Keith Wilson as their new mayor, following a…
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Madras man sentenced to nearly 7 years in federal prison for dealing meth on Warm Springs Reservation
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Madras man was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison Wednesday for possessing methamphetamine with the intent…
Continue ReadingBird flu infections in dairy workers went undetected, new study shows
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Seven percent of tested workers on dairy farms where cows were infected with bird flu caught the virus…
Continue ReadingKey takeaways from the Fed’s rate cut after the election
By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point Thursday on the heels of the US presidential…
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Decision 2024: Jefferson County votes could help $97.7 million Redmond school bond ensure success
The renewal bond measure before Redmond School District voters, including some in Jefferson County, has held onto a narrow but growing margin of…
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More stats and insight: City of Bend launches transportation, housing data hubs
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The City of Bend is launching two new data hubs for community members to view information on the Transportation Fee and Housing…
Continue ReadingMonkey mayhem in South Carolina after 43 primates escape research facility
By Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — Residents in a small South Carolina town are finding themselves in the middle of a real-life game of Jumanji…
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Hours after Trump’s election, Biden moved to limit oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Hours after former President Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, the Biden administration…
Continue ReadingRussia steps up mass drone attacks in bid to overwhelm Ukrainian defenses
By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Christian Edwards and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russia is unleashing near-constant waves of…
Continue ReadingTrump allies, private sector quietly prepare for mass detention of immigrants
By Priscilla Alvarez and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s allies and some in the private sector have been quietly preparing to…
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