FDA approves first treatment for severe frostbite
By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first treatment for severe frostbite to reduce the…
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Bend Mayor Kebler testifies in Salem, advocating for continued funding of emergency shelters, transitional housing
Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler traveled to the state Capitol Tuesday to testify on behalf of Senate Bill 1530, which allocates funding for affordable…
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‘A display of love’: Sisters seniors share wedding photos and fond memories this Valentine’s Day
Staff at The Lodge in Sisters, an independent and assisted living community, have created a display of wedding photos, and in honor of Valentine’s…
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‘It’s a real stinker!’ – in more ways than one: Redmond police learn diaper bag was stolen from mom’s car
Not every police action involves big-time chases, arrests and wrongdoers. Sometimes, it’s just getting a lost item back to its owner, like a…
Continue Reading12 women sue FBI over alleged failure to protect them from Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse
By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The FBI’s “repeated and continued failures, delays and inaction” allowed Jeffrey Epstein to continue his sex…
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Mike Johnson not rushing to address foreign aid request while others weigh rewriting Senate-passed plan
By Melanie Zanona, CNN Speaker Mike Johnson is telling his House Republican Conference members that he is not rushing to respond to a bill sending…
Continue Reading3 DC officers were wounded in a shooting while making an animal cruelty arrest. Suspect is in custody after hourslong standoff
WJLA, CNN By Christina Maxouris, Eric Levenson and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A suspect accused of shooting three officers with the…
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Chavez-DeRemer, colleagues introduce bill to address child care workforce shortage
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) joined Reps. Annie Kuster (NH-02), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Mike Lawler (NY-17) to…
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Greenwood Cemetery neighbors organize to preserve placid spot, but landowner says no development planned
A group of northeast Bend neighbors of Greenwood Cemetery started an effort to preserve the adjacent, placid green space after receiving notice of a…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about Alaskapox after officials report first known fatal case
By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Health officials in Alaska have identified the first known death linked to a recently discovered virus called…
Continue Reading Chavez-DeRemer, Bentz issue statements on their vote for Mayorkas impeachment
Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Cliff Bentz, R-Ore., released the following statements after the U.S. House of Representatives voted by a narrow…
Continue ReadingICE draft plan would release thousands of immigrants in order to cover budget shortfall
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement has drafted contingency plans to cut detention capacity and…
Continue ReadingUkraine says it has sunk another warship, disabling a third of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet
CNN By Victoria Butenko, Christian Edwards and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine claims it has now disabled a third of Russia’s Black Sea…
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Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum asks state Court of Appeals to let Measure 114 take effect while state appeals ruling
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — In papers filed late Friday afternoon, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a motion asking the Oregon Court of Appeals to…
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Redmond city councilors vote 7-0 to send term limits, anti-nepotism city charter proposals to May ballot
The Redmond City Council voted 7-0 Tuesday evening to send three city charter amendments to the May 21 ballot. They did so after making just one…
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Sisters Ranger District begins hazardous fuels reduction project near Sisters Cow Camp
SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Sisters Ranger District is implementing about 213 acres of mastication operations within the Sisters Area Fuels…
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Feds finalize areas for floating offshore wind farms along Oregon coast
The federal government has finalized two areas for floating offshore wind farms along the Oregon coast, authorities announced Tuesday, bringing the…
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Thornburgh Resort developer presses on, but nearly 20-year land use fight with opponents still isn’t over
The long-debated, nearly 2,000-acre Thornburgh Resort at Cline Buttes west of Redmond is gearing up for more construction, despite lingering land-use…
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‘Not a political issue. It’s a human issue’: Rep. Emerson Levy introduces bill to lower prescription drug costs
This week, Rep. Emerson Levy, D-Bend, told the House Committee on Behavioral Health and Health Care that it’s time to create co-pay fairness, which…
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Bend-area homeless camps have had 15 fires this year, Redmond area had six, one Tuesday that burned 2 trailers
There have been 15 fires in Bend-area homeless camps since the start of the year, the most recent destroying a motor home Saturday morning north of…
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