Free Covid-19 tests will be available from the US government by the end of September
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US government plans to make more at-home Covid-19 tests available for free this month as the country…
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Oregon agency announces state’s annual maximum rent increase for 2025 will hold at 10% cap
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Administrative Services published Monday the annual maximum rent increase allowed by statute for…
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Desert Sky Montessori educator’s ‘Off-the-Grid Cooking’ project wins Voya’s $2,000 ‘Unsung Heroes’ grant
NEW YORK (KTVZ) — Voya Financial, Inc., a leading provider of retirement plans for educators, announced Monday that Casey Hayes, an assistant guide…
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Oregon courts to be closed for a day, services offline for case management software upgrade
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Judicial Department has announced that many online services for Oregon’s circuit courts and the Oregon Tax Court…
Continue ReadingCity of Bend is changing utility, engineering department names to be more clear, simple
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The City of Bend said Monday it is renaming the Utility Department to “Water Services Department,” and the Engineering and…
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Oregon gas prices still on the decline, down nearly a nickel a gallon in past week, just over $1 from a year ago
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 4.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.63 a gallon Monday,…
Continue ReadingCalifornia sues ExxonMobil for alleged decades of deception around plastic recycling, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit
By Angela Dewan, CNN (CNN) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil on Monday alleging the company carried…
Continue ReadingHelene forecast to rapidly intensify and hit Florida as a major hurricane
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — An area of thunderstorms in the Caribbean is expected to develop into Hurricane Helene and rapidly…
Continue ReadingEscalating crisis in Lebanon further endangers Biden’s efforts at preventing wider war
By Kevin Liptak and Kylie Atwood, CNN Washington (CNN) — The rapidly escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon is further…
Continue ReadingHere are the eight new emoji coming to smartphones
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Finally, an emoji to represent us all is coming soon: An exhausted face with bags under its eyes.…
Continue ReadingOceanGate co-founder Guillermo Sohnlein testifies company that built Titan did not plan to build its own subs
By Ashley R. Williams, Graham Hurley and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The company that built and operated the doomed Titan submersible did not…
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Second annual Health and Wellness Fair aims to boost awareness, health care info in the Bend community
In celebration of Welcoming Week 2024, three local organizations are bringing back the popular Health and Wellness Fair, underway Sunday from 11 a.m.…
Continue ReadingSpeaker Johnson unveils short-term spending bill, urges members to avoid shutdown
By Lauren Fox and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson laid out the next plans to avert a government shutdown in a Sunday…
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Two-week-old, lightning-sparked Bachelor Complex, Flat Top and Firestone fires returning to local oversight
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Two weeks after a rash of lightning-sparked wildfires around the region, there were new signs of progress Sunday, as the three…
Continue ReadingElection experts raise fresh alarms about vote counting delays – and chaos – in battleground states
By Fredreka Schouten and Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — In Pennsylvania, officials are bracing for another presidential election in which the state…
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4 dead and 17 injured after gunfire erupts at popular nightlife area in Birmingham, Alabama, police say
By Paradise Afshar, Lauren Mascarenhas and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Four people were killed and 17 others were injured when multiple shooters…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu considering plan to force all Palestinian civilians out of northern Gaza to besiege Hamas
By Mick Krever and Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a plan to force all Palestinian…
Continue ReadingHezbollah fires rockets deep into northern Israel as tensions flare. Here’s what we know
By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The last 48 hours has seen the most intense exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah in almost a year of war…
Continue ReadingA key ingredient has been missing from California’s wildfires this year. Experts worry things will get worse if it arrives
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Large, explosive and destructive fires have torn through parts of California this year, well before…
Continue ReadingIsraeli soldiers raid and order closure of Al Jazeera’s Ramallah offices
By Abeer Salman, Irene Nasser and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military has raided and ordered the closure of Al Jazeera’s office in…
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