New $20 minimum wage for fast food workers in California set to start Monday
By TERRY CHEA and ADAM BEAM Associated Press LIVERMORE, Calif. (AP) — Most fast food workers in California will be paid at least $20 an hour…
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Fire destroys Tumalo barn; cause traced to weed-burning with propane torch earlier in the day
A fire that destroyed a barn in Tumalo Saturday evening was caused by the residents burning weeds with a propane torch earlier in the day,…
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Volunteers uncover fate of thousands of Lost Alaskans sent to Oregon mental hospital a century ago
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Lucy Pitka McCormick’s relatives cooked salmon, moose, beaver and muskrat over an…
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80 years later, DNA analysis helps identify remains of 19-year-old Virginia sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack
By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Officials using DNA analysis have identified the remains of a 19-year-old Virginian sailor killed in a World War…
Continue ReadingHow ISIS has Europe and the US in sights after deadly Moscow attack
By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — The threat of ISIS, also known as Islamic State, might have seemed to be waning as headlines turned to Ukraine, Gaza…
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Powerball jackpot swells to an estimated $975 million after no grand prize winners Saturday
By Dalia Faheid and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — With no one winning the Powerball jackpot Saturday, the grand prize for Monday’s drawing grew…
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The Environmental Center invites families to get creative for Bend’s Earth Day Parade costumes using upcycled materials
The Environmental Center wanted to help people prepare for the Earth Day Fair and Parade, with Earth Day coming up. So on Saturday, they held a…
Continue ReadingPolar ice is melting and changing Earth’s rotation. It’s messing with time itself
By Laura Paddison and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — One day in the next couple of years, everyone in the world will lose a second of their time.…
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Bend nonprofit holds Easter event to bring displaced Ukrainian families together, offer support
 BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — It has been two years since Russia invaded Ukraine, creating tragedies still being felt around the world. A Bend nonprofit…
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Honor Flight: Bend Pearl Harbor survivor Dick Higgins and family take special journey to his final resting place
Two days after a public memorial service and military funeral for Richard “Dick” Higgins of Bend, who passed away last week at the age of 102,…
Continue ReadingAT&T says personal data from 73 million current and former account holders leaked onto dark web
By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — AT&T has launched an investigation into the source of a data leak that includes personal…
Continue ReadingThe Realtors settlement is already changing the way some Americans buy and sell homes
By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The seismic settlement announced by the National Association of Realtors earlier this month has not yet been…
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Deschutes County to start work on new roundabout at Butler Market Road/Powell Butte Highway intersection
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The eastern end of Butler Market Road at Powell Butte Highway, by the Bend Airport, closes Monday as work begins on a new…
Continue ReadingEurope saved its bears from extinction. Now some countries want more rights to shoot them
By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — A team of 14 armed officers with camera traps, a thermal imaging drone and a shoot-to-kill order ran through…
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‘Closure for all of us’: Bend’s refreshed Vietnam Veterans Memorial rededicated on national day in their honor
Friday was National Vietnam Veterans Day, set aside to remember and honor those who served in that long and difficult war. In a special event to mark…
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Crook County drug trafficking suspect arrested in guns-drawn traffic stop; raid on car, house turn up meth, fentanyl, guns, cash
A Crook County methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficker was arrested Thursday in a guns-drawn traffic stop and arraigned Friday on seven felony drug…
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New warnings about heart pumps linked to 49 deaths
By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — There are new and revised warnings about the instructions for use of a certain type of heart pump that could lead to…
Continue ReadingTrump appeals ruling that let Fulton County DA Fani Willis remain on Georgia election subversion case
By Zachary Cohen, Nick Valencia and Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants in the Georgia…
Continue ReadingBiden administration strengthens Endangered Species Act protections weakened under Trump
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Thursday strengthened protections of the Endangered Species Act, repealing Trump-era…
Continue ReadingLouis Gossett Jr., Oscar-winning star of ‘An Officer and a Gentleman,’ dead at 87
CNN By Keith Allen and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Louis Gossett Jr., who won an Academy Award for his performance in “An Officer and a…
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