Conservative activists try to overturn two new Oregon election laws
Two new laws aimed at expanding voter access in Oregon are under fire from a conservative group that argues the changes will make state elections…
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DEQ extends Deschutes County, S. Oregon air quality advisory until at least Wednesday
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality extended an air quality advisory Monday for Southern and Central Oregon due to smoke from wildfires in…
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Oregon redistricting hearings go virtual; schedule released
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – In response to growing hospitalization rates across the state due to the Delta variant of COVID-19, Senate President Peter…
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Madras motorcyclist killed in collision with Jeep on Highway 97
A 50-year-old Madras man was killed Saturday evening when his motorcycle and a Jeep Wrangler collided on Highway 97 on the north end of Madras,…
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Clear the Shelters returns: Brightside Animal Center gets new kennels
Brightside Animal Center got new kennels during the…
Continue ReadingAfghan visa applicants told to stay away from Kabul airport as US races to meet exit deadline
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Sam Kiley and Sheena McKenzie, CNN Afghans who have applied for special immigrant visas to the US were told to stay away…
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Firefighters make more progress on several wildfires, groups of blazes around Oregon
Firefighters continue to make hard-won progress on encircling several wildfires or groups of blazes that have been burning around the state in recent…
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Parents in Oregon, elsewhere get coached on how to escape mask and vaccine rules
An Oregon school superintendent is telling parents they can get their children out of wearing masks by citing federal disability law. A pastor at a…
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Explainer: Why it takes months to subdue some wildfires
At nearly every community meeting on firefighting efforts in the U.S. West, residents want to know why crews don’t simply put out the flames to…
Continue ReadingISIS terror threat forces US military to establish alternate routes to Kabul airport
By Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann, Ellie Kaufman and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The US military is establishing “alternative routes” to Kabul…
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Earliest-ever water shutoff at Wickiup Reservoir leaves open question: What of next year?
An outflow tube that carries water from the Wickiup Reservoir into the Deschutes River was turned off Friday afternoon, the latest troubling…
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Earlier start times for Bend-La Pine elementary schools raise concerns for some parents
Elementary school students in the Bend-La Pine Schools again will be starting school earlier than middle and high schoolers this fall — and this…
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OSU, UO to require vaccination proof to attend athletic events, school activities
Oregon State University and the University of Oregon announced Friday that people attending designated university events and activities, including…
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‘You feel like you failed’: COVID-19 outbreaks traced to Bend child care facility
Ten days, at least, is how long children, teachers and families have to quarantine after a classroom is exposed to…
Continue ReadingFull FDA approval of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is ‘imminent’, senior federal official says
By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Full US Food and Drug Administration approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is…
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SW Redmond man arrested on drug charges after neighborhood complaints
– Neighborhood complaints about suspicious activity at a southwest Redmond home led to the arrest of a 51-year-old resident on several drug and…
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Culver schools will follow state mask, vaccine mandates, delay start of school 9 days
The Culver School District superintendent informed families Friday that the district will reluctantly implement the state mask mandate for students…
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Sisters traffic stop turns up over 4 pounds of methamphetamine; 3 Salem residents arrested
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies arrested three Salem residents during a traffic stop in Sisters early Thursday morning after a Bend Police K-9…
Continue ReadingBiden focuses on ‘getting this job done’ as chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan grows desperate
By Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday tried to put an optimistic face on the chaotic evacuations taking place at…
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Oregon reports 19 more COVID-19 related deaths, tops 3,000; 2,187 cases, record 866 hospitalizations
There are 19 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including an 87-year-old Deschutes County man, raising the state’s death toll past the 3,000…
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