Bend organization Saving Grace reports rise in domestic violence, intensity
Saving Grace in Bend says not only are they seeing rising numbers of domestic violence, but an increase in their intensity as…
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How a US group with links to the far-right may have influenced a crackdown on Ghana’s LGBTQ community
CNN By David McKenzie and Nimi Princewill, CNN A safe house was the only place Joe felt protected enough to meet. Tucked away in a neighborhood of…
Continue ReadingSt. Charles Bend nurses facing dismissal over COVID-19 vaccine refusal speak out
Two nurses and a certified nursing assistant at St. Charles Bend who requested religious exemptions for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations spoke out…
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Oregon Nurses Association urges steps to address nursing shortage
The Oregon Nursing Association has unveiled several proposed policies to address a serious shortage of…
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Cat yoga coming soon, every Monday in Redmond
Hot yoga in the company of 10 to 30 felines each Monday helps Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center, which will host the fun, starting in…
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Local addiction services organization Serenity Lane expands
Serenity Lane has been in Bend 25 years on Galveston Avenue, and now has a new larger location on Emkay Drive. It features larger rooms for families…
Continue ReadingControversy follows Noem in South Dakota as she eyes national stage
CNN, KOTA, KEVN-LD, KSFY, KCAU By Maeve Reston, Lucy Kafanov and Jason Kravarik, CNN South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has emerged as a lightning rod…
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Out & About: Gorgeous fall pics of Central Oregon
Even NewsChannel 21’s Jack Hirsh got in on the…
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Big Ol’ Fish: Congrats on some decent catches
There’s even a…
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COCC, NW Bend schools locked down over ‘armed subject’; orienteering compass mistaken for gun
Several reports of a person pointing a handgun in a classroom at Central Oregon Community College prompted lockdowns, lockouts and a major police…
Continue ReadingMedical examiner and cadaver dog called to park where investigators found Brian Laundrie’s items
CNN, WFTS By Taylor Romine, Eric Levenson, Leyla Santiago and Randi Kaye, CNN The Sarasota County Medical Examiner and a cadaver dog were called on…
Continue ReadingMore people are getting Covid-19 vaccine boosters than getting their first shots, CDC data shows
WBAL, CDC, WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, GOFUNDME, CNN By Virginia Langmaid and Naomi Thomas, CNN Mark Warschauer, a professor of education at the…
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Bend smoke shop owner welcomes Oregon licensing tobacco, e-cigarette retailers to curb youth use
Preventing commercial tobacco sales and marketing to youth will be easier across Oregon beginning in January, as the state enacts a licensing program…
Continue Reading Tesla will move its headquarters to Texas, Elon Musk says
CNN By Rob McLean, CNN Business Tesla HQ is getting a new home. “I’m excited to announce that we’re moving our headquarters to…
Continue ReadingTreasury secretary on debt ceiling debate: ‘It’s flirting with a self-inflicted crisis’
CNN By Donald Judd and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that the debate over the US debt ceiling amounts to…
Continue Reading McConnell’s shift on debt ceiling fight puts GOP in a bind
CNN By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN The debt ceiling deal proposed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell put his GOP conference…
Continue ReadingBannon to defy subpoena from January 6 committee, citing Trump’s ‘direction’
CNN, WMTV By Sara Murray, Katelyn Polantz and Ryan Nobles, CNN Steve Bannon will not cooperate with the House select committee investigating January…
Continue Reading Google Pixel 6 lineup with its first custom-made chip goes after the iPhone
CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Google’s Pixel smartphones are taking a big step toward becoming a true Apple iPhone and Samsung…
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Cool and comfortable
Happy Thursday, Central Oregon! We were sitting comfortably in the upper 50s and low 60s today, similar to Wednesday, after Tuesday’s cold front…
Continue ReadingUS submarine hits underwater object in South China Sea
CNN By Oren Liebermann, CNN A US nuclear powered submarine struck an object underwater in the South China Sea on Saturday, according to two defense…
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