Out & About: Wow … just wow
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Big Ol’ Fish: They’re all winners
Glad it’s not a competition, because judging would be too…
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Saddle scam: Bend shipping store manager warns about latest scammer tactics
Most people know the classic signs of a scammer by now: Robo-calls regarding people’s car insurance and requests for a wire transfer or a gift…
Continue ReadingA half-century of armed conflict left many Colombians without basic services. This CNN Hero is delivering water, power and sanitation to those who need it most
CNN By Laura Klairmont, CNN Growing up in Barranquilla, Colombia, Jenifer Colpas was mostly shielded from the poverty outside her door. It…
Continue ReadingBrian Laundrie left home without phone or wallet and his parents were concerned he might hurt himself, source says
CNN, KUTV, WFTS, KSL By Jenn Selva, Dakin Andone and Madeline Holcombe, CNN A source close to the family of Brian Laundrie told CNN’s Chris…
Continue ReadingSenators press Blinken to improve care for Havana Syndrome victims as task force leader departs
CNN By Katie Bo Lillis and Kylie Atwood, CNN Some State Department victims of so-called “Havana Syndrome” continue to be denied access to…
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Smith Rock Ranch marks 20 years, selling online tickets only, announces corn maze theme
The Smith Rock Ranch is ready for its 20th fun season of pumpkin-hunting, a corn maze and more, despite the challenges of the past…
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FedEx Ground in Bend joins in delivery company’s first National Hiring Day
FedEx Ground hosted its first National Hiring Day Thursday at the company’s Bend facility, as well as other locations across the country.…
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Oregon Health Authority investigates Deschutes County Jail COVID-19 outbreak
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reports 13 jail inmates and four staff have tested positive for COVID-19, but the Oregon Health Authority…
Continue ReadingHere’s what it’s like inside a field hospital treating migrants at the US southern border
CNN, KVIA By Rosa Flores and Christina Maxouris, CNN Just yards from where thousands of migrants are waiting to be processed by American immigration…
Continue ReadingHaitian’s monthlong odyssey to America leaves him right back where he started
CNN By Jean Sacra Sean Roubens, Melissa Bell, Pierre Bairin and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Guerrier Antoine traveled through at least 11 countries…
Continue ReadingGunman in deadly Tennessee grocery shooting was a third-party vendor, police say
CNN, WMC By Jason Hanna and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A gunman who killed a woman and wounded at least 14 other people at a western Tennessee Kroger before…
Continue ReadingRegional Fed chiefs step down after criticism over personal trades
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Anneken Tappe The heads of the Boston and Dallas Federal Reserve banks announced they would be retiring early amid backlash over…
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Mobile morgue purchased by St. Charles Bend to store bodies as death toll rises
Acting quickly is the norm for health care professionals, especially during a pandemic. But St. Charles Bend is experiencing a new level of…
Continue ReadingPalm Beach County school board sides with latest state quarantine policy in tense meeting that separated those without masks
CNN By Nick Valencia and Maria Cartaya, CNN Dozens of police officers were standing by as the Palm Beach County School Board held a meeting Wednesday…
Continue ReadingPleasant day today
GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… With plenty of sunshine and a return to more average temperatures, today marks the beginning of a brief warm-up…
Continue ReadingThe climate can’t wait for electric planes. Sustainable fuel may be the answer
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business More than 50 airlines, oil companies and other companies, including Delta, BP and Boeing, pledged on…
Continue ReadingMary Johnson, an Indigenous woman, went missing nearly a year ago. While the FBI recently offered a reward, activists say that’s not enough
CNN, KIRO By Harmeet Kaur, CNN In the months before Mary Johnson disappeared, her sister said she wasn’t herself. Johnson and her husband, who…
Continue Reading‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and its Broadway pedigree get lost in translation
CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Despite its Broadway credentials, “Dear Evan Hansen” hits screens faced with an inherent tension: Can its…
Continue Reading‘He didn’t deserve this.’ Jelani Day’s mother criticizes efforts to find son
CNN By Ray Sanchez and Dakin Andone, CNN The mother of Jelani Day, an Illinois graduate student whose body was identified nearly a month after he was…
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