Metallic balloon knocks out power to 1,800 Bend residents
The outage was brief, but the balloon hitting some power wires caused a small fire, which was extinguished by employees of…
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The Giving Plate plans to expand at new location in Bend’s Central District
Instead of having four locations to house its food bank, it’ll now have everything under one roof in Bend’s Central…
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Homeless camp opposition in Bend
Teachers, staff and parents are against a proposed homeless camp between Bear Creek Elementary and Bend Senior…
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OSU-Cascades celebrates opening of Edward J. Ray Hall
OSU-Cascades celebrated on Wednesday the completion of its newest building, Edward J. Ray Hall, named for the OSU president emeritus, who spoke at…
Continue ReadingA Texas school district closed all its schools after two teachers died from Covid-19
KXXV By David Williams, CNN A Texas school district is closing all of its schools until after the Labor Day holiday after two junior high teachers…
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Air quality alert extended for southern Deschutes County
hich was originally set to expire Wednesday morning, has been extended for southern Deschutes County all the way through Friday at 11…
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Mountain View Fellowship Church set to be first Redmond ‘safe parking’ program location
The city of Redmond is looking to replicate the success Bend and other Oregon communities have accomplished through a safe parking program to help…
Continue ReadingJoe Rogan, controversial podcast host, says he tested positive for Covid-19
CNN By Kerry Flynn, CNN Business Joe Rogan, one of the world’s highest paid and most influential podcast hosts, announced Wednesday he has…
Continue ReadingAfter Afghanistan withdrawal, questions intensify over who got it wrong
CNN By Jeremy Herb and Natasha Bertrand, CNN With the US withdrawal from Afghanistan officially complete, the White House is set to begin the…
Continue ReadingMcConnell: ‘There isn’t going to be an impeachment’ of Biden
CNN, WYMT By Alex Rogers and Ali Zaslav, CNN Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that “there isn’t going to be an…
Continue ReadingWhite supremacist praise of the Taliban takeover concerns US officials
CNN By Geneva Sands, CNN As the United States-backed government in Afghanistan fell to the Taliban and US troops raced to leave the country, White…
Continue ReadingWhat weeks without power and water could look like for Ida storm victims
CNN By Holly Yan and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Those hit hardest by Hurricane Ida now face an even longer test of survival. Catastrophic damage means some…
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Over 100 Bend HS, Bear Creek Elementary teachers, staff sign letter opposing nearby homeless camp
More than 100 teachers and support staff at two northeast Bend schools have signed a letter to city councilors and the Bend-La Pine School Board in…
Continue ReadingBiden to visit storm-ravaged Louisiana
CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden will visit storm-ravaged Louisiana on Friday as the state attempts to recover from the category 4…
Continue ReadingSeptember 1 Afghanistan-Taliban news
CNN By Joshua Berlinger, Adam Renton, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Aditi Sangal, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a…
Continue ReadingThe suspect in the fatal shooting of a student at a North Carolina high school is in custody
CNN, WXII By Claudia Dominguez and Jason Hanna, CNN One student was fatally wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a high school in the North Carolina…
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Emergency animal hospital in Bend will soon return to 24/7 hours on weekends
Owners of an emergency vet clinic in Bend say people can rest easy, knowing there’s a place to bring their pets at any time of day — or night.…
Continue ReadingIda remnants trigger massive flooding across Northeast
CNN By Joshua Berlinger and Adam Renton, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights…
Continue ReadingHow Texas’ 6-week abortion ban will make accessing the procedure nearly impossible for some
CNN Tierney Sneed, CNN Access to abortion was curtailed significantly in Texas on Wednesday, with the state’s extreme and novel ban on…
Continue ReadingGrand jury indicts police officers and paramedics in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
KMGH By Eric Levenson and Stella Chan, CNN A Colorado grand jury indicted three police officers and two paramedics involved in the August 2019 death…
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