C.O. Metal Arts Guild kicks off weekend show in downtown Bend
From fine jewelry to large sculptures, the Central Oregon Metal Arts Guild’s seventh annual art show has plenty to peruse in The Oxford Hotel’s lower…
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SW Bend traffic moving quicker with opening of city’s 42nd roundabout
What once was a four-way stop is now a lot easier to get “a-round.” City leaders say the roundabout at SW Simpson Avenue and Columbia Street — the…
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‘Very scary’: C.O. pediatrician says more kids testing positive, falling ill with Covid-19
Statistics from the Oregon Health Authority show in increase in pediatric Covid-19 cases throughout the state, and in Central Oregon.…
Continue ReadingDwayne Johnson seems to have a doppelgänger in Alabama
CNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has a look-alike. An Alabama law enforcement officer has gone viral due to his…
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Bend’s Tower Theatre to require proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test
The Tower Theatre in downtown Bend on Friday joined the list of venues that will require proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test…
Continue ReadingBoard recommends parole for RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan on 16th attempt
CNN By Ray Sanchez and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, was recommended for…
Continue ReadingThe latest on the Kabul airport attack
CNN By Aditi Sangal, Tara John, Jessie Yeung and Brad Lendon, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia…
Continue ReadingFor veterans in Congress, the mission to help people escape from Afghanistan is personal
CNN By Morgan Rimmer, CNN The requests for help evacuating Americans and Afghans have come from every direction for the military veterans serving in…
Continue ReadingMississippi hospitals are overrun with Covid-19 patients. The state ‘needs to come together,’ survivor says
CNN By Alaa Elassar, Miguel Marquez and Bonney Kapp, CNN Dolly Monceaux was unvaccinated when she found herself fighting the coronavirus last week…
Continue ReadingHurricane Ida hits Cuba, and parts of US Gulf Coast order evacuations with major Sunday landfall expected
CNN By Jason Hanna, Paul P. Murphy and Melissa Alonso, CNN Hurricane Ida whipped western Cuba on Friday and the Category 1 storm is expected to slam…
Continue ReadingAbbott warns of some constraints on Covid-19 home test supply as Delta surge leads to ‘unprecedented demand’
CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Abbott Laboratories says the supply of its at-home Covid-19 tests may be constrained in the coming weeks as demand has…
Continue ReadingHouston reports first pediatric Covid-19 death in youth with no underlying conditions
CNN, STANFORD MEDICINE By Keith Allen and David Williams, CNN Health officials in Houston have confirmed the city’s first pediatric Covid-19…
Continue ReadingF-bombs and hate mail: Restaurants take heat when they ask for proof of vaccination
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business When Cowbell, a comfort food restaurant in New Orleans, started requiring proof of…
Continue Reading‘I was 50 steps from the blast:’ Witness describes carnage of Kabul airport attack
CNN, DVIDS By Rob Picheta and Nilly Kohzad, CNN Afghans who narrowly avoided the terror attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday have described…
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Evacuation from Afghanistan in final phase after deadly Kabul airport attack
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Barbara Starr, Kylie Atwood, Nick Paton Walsh, Sam Kiley, Zachary Cohen, Amy Woodyatt, Jennifer Hansler and Nectar Gan, CNN…
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Furry Friends: Gremlin is a playful kitty-cat
Meet Gremlin, a handsome, playful 4- to 5-year-old cat waiting for a new home at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal…
Continue ReadingBiden is warned ‘another terror attack in Kabul is likely’ as mission enters ‘most dangerous period’
CNN, DVIDS By Jeremy Diamond, Kate Sullivan and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were warned by their…
Continue ReadingSunny, cool, less haze
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… Once again, that NW flow will keep us cool today, and those in Bend and points south can expect some more smoky…
Continue ReadingRepublicans split on strategy to make Biden pay a political price for Afghanistan
CNN By Melanie Zanona, CNN The GOP is divided over how hard — and how quickly — to go after President Joe Biden in the wake of…
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth II will attend UN climate change talks in Glasgow
CNN By Angela Dewan, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will attend a pivotal United Nations climate change conference in Glasgow this fall,…
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