Taliban declare victory from Kabul airport tarmac after US withdrawal
CNN By Sheena McKenzie, CNN Taliban leaders declared victory over the United States from the tarmac of Kabul airport on Tuesday, hours after the…
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Deschutes County gives $2.4 million boost toward new NeighborImpact Food Bank warehouse
Deschutes County commissioners recently awarded NeighborImpact $2.4 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to apply toward the construction…
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Foes of vaccine mandate rally near St. Charles Bend
Protesters rallied near St. Charles Bend on Monday, voicing their opposition to the state’s vaccine mandate for health care workers,…
Continue ReadingFDA calls meeting of its advisers to discuss Covid vaccine boosters
CNN By Maggie Fox, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has called a meeting of its vaccine advisers for September 17 to discuss…
Continue Reading‘I hope I’m wrong’: GOP lawmaker explains mixed feelings over leaving Afghanistan in Taliban control
CNN By Devan Cole, CNN Republican Congressman and US military veteran Adam Kinzinger on Monday reflected on the closing of America’s longest…
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CA non-profit holds Bend fundraiser for pediatric cancer
Los Angeles based non-profit the ‘Pablove Foundation’ kicked off its 12th ‘Pablove Across America’ cycling fundraiser Monday in Bend to raise money…
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Red Cross volunteers from Bend helping out at major N. California wildfire
The American Red Cross has deployed volunteers and other resources to help evacuees of 11 California wildfires, including the Dixie and Caldor fires.…
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Air quality alert in effect for parts of High Desert
With increasing smoke rolling into the region, Deschutes County is under an Air Quality Alert from now through Wednesday at 11…
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NE Bend doctor’s office hit by three incidents of flag, sign vandalism
Bend pediatrician Dr. Erika Beard-Irvine is looking for answers after her office was vandalized three times last…
Continue ReadingClimate change is making hurricanes stronger, slower and wetter. Ida checked all the boxes
CNN By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Human-caused climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous. They are producing more rainfall, moving slower once they…
Continue ReadingRocket startup Astra’s stock tanks after botched weekend test flight
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Astra — a startup that’s developing small, cheap rockets to deliver batches of satellites…
Continue ReadingThe last US military planes have left Afghanistan, marking the end of the United States’ longest war
CNN By Nicole Gaouette, Jennifer Hansler, Barbara Starr and Oren Liebermann, CNN The last US military planes have left Afghanistan, Gen. Frank…
Continue ReadingTennis’ governing bodies continue to urge players to get vaccinated ahead of US Open
CNN By Matias Grez, Aleks Klosok and John Sinnott, CNN Some of the world’s best tennis players are congregating in New York for the US Open,…
Continue ReadingMarine Rylee McCollum, 20, died in the Kabul blast weeks before the birth of his child, family says
CNN By Ralph Ellis, CNN Rylee McCollum’s family in Wyoming wasn’t surprised in the least when he enlisted in the Marines after high…
Continue ReadingHow Hurricane Ida compares to Hurricane Katrina
CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday, exactly 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the…
Continue ReadingAnother Tesla reportedly using Autopilot hits a parked police car
CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Another Tesla has hit an emergency vehicle, apparently while using the Autopilot driver-assist feature, adding to…
Continue ReadingPerseverance rover successfully cores its first rock on Mars
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Perseverance rover successfully drilled into a Martian rock on Thursday, creating an intact core…
Continue ReadingHurricane Ida may push gas prices even higher
CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Hurricane Ida’s direct hit on the nation’s oil and gasoline industry could send gas prices higher,…
Continue Reading‘We’re doing all we can’: Biden speaks on Hurricane Ida relief efforts
CNN, WBRZ, WDSU, ST. BERNARD PARISH, MAGEN CHERAMIE, SCV , MICHAEL GORDON, PHILIP MACHADO PEREIRA, PLAQUEMINES PARISH COUNCILMAN CARLTON LAFRANCE,…
Continue ReadingSunny, cool, hazy
GOOD MONDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… NW winds are expected to get pretty gusty this afternoon, so we may see some relief from the smoky haze we woke up…
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