Oregon FBI’s top agent talks with KTVZ about hate crimes awareness, enforcement effort
The FBI in Oregon is joining a new hate crime awareness and enforcement initiative. The state’s special agent in charge talked with NewsChannel…
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OSU-Cascades Summer Academy giving high schoolers a ‘jump start’ to the college experience
Some high school students are spending some of their late-summer days back in a classroom, testing what it’s like to be in…
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Health officials warn people misusing horse, cattle drug to ‘cure,’ treat COVID-19
The drug is called Ivermectin, and feed and supply stores can’t keep it on their shelves. Some people believe it can treat Covid-19. One Central…
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Bend Park and Rec could cut 25% of children from Kids INC program if it cannot fill 20 positions
On Tuesday, the Bend Park and Recreation District sent an e-mail to more than 1,000 families, informing them their child might not be enrolled in the…
Continue ReadingUS concerned about ‘very specific threat stream’ from ISIS-K against crowds outside Kabul airport
CNN By Jim Sciutto and Tim Lister, CNN Concerns about security around Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul have increased based on “a…
Continue ReadingOpenTable is working with Clear to verify restaurant-goers’ Covid vaccine status
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Rachel Metz, CNN Business The next time you make a restaurant reservation through OpenTable, you may also be asked to prove…
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Our air quality alert was extended through the weekend
Most of Central Oregon is under an air quality alert until noon…
Continue ReadingTahoe, Reno areas have worst air quality in country due to smoke, raising concerns about a Covid surge
CNN, KRNV-DT By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The air around Lake Tahoe in California and Reno, Nevada, is thick with brown smoke this week, and the region is…
Continue ReadingTennessee woman livestreamed flooding shortly before it claimed her life
CNN, WSMV By Nick Valencia and Jason Hanna, CNN When deadly floodwaters rushed around her Tennessee home Saturday morning, Linda Almond Bryant…
Continue ReadingNaked ‘Nevermind’ baby sues Nirvana for ‘child pornography’
CNN, HLN By Rob Picheta, CNN Spencer Elden, who appeared as a naked baby on the cover of Nirvana’s 1991 album “Nevermind,” has…
Continue ReadingPelosi and other lawmakers criticize unauthorized trip to Afghanistan
CNN By Jeremy Herb, Ryan Nobles, Kristin Wilson and Annie Grayer, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn’t mince words Wednesday about her view of…
Continue ReadingTom Cruise wanted to land his helicopter in James Corden’s yard
CNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN When you text Tom Cruise you never know what you’re going to get. “The Late Late Show” host James…
Continue ReadingOregon to mandate masks outdoors in many public settings
CNN, WSVN, WFOR, KEYE, KOVR, AMADOR COUNTY SHERIFF, KERI BRENNER, MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, MARIN COUNTY, CA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, TWITTER , MATT…
Continue ReadingFact check: Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy makes at least 5 false claims in 7-minute Fox News interview
CNN By Daniel Dale House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy made at least five false claims during a seven-minute Sunday interview on Fox News.…
Continue ReadingParents recall agonizing moments before their 7-month-old twins were killed in Tennessee flooding
CNN By Jason Hanna, CNN The nightmare was only beginning for Matthew Rigney and his partner, Danielle Hall, when floodwaters swept her away from him…
Continue ReadingPentagon mandates US military service members receive Covid vaccine immediately
CNN, STANFORD MEDICINE By Jessica Schneider, Ellie Kaufman and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Pentagon is mandating that US military service members…
Continue ReadingBritish Airways could launch a new low-cost airline for Europe
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Lauren Gunn, CNN Business British Airways is planning to launch a new, low-cost short-haul carrier as it seeks to compete with…
Continue ReadingMostly sunny, hazy and cool
GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… A NW air flow will keep us cool and bring us some clouds today. Highs will be in the mid 70’s under a variable…
Continue ReadingModerna completes submission for full FDA approval of Covid-19 vaccine; Pfizer seeks approval for booster dose
CNN, STANFORD MEDICINE By Jamie Gumbrecht and Jen Christensen, CNN Moderna announced on Wednesday it has completed its submission to the US Food and…
Continue ReadingFinally, a Fitbit that tells you it’s OK to not work out
CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business The global pandemic threw daily routines out the window; sleep schedules changed, so did diets, workout…
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