Taliban crush opposition across Afghanistan, as chaos builds at airport
CNN By Rob Picheta, Saleem Mehsud and Tim Lister, CNN The Taliban have moved swiftly to crush early opposition to their rule across Afghanistan,…
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Bend councilors agree to proceed with two possible sites for managed homeless camps
Bend city councilors got an update Wednesday evening on an array of efforts to tackle the problem of homelessness in the community and gave staff…
Continue ReadingThe latest on Afghanistan as the Taliban take charge
CNN By Kara Fox, Aditi Sangal, Jessie Yeung, Steve George, Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya and Melissa Mahtani, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021…
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Wyden meets with C.O. leaders on infrastructure bill
Senator Ron Wyden met with Central Oregon officials Wednesday to talk about the $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed by the Senate and headed to…
Continue ReadingShe’s constantly calling her four young children who are hiding in a Kabul apartment
CNN By Christina Maxouris, CNN Suneeta hasn’t been able to sleep in days. Instead, she’s been constantly calling and texting her four…
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon needs volunteer mentors in Redmond
Fifteen kids need mentors to spend a few hours a week with them. It’s not a monetary commitment, but volunteers should stay in the program at least…
Continue ReadingAround 35 people are unaccounted for after Fred floods western North Carolina
CNN By Madeline Holcombe and Rebekah Riess, CNN There were about 35 people unaccounted for Wednesday evening in Haywood County, North Carolina,…
Continue ReadingBlack New Yorkers may have the lowest vaccination rates, but community groups refuse to give up
CNN, WHITE HOUSE, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, FEDEX, POOL By Athena Jones, Aaron Cooper and Keely Aouga, CNN Months after the rollout of the Covid-19…
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‘Another disappointment thanks to Covid’: downtown Bend Oktoberfest canceled for second year
Less than two weeks after announcing a revamped, week-long downtown Bend Oktoberfest for late September, the surging rate of COVID-19 delta variant…
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Oasis Village, planned community for Redmond-area homeless, narrowing site location
A village for the Redmond area’s houseless community, many living in camps on public land east of the city, is being proposed to help address the…
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‘It’s been like hell’: C.O. war veterans struggle to cope with events in Afghanistan
Veterans from all ages and eras are dealing with the personal emotions and impacts of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan and the sudden…
Continue ReadingFacebook takes action against ‘disinformation dozen’ after White House pressure
CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Facebook on Wednesday announced that it had taken action against the so-called “disinformation dozen,”…
Continue ReadingRestaurant owners sue New York City over vaccine mandate
CNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business A group of restaurant owners and five small businesses are suing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and…
Continue ReadingUS cannot ensure safe passage to Kabul airport, embassy says
CNN By Jennifer Hansler, Ellie Kaufman, Nicole Gaouette, Oren Liebermann and Kylie Atwood, CNN As reports of harassment and beatings at Taliban…
Continue ReadingScarlett Johansson and Colin Jost welcome baby boy
CNN, POOL By Chloe Melas, CNN It’s a boy for Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost. Jost announced the news on his Instagram Wednesdasy. “Ok…
Continue ReadingHarris heads to Southeast Asia in search of a foreign policy win amid Afghanistan crisis
CNN By Jasmine Wright and Arlette Saenz, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris faces a steep challenge next week when she travels to Singapore and…
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Hazy, but cool the next few days
Our skies will stay mostly clear Wednesday night with some…
Continue ReadingFormer Afghan President Ashraf Ghani emerges in the UAE
CNN By Mostafa Salem, Tara John, Tim Lister and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Afghanistan’s former President, Ashraf Ghani, is in the United Arab…
Continue ReadingAfter Kabul’s fall, Pen Farthing says he’s not leaving until his team and their animals are safely out of Afghanistan
CNN By Gabriel Kinder, CNN The Taliban’s takeover of Kabul means that Nowzad — the non-profit that has spent nearly 15 years reuniting…
Continue ReadingDemocrats ramp up oversight over Biden’s Afghan withdrawal
CNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren Fox, Ryan Nobles and Alex Rogers, CNN Congressional Democrats are preparing a series of hearings on the US withdrawal from…
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