Afghan universities reopen to female students but with strict rules on mixing
CNN By Ehsan Popalzai and Hande Atay Alam, CNN Afghanistan’s public universities opened on Wednesday with female students allowed back on…
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US carrier bolsters NATO to counter Russia as tensions reach fever pitch
CNN By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen and Martin Bourke, CNN The smell of jet fuel fills the air as an F/A-18 Super Hornet prepares for take-off.…
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New veterinary clinic nears completion in NE Bend
Pawtown Veterinary Care is a new vet clinic is under construction just off NE Lancaster Street in Bend and is expected to open in early…
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Portland Thorns women’s soccer team training in Bend, meeting young fans
The Portland Thorns women’s soccer team are holding a pre-season training camp in Bend this week, and some young players were thrilled Wednesday to…
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Redmond Senior Center’s new executive director launches 100/100/100 running challenge
The new executive director of the Redmond Senior Center, Todd Dickerson, launched a community fundraising challenge Wednesday: 100 days, $100,000…
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Volunteers have served nearly 30,000 meals at Bend Second Street shelter
Since the new Shepherd’s House-operated warming shelter opened last summer on NE Second Street in Bend, volunteers who take part in the “meal train”…
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Powell Butte Charter School to resume classes Thursday as violent threats investigated
Powell Butte Community Charter School canceled classes and closed the campus Wednesday after receiving violent threats by voicemail and text message,…
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Group gathers at Bend’s Worrell Wayside Park in bid to spare it from more parking
A group gathered at Worrell Wayside Park in downtown Bend on Wednesday to protest plans for major changes. Last week, Deschutes County commissioners…
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DCSO deputy on leave after Bend woman fleeing stop, pursuit killed in rollover crash near Alfalfa
A Bend woman, apparently fleeing an attempted traffic stop for possibly impaired driving by a Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy, prompting a…
Continue ReadingSnow for the northern part of the Oregon Cascades
Mt. Hood Meadows reported 1 new inch. Timberline reported 6 new inches. Ski Bowl reported 4 new inches. Hoodoo, Mt. Bachelor, and…
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Six more weeks of winter … but right now, we’re not seeing it
Happy Groundhog Day, Central Oregon! The peaks of the Cascades could see a few more flakes Wednesday night. Central Oregon will become mostly…
Continue ReadingBiden formally bringing on 3 outside advisers to play key roles in Supreme Court nomination process
CNN By Phil Mattingly, CNN The White House is formally bringing out three key outside advisers to guide President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court…
Continue ReadingDiscovery chief praises CNN ahead of merger, addresses ouster of network president Jeff Zucker
CNN By Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Discovery CEO David Zaslav praised CNN on Friday and said “news is going to be really…
Continue ReadingWhite House says it’s no longer calling potential Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘imminent’
CNN, MAXAR By Kevin Liptak, CNN The White House says it will no longer describe a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine as “imminent,”…
Continue ReadingStarbucks is planning even more price hikes this year
CNN, KDKA, WLFI, KCAL, KABC, KMIR, KULR, GENERAL MILLS, GETTY IMAGES By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks has been hiking prices as…
Continue ReadingNot much more snow
It is expected to be cold and windy in the mountains today with the best chance of some late-day snow showers in the northern Cascades. Mt. Bachelor…
Continue ReadingOnly a degree or two warmer today
GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… Despite a few extra clouds, we are expecting to stay dry and just a tad warmer today. Under partly to mostly…
Continue ReadingHue Jackson says he wasn’t paid to lose NFL games with the Browns but his situation had similarities to that of Brian Flores
CNN By Jacob Lev, CNN Hue Jackson, the former head coach of the Cleveland Browns, said Friday that he was not paid to lose games when he led the NFL…
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Rapidly intensified Cyclone Batsirai bears down on Madagascar, weeks after deadly floods
CNN By Pedram Javaheri, CNN Still reeling from the death and devastation Tropical Cyclone Ana inflicted just last week, Madagascar is bracing for…
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