The Chinese Communist Party is about to turn 100 but Xi will be the real star
By Ben Westcott, CNN One hundred years ago this July, in a small brick house in Shanghai’s former French Concession, Mao Zedong and around a…
Continue ReadingNews
Visit Bend seeks applicants for new Bend Sustainability Fund
For groups with shovel-ready projects in need of a cash infusion, Visit Bend’s new Bend Sustainability Fund is open for…
Continue ReadingKim Jong Un warns of ‘grave consequences’ and fires top officials after Covid-19 incident
By Yoonjung Seo, Jake Kwon and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Kim Jong Un fired several senior officials who failed to enforce North Korea’s stringent…
Continue Reading
‘No one should die on the streets of Bend’: Mayor, 2 councilors issue statement
Here, in full, is a statement issued Tuesday by Bend Mayor Sally Russell and councilors Melanie Kebler and Megan Perkins regarding two deaths at a…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer is accused of assault
By Jill Martin and Alexandra Meeks, CNN The Pasadena Police Department is looking into an allegation of assault involving Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher…
Continue Reading
Oregon DMV expanding services as state lifts COVID-19 restrictions
Oregon DMV said Tuesday it is continuing to expand services and increase choices for Oregonians who need services – online, by appointment and in…
Continue Reading
Oregon Dept. of Forestry adds restrictions for C.O. industrial operations
Additional restrictions for industrial forest operations in the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Prineville and John Day units will begin at 12:01…
Continue ReadingOne year after Hong Kong’s national security law, residents feel Beijing’s tightening grip
By Jessie Yeung, CNN It was approaching midnight on June 30, 2020, when news broke that Beijing had promulgated a national security law in Hong Kong,…
Continue Reading
Several food carts in Bend close down due to heat wave
While some restaurants in Central Oregon are finding ways to beat the heat, with misters and air conditioning, others don’t have that same luxury -…
Continue Reading
Oregon OSHA plans clearer, safer guidelines for outdoor workers in heat, smoke
Oregon OSHA is planning to propose safer guidelines for employees who work in extreme heat…
Continue Reading
Oregon mask mandate set to end, but there are exceptions
Oregon is lifting its masks and social distancing mandate as of Wednesday, but federal rules still require them in places like Redmond…
Continue ReadingHear daughter’s heartbreaking answer when asked if she wants to meet with Biden
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer talks with Magaly “Maggie” Ramsey, whose mother is missing in the condominium collapse in Surfside,…
Continue ReadingShe lost her father to Covid-19 and didn’t get to say goodbye. Now her mother is unaccounted for in the Surfside building collapse
By Christina Maxouris, CNN Magaly “Maggie” Ramsey said she didn’t get to hold her father or say her final goodbyes before he died…
Continue Reading
Two legislative leaders recap 2021 legislative session
Oregon House Majority Leader Barbara Smith Warner and Senate Majority Leader Rob Wagner spoke with reporters Tuesday about accomplishments of the…
Continue ReadingAn 88-year-old survivor of the condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, was carried to safety by her neighbors
By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN An 88-year old survivor of the condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, credits her neighbors for helping her escape as the…
Continue ReadingCalifornia couple fined for digging up and burying Joshua trees
By Madeline Holcombe and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A California couple has been fined for digging up and burying dozens of protected Joshua trees to make…
Continue ReadingThese are the challenges rescuers at the collapsed building in Surfside are facing
By Theresa Waldrop For a sixth day, search and rescue crews made their way meticulously through piles of rubble after the condo collapse in Surfside,…
Continue ReadingOne year after Hong Kong’s national security law, residents feel Beijing’s tightening grip
By Jessie Yeung, CNN It was approaching midnight on June 30, 2020, when news broke that Beijing had promulgated a national security law in Hong Kong,…
Continue Reading
Oregon lawmakers OK 2 more Deschutes County judges
After years of trying to make the case, Deschutes County won legislative approval of two more Circuit Court judges, for a total of nine, which DA…
Continue Reading
How to know when it’s time to get out of the heat
For many Central Oregonians, staying inside is tough.…
Continue Reading