Best Buy launches a new $200 membership program to fight Amazon
Best Buy has a new plan to hold on to shoppers in the crowded electronics market. The retailer said Wednesday that it was piloting a $199.99 annual…
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2 sailors were injured in a shooting near Maryland’s Fort Detrick. Here’s what we know
Of the two sailors injured in a shooting Tuesday near a military installation in Frederick, Maryland, one remains in the hospital and one has been…
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Tumalo Irrigation offers reward
A large reward is being offered to anyone with information leading to an arrest and conviction of the vandals who drilled holes into an irrigation…
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Bend Park and Rec survey takes public’s pulse on river access, off-leash dog areas
The Bend Park and Recreation District is planning for recreational access and riparian habitat restoration at parks along the Deschutes River, and…
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‘It changes the dynamics of farming’: Redmond resident creates sustainability project
Aeroponics, hydroponics and aquaponics are words not many people know the meaning…
Continue ReadingThose with poor oral hygiene tend to experience more severe COVID-19 symptoms, study finds
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — An international study led by researchers at…
Continue ReadingHumans were actually apex predators who ate meat for 2 million years: study
Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Despite a widespread belief that humans owe their…
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Bend Midtown Crossings project proposes parkway overpass at Hawthorne Ave.
The Oregon Department of Transportation and the city of Bend have a concept to build a footbridge on Hawthorne Avenue over the Bend…
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Bend roller hockey players hope to see teammates do well at ice hockey tourney
Players from the Bend Bullets roller hockey program will travel to Phoenix, Arizona this weekend to compete with some of the best youth ice hockey…
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St. Charles warns La Pine could lose clinic in dispute over ambulance fees
The president and CEO of St. Charles Health System and La Pine’s mayor oppose fire district plans to charge for ambulance runs, saying that could…
Continue ReadingJamie Dimon: America needs to admit it has a problem
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free, here.…
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Bend’s Volcanic Theatre Pub cancels two scheduled concerts
With Deschutes County moving back into the state’s high risk COVID-19 category this Friday, Bend’s Volcanic Theatre Pub has canceled concerts planned…
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Veterans with business dreams find new path at COCC
For veterans with entrepreneurial ambitions, a newly established benefit program — the first of its kind in the state — will allow them to enroll…
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Coast Guard cutter returns to Astoria after intercepting $41 million in cocaine
The US Coast Guard Cutter Alert returned home to Astoria on Wednesday following a 63-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific…
Continue ReadingLess than 40% of fourth-graders are attending full in-person school, and less than 30% of eighth-graders, new data shows
The nation’s school districts are making strides in their efforts to reopen, but new data shows that many more students are still learning…
Continue ReadingSecondhand clothing is booming right now. This online store wants to cash in
Got a designer bag in your closet? One chain hopes you’ll walk into one of its new shops and give it up for the right price. Demand for…
Continue ReadingLead investigator in Derek Chauvin case changes mind about what George Floyd said in video
The special agent who led the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigation into George Floyd’s death struggled to make sense of a…
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Two New York doormen who closed the doors while an Asian woman was attacked have been fired
Two New York doormen who closed the doors to their building’s apartment lobby while a 65-year-old Asian woman was punched and kicked outside…
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Oregon reports 7 more COVID-19 related deaths, 481 new cases
There are seven new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,434, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue Reading‘Street Vet’ raises $15K for Vietnam vet who couldn’t afford surgery for pet in need
Click here for updates on this story MODESTO, California (KOVR) — A Modesto veterinarian is helping out a Vietnam War…
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