BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Renovations have begun on the inner chamber of the Historic St. Francis of Assisi Church in downtown Bend. The chance discovery of a stone behind the sanctuary led church leaders to the descendants of the family responsible for building the church over a century ago. “The church has been here for
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The $3.9 billion humanitarian appeal for war-torn Ukraine is less than 30% funded as the country starts preparing for a second winter with more residential buildings damaged and destroyed and thousands of people homeless following the collapse of the Kakhovka dam. Denise Brown, the U.N.
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire that ignited near Spokane Monday is prompting mandatory evacuations, Washington state officials said. The West Hallett Fire started about 1:30 p.m. about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) southwest of Spokane and had high potential for growth, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources said. At least 20 homes are
Continue ReadingBy Jason Kravarik, Veronica Miracle, Zoe Sottile and Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — A man charged with murder in the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee will stand trial in the case, a judge decided Tuesday, after the judge said evidence suggests the suspect used a knife to kill Lee. Judge Harry Dorfman made
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Lynnea Miller, principal broker at Bend Premier Real Estate, says the city’s new Home Energy Score Program and listing requirement that launched July 1 has caused a real headache for Realtors.
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS Associated Press New York officials have shut down what they call seven unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in the western part of the state. Authorities closed the “I’m Stuck” stores in Cayuga, Oswego and Wayne counties on Monday, alleging the owner ignored repeated notices to stop operating without state approval and sold cannabis products
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Two working forests in Oregon received a major investment from the US Dept. of Agriculture’s Forest Legacy program, which protects environmentally and ecologically important private forest lands across the country.
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Redmond Fire & Rescue plans to put its local option levy renewal on the November ballot, more than a year before the current levy expires. It says it needs nine more employees to cover all shifts amid rising volumes of both firefighting and emergency medical calls.
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With the school year around the corner, Bend Park and Recreation District is hosting a special KIDS Inc. Hiring Week for afterschool child care job opportunities. BPRD hiring managers are looking for applicants who like working with children to join the team as a Youth Recreation Leader.
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An out-of-session hearing by the Nebraska Legislature’s Education Committee is signaling plans by conservatives to again push for legislation to determine how schools deal with race, LGBTQ+ issues and other hot-button issues. Sen. Dave Murman is the conservative chairman of the Nebraska Legislature’s Education Committee.
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Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO) will again host the annual Bend Venture Conference on Thursday-Friday, Oct. 19-20 at the iconic Tower Theatre in downtown Bend. Tickets to the 20th Annual BVC are available here.
Continue ReadingPEARL, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man was sentenced to 40 years in state prison after breaking out of a correctional facility and holding two people at gunpoint just months before he was to have completed a previous sentence. Shunekndrick Huffman pleaded guilty to two counts of kidnapping and a judge on Monday sentenced him
Continue ReadingCNN, WALB By AnneClaire Stapleton, Nick Valencia, Kevin Conlon and Royston Jones, CNN (CNN) — An American woman was arrested and charged in the Bahamas for conspiring to kill her husband several months after the couple had filed for divorce, according to a police news release and court documents viewed by CNN. Lindsay Shiver, 36,
Continue ReadingBy AnneClaire Stapleton, Nick Valencia, Kevin Conlon and Royston Jones, CNN (CNN) — An American woman has been arrested and charged in the Bahamas for conspiring to kill her husband several months after the couple filed for divorce, a police news release and court documents viewed by CNN show. Lindsay Shiver, 36, of Thomasville, Georgia,
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Two Oregon coast residents were arrested on drug and other charges Sunday afternoon after hotel employees acting on a tip found luggage left behind by a guest had drugs inside. Officers said the pair later returned for the bag – and when questioned by police, each man said it belonged to the other.
Continue ReadingBy Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — An Indian railway security officer opened fire on a moving train in the country’s western Maharashtra state on Monday, killing four people, according to a spokesperson for the Western Railway. The incident occurred on a passenger train traveling from Jaipur to Mumbai around 6 a.m. local time (8:30 p.m.
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A brightly flashing “X” sign has been removed from the San Francisco headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter just days after it was installed. The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection said Monday it received 24 complaints about the unpermitted structure over the weekend, including concerns about its structural
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press A federal appeals court is allowing Kentucky to enforce a recently enacted ban on gender-affirming care for young transgender people while the issue is being litigated. The 2-1 decision Monday from the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati is not unexpected. The same three-judge panel ruled the same
Continue ReadingBRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A former millionaire real estate developer has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for fraud involving a failed hotel-condominium project in Florida. A federal judge in Bridgeport, Connecticut, sentenced Robert Matthews to 65 months in prison Monday. Matthews and three co-defendants pleaded guilty to scamming investors out of
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press Donald Trump has scored a major victory in his efforts to reshape the mosaic of state Republican Party rules that determine the GOP presidential nominee. The California Republican Party over the weekend voted overwhelmingly to approve a plan to award all of their 169 presidential delegates to a candidate
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