Parents in Oregon, elsewhere get coached on how to escape mask and vaccine rules
An Oregon school superintendent is telling parents they can get their children out of wearing masks by citing federal disability law. A pastor at a…
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Explainer: Why it takes months to subdue some wildfires
At nearly every community meeting on firefighting efforts in the U.S. West, residents want to know why crews don’t simply put out the flames to…
Continue ReadingISIS terror threat forces US military to establish alternate routes to Kabul airport
By Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann, Ellie Kaufman and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The US military is establishing “alternative routes” to Kabul…
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Earliest-ever water shutoff at Wickiup Reservoir leaves open question: What of next year?
An outflow tube that carries water from the Wickiup Reservoir into the Deschutes River was turned off Friday afternoon, the latest troubling…
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Earlier start times for Bend-La Pine elementary schools raise concerns for some parents
Elementary school students in the Bend-La Pine Schools again will be starting school earlier than middle and high schoolers this fall — and this…
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OSU, UO to require vaccination proof to attend athletic events, school activities
Oregon State University and the University of Oregon announced Friday that people attending designated university events and activities, including…
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‘You feel like you failed’: COVID-19 outbreaks traced to Bend child care facility
Ten days, at least, is how long children, teachers and families have to quarantine after a classroom is exposed to…
Continue ReadingFull FDA approval of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is ‘imminent’, senior federal official says
By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Full US Food and Drug Administration approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is…
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SW Redmond man arrested on drug charges after neighborhood complaints
– Neighborhood complaints about suspicious activity at a southwest Redmond home led to the arrest of a 51-year-old resident on several drug and…
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Culver schools will follow state mask, vaccine mandates, delay start of school 9 days
The Culver School District superintendent informed families Friday that the district will reluctantly implement the state mask mandate for students…
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Sisters traffic stop turns up over 4 pounds of methamphetamine; 3 Salem residents arrested
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies arrested three Salem residents during a traffic stop in Sisters early Thursday morning after a Bend Police K-9…
Continue ReadingBiden focuses on ‘getting this job done’ as chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan grows desperate
By Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday tried to put an optimistic face on the chaotic evacuations taking place at…
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Oregon reports 19 more COVID-19 related deaths, tops 3,000; 2,187 cases, record 866 hospitalizations
There are 19 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including an 87-year-old Deschutes County man, raising the state’s death toll past the 3,000…
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Oregon DEQ issues air quality advisory for all of Central, Eastern Oregon, Jackson County
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory Friday for all areas east of the Cascades, plus Jackson County, due to…
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Les Schwab Amphitheater to require vaccination proof or negative COVID test starting Aug. 29
Saying it’s “committed to bringing concerts back in the best ways,” Bend’s Les Schwab Amphitheater announced Friday that it will be rolling out…
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Six COVID-19 cases reported by Deschutes County Jail involve staff, family members
The Deschutes County Jail recently reported an outbreak of a half-dozen COVID-19 cases involving three staff members and three of the staff’s…
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Redmond man arrested in downtown Bend on assault, bias crime charges after fight
A Redmond man was arrested on assault, bias crime and several other charges in downtown Bend Thursday afternoon, accused of striking a construction…
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Frustration and anger in the St. Charles Bend ICU, overwhelmed with COVID patients
Oregon’s hospitals are in crisis. Beds are filled with COVID-19 patients — more than ever before, and nearly all of them are unvaccinated.…
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C.O. schools, nurses worry Gov. Brown’s vaccine mandate could cost them crucial staff
Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday that all health care and school workers will have to be vaccinated by Oct. 18 or six weeks after full FDA approval…
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Attic fire heavily damages historic Prineville home
A stubborn fire traced to an electrical failure in the attic floor heavily damaged an historic home in downtown Prineville, officials…
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