ConocoPhillips is buying Marathon Oil in $22.5 billion deal
By Mark Thompson, CNN London (CNN) — Big Oil keeps doing big deals. ConocoPhillips said Wednesday it had agreed to buy Marathon Oil in an…
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MLB integrates Negro League statistics into all-time record book with Josh Gibson now career batting average leader
By Melissa Alonso, David Close, Dalia Faheid and Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Major League Baseball has incorporated the statistics of former…
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OSU-Cascades holds open house to tour landfill, mine remediation, progress on Student Success Center construction
Oregon State University–Cascades invited community members to an unusual kind of “open house” tour on Tuesday afternoon, to explore the latest…
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How a Portland homeless shelter is saving lives with sensor system on its public bathrooms
By Blair Best, KGW PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — Staff working at organizations that help homeless people downtown Portland often find themselves on…
Continue ReadingCharges against Scottie Scheffler dismissed after arrest outside PGA Championship
By Dakin Andone, Gabe Cohen, Emma Tucker and Andy Rose, CNN Louisville, Kentucky (CNN) — All charges against Scottie Scheffler have been…
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US Fish and Wildlife Service designates 1.2 million acres of critical habitat in Oregon, Calif., for Pacific marten
— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday it is designating 1.2 million acres of critical habitat in northwestern California and…
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Gas prices ease as summer arrives; Oregon sees among steepest price declines in the nation, AAA reports
PORTLAND, Ore., (KTVZ) – Pump prices continue to tick down in most states as millions of Americans return home from Memorial Day weekend trips.…
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Montana man pleads not guilty to manslaughter, DUII charges in fiery Hwy. 97 crash that killed Portland-area family
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 43-year-old Montana man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to seven charges, including four counts of manslaughter and one of DUII,…
Continue ReadingA driver with an Oregon-based medical care nonprofit is fatally shot in Ethiopia while in a convoy
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A staff member with an Oregon medical care nonprofit was killed when the team he was traveling with in a convoy was fired…
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‘We’re at a crisis point’: Both sides weigh in after Bend hearings officer denies controversial Awbrey Butte project
A city of Bend hearings officer has issued a decision denying a controversial proposal for a four-story apartment and commercial building at Compass…
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‘Business was up from last year’: Memorial Day weekend proves successful as Bend stores report seeing more tourists
 The Memorial Day weekend is in the books, and it was a good one for Bend-area businesses. Many people hopped on a plane coming from all over the…
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The wheels on the bus go round: So do Bend-La Pine school buses, as test-drivers seek a new career
The last day of classes for Bend-La Pine Schools isn’t for a couple weeks, but already the district is hiring bus drivers for next year, and…
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2 arrested in DCSO raid on Redmond illegal marijuana grow; firefighters douse combusting compost piles
A raid last week on an illegal marijuana grow in Redmond led to two arrests, the discovery of electrical and health hazards and a call-out of…
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Oregon wineries and vineyards seek $100 million from PacifiCorp for wildfire smoke damage to grapes
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Dozens of Oregon wineries and vineyards have sued PacifiCorp over the deadly 2020 wildfires…
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Annual campfire restrictions set to begin along BLM rivers in Central Oregon
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Annual campfire restrictions will go into effect on Saturday, June 1 on some Bureau of Land Management-administered…
Continue ReadingJudge Cannon rejects request for gag order against Donald Trump in classified docs case
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Federal Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday rejected special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order…
Continue ReadingAlpacas test positive for H5N1 bird flu for the first time
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Highly pathogenic avian influenza, sometimes called bird flu, has been confirmed in alpacas for the first time,…
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T-Mobile to buy almost all of U.S Cellular in deal worth $4.4 billion with debt
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer T-Mobile is buying U.S. Cellular’s wireless operations and certain spectrum assets in a deal valued at…
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OHA report says Oregon health care costs rose 3.6% in 2021-22, driven by prescription drugs, other factors
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Health Authority on Tuesday released its annual report on cost growth trends for health insurance plans and…
Continue ReadingDNC plans to hold virtual roll call to nominate Biden before convention
By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee is planning to hold a virtual roll call ahead of the party’s August convention to…
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