Biden signs stopgap bill to avert shutdown ahead of midnight deadline
CNN By Clare Foran, Manu Raju, Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav, CNN President Joe Biden signed a stopgap bill on Friday to avert a government shutdown…
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Santa hitches ride on Bend Fire ladder truck to light NW Crossing Christmas tree
A Bend Fire & Rescue ladder truck gave Santa a trip to the top of the NorthWest Crossing Christmas tree for Thursday’s lightning…
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Sisters Elementary students take Firebusters crown, get high-flying first responder party
An Air Link helicopter landed in the field at Sisters Elementary School on Thursday, part of a celebration of students taking this year’s Firebusters…
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Downtown Bend Christmas tree lightning, return of Christmas parade on tap
The annual Christmas tree lighting and related festivities in downtown Bend Friday evening will be followed Saturday by the return of the Bend…
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The Giving Plate seeking gift donations for upcoming ‘Jingle Store’
The Giving Plate is gearing up for its biggest year yet for their annual Jingle Store on December 18th and…
Continue ReadingFacebook Oversight Board reiterates calls for Meta to be more transparent
CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Business The independent board that oversees Facebook parent company, Meta, is once again urging the social media giant to be…
Continue ReadingThe shooter ‘methodically and deliberately’ fired at students. A timeline of a school shooting tragedy
CNN, WDIV, WXYZ By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Zander Cumbey had walked into his afternoon high school classroom when he heard screaming outside in the…
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Bend’s Salvation Army seeks more donations for teens
The Salvation Army in Bend said Thursday it needs your help to support teenagers, especially as Christmas approaches. Right now, the agency is…
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Bend nonprofit understaffed; volunteers concerned over Omicron Covid variant
Volunteers at St Vincent de Paul of Bend are back inside for roughly the first time since the pandemic started, stocking groceries to help serve…
Continue ReadingThe rescue of Parwana: 9-year-old child bride is taken to safety in Afghanistan
CNN By Anna Coren, Rebecca Wright and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Driving through a snow-capped mountain pass, the young mother huddles together with her…
Continue ReadingWomen share how access to abortion impacted their lives — whether they chose one or not
CNN By Madeline Holcombe, CNN When Sam Blakely found out she was pregnant, she balled up her shower curtain and put it in her mouth so she could…
Continue ReadingStricter testing requirements for travelers coming to the US will take effect Monday
CNN By Kaitlan Collins and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Biden administration’s new, stricter Covid-19 testing requirements for all travelers coming to…
Continue ReadingStill warm and mostly clear, with showers on the way
Happy Thursday, Central Oregon! Skies will become partly cloudy Thursday night, with lows will in the upper 20s to mid-30s. Breezes will…
Continue ReadingLatest US travel rules: What you need to know about the changes prompted by Omicron
CNN By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN Just when we thought US travel rules were starting to stabilize, along came Omicron. The dominoes fell…
Continue ReadingSchumer details plan to pass Biden bill by Christmas amid growing skepticism about timeline
CNN By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is still insisting that President Joe Biden’s…
Continue ReadingNew US travel rules: What you need to know about the changes prompted by Omicron
CNN By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN Just when we thought US travel rules were starting to stabilize, along comes Omicron. The dominoes fell…
Continue ReadingPeng Shuai: Human rights activist Peter Dahlin says IOC is putting Chinese tennis star at ‘greater risk’
CNN By Ben Church, CNN Human rights activist Peter Dahlin says the International Olympic Committee’s calls with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai…
Continue ReadingAbuse directed at London Hanukkah party bus investigated as a hate crime, police say
CNN By Sharon Braithwaite and Nina Avramova, CNN London Metropolitan Police are investigating a video that appeared to show a group of men spitting…
Continue ReadingBiden outlines new steps to combat Covid through winter months
CNN, POOL By Kevin Liptak and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden announced a new strategy Thursday aimed at fighting a potential winter surge of…
Continue ReadingWhy baseball’s billionaire owners and millionaire players just can’t get along
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Major League Baseball’s string of 26 straight seasons of labor peace came to an end early…
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