Holiday Lights: La Pine home’s display brightens Burgess Road
This time, we head to La Pine and feature a colorful display on Burgess Road. Submit your entry for our Holiday Lights Photo Contest at…
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Get ready for holiday crowds, lines at RDM; air travelers should arrive early
More than 40,000 air travelers go through Roberts Field Airport in Redmond in December. Director Zachary Bass says check with your airline and get to…
Continue ReadingHere’s who Elon Musk could pick to be Twitter’s next CEO
By Clare Duffy, CNN Elon Musk may soon be on the lookout for a new chief executive to run Twitter. After mounting criticism of his chaotic leadership…
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s poll results are in: He should step down, Twitter voters say
By Brian Fung, CNN A Twitter poll created by Elon Musk asking whether he should “step down as head of Twitter” ended early Monday morning…
Continue Reading‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games to pay $520 million in record-breaking FTC settlement
By Brian Fung, CNN Epic Games, maker of the hit video game “Fortnite,” has agreed to pay a total of $520 million to settle US government…
Continue ReadingMeta faces EU probe over antitrust concerns linked to Facebook Marketplace
By Brian Fung, CNN The European Union is investigating Facebook-parent Meta for possible antitrust violations stemming from the tight link between…
Continue ReadingTwitter deletes controversial new policy banning links to other social platforms
By Brian Fung, CNN Twitter deleted its controversial new policy on Sunday evening that had banned links to certain other social media platforms, less…
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Central Oregonians celebrate Jewish Festival of Lights at Bend’s annual Hanukkah menorah lighting
The Jewish Festival of Lights known as Hanukkah began Sunday evening, and Bend’s 12th annual menorah lighting was held in the Old Mill District’s…
Continue ReadingElon Musk says he will step down as Twitter CEO if voted out by a poll he tweeted
By David Goldman, CNN Twitter’s mercurial new boss may be out the door after less than two months on the job, if results of a Twitter poll go…
Continue ReadingElon Musk says Twitter will ban some links to other social media sites, sparking backlash
By Brian Fung, CNN Twitter said Sunday it would ban links to other social media services and suspend accounts that try to direct users to alternative…
Continue ReadingAfter Twitter users voted to oust Elon Musk as CEO, he wants to change how polls work
CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN When Elon Musk polled Twitter users about whether to reinstate former President Donald Trump’s account, he quickly…
Continue ReadingVirtual reality titan John Carmack is leaving Meta
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Video game pioneer John Carmack is resigning from his consulting position at Meta with “mixed feelings” about the…
Continue ReadingListen up: Headphones are getting really weird
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When Huawei recently teased a new smartwatch in a promotional video, it featured an unusual design: the watch…
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Holiday Lights: This home on Black Duck Road plays its own tunes
The lights on this home in the Oregon Water Wonderland neighborhood twinkle to the synchronized music you can hear on the radio! Be sure to share…
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The Giving Plate’s ‘Jingle Store’ brings holiday cheer for kids and families
The Giving Plate’s Jingle Store is back, bigger and better than over, bringing hope for the holidays to families in need and and also giving kids a…
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Pet Pals: Cowboy and Jesse are two sweet pups
Cowboy and Jesse are two of three 2-month-old pit bull mixes waiting for a new home at the Humane Society of Central…
Continue ReadingAmazon warehouse workers in UK vote to go on strike
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Amazon warehouse workers at a facility in the United Kingdom plan to go on strike, their union confirmed to CNN on…
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s Twitter blocked links to rival Mastodon. That could raise alarms among regulators
By Brian Fung, CNN Elon Musk’s Twitter sparked an international outcry on Thursday by suspending a number of journalists at major news…
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Furry Friends: Jingles is a sweet recent arrival
Jingles, a sweet, little mixed-breed dog, came to Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center this week as a transfer from California, and he’s still getting…
Continue ReadingTikTok might be too big to ban, no matter what lawmakers say
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN In July 2020, the same month former President Donald Trump said he would ban TikTok in the United States, Callie Goodwin…
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