‘You can’t just remove the damage of the last four years’
For more than four years, countries that rely on American foreign aid have been reeling from the profound impact that Donald Trump’s…
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Why JoJo Siwa’s coming out is such a massively big deal
JoJo Siwa’s coming out kicked off in a very 2021 way — on TikTok. In a rainbow-bedazzled hoodie and matching hair bow, she lip synced to…
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Inside the Reddit army that’s crushing Wall Street
Omar couldn’t believe what was happening. He should have been concentrating on the student he was tutoring in physics — a job he did during…
Continue ReadingWhen Covid-19 vaccines are about to expire, health care workers must scramble to make sure they are used
Mechanical breakdowns. Bad weather. Expiration deadlines. The earliest phases of Covid-19 vaccine distribution in some instances have left doctors,…
Continue ReadingSome districts and parents are pushing for a return to in-person school after nearly a year of coronavirus
After nearly a year in the Covid-19 pandemic, some officials are pushing for a return to in-person instruction for K-12 students. In Chicago, Mayor…
Continue ReadingWhat exactly does it mean to be a patriot? Experts say it’s not easy to define
For many, being considered a patriot is as American as it gets. Of the millions of words in the English language, the word “patriot” has…
Continue ReadingAs variants threaten Covid-19 progress, US weighs trial results of Johnson & Johnson vaccine candidate
As Covid-19 variants are increasingly found in the United States, experts say Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine candidate would help in the…
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OSU Board approves construction of $70 million Arts and Education Complex
The Oregon State University Board of Trustees on Friday unanimously approved construction of a new $70 million Arts and Education Complex that will…
Continue ReadingA dad and his young daughter turn their Covid isolation into a popular podcast
“How many people would fit in the state of Montana if you spaced them 6 feet apart?” “How do you make the perfect scrambled…
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City of Bend launches new online land use mapping tool
The city of Bend said Friday it is excited to announce the launch of a new public interactive mapping tool, the Community Development Data Explorer…
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Oregon’s declining jobless rate means shift in extended unemployment benefits
The U.S. Department of Labor informed the Oregon Employment Department that it is turning off Oregon’s Extended Benefits program because of…
Continue ReadingSleep on the job? Company offers $3,000 for ‘Sleeping Beauty’ to test out mattresses
What if you could get paid for sleeping? Well, guess what — you can: $3,000 to be exact. Sleep Junkie, a mattress reviewing platform, is…
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Bend woman arrested after pursuit, accused of spitting on police officer
Police said a Bend woman spat on a police corporal early Friday morning, took off in her pickup truck and eventually ended up blocking the Newport…
Continue ReadingA fight between the EU and UK reveals the ugly truth about vaccine nationalism
The UN General Assembly in September last year was a pivotal moment in the pandemic, when leaders began to show some unity as global deaths…
Continue ReadingNASA mission will zoom by asteroid before returning sample to Earth
A NASA spacecraft that took a sample from an asteroid 200 million miles away now has a plan to come back home. On May 10, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx…
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Biden seeks to intensify public lobbying for Covid-19 relief bill amid the pandemic
When President Joe Biden intensifies his attention next week to selling Republicans and Democrats on his coronavirus relief bill, he won’t be…
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OSU students to test residents in 30 Redmond neighborhoods for COVID-19
Researchers with OSU’s TRACES effort hope to test as many as 600 Redmond residents this weekend. They claim these large random tests are more…
Continue Reading‘Moms Demand Action’ pushes lawmakers to take action on ghost guns, background checks
Click here for updates on this story ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (WJZ) — A group of moms is leading the charge for getting…
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OSU finds ‘highly contagious’ UK COVID-19 strain in 1 Bend wastewater sample
Genetic sequencing of COVID-19 samples done by Oregon State University’s Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing has detected several variants…
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