Redmond School Board joins in outcry over proposed ‘permanent’ indoor mask requirement
Hundreds of Oregon residents are crying government overreach as officials at the state’s health authority consider indefinitely extending the…
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Hong Kong plans to cull 2,000 hamsters over Covid fears. Pet owners are outraged
CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong will euthanize about 2,000 hamsters and other small animals after a pet store worker and several rodents tested…
Continue ReadingJill Biden’s whirlwind first year as the President’s eyes and ears across America
CNN, NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY LLC, KTUL, WFTS, WLKY, WBKO, KTUU, KSAT, KMBC By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden visited Kentucky last Friday, a…
Continue ReadingMajor airlines say the 5G doomsday scenario is over
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Airline executives breathed a sigh of relief to their investors Thursday, saying they believe the…
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Big Ol’ Fish: It may sound fishy, but…
These monsters from Oregon’s waterways are…
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Out & About: Oh deer!
Lots of gorgeous photos this week – send us yours from the Share tab at…
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One Class at a Time: We visit Sisters High School’s Lifeskills class with $500
Congrats to the Lifeskills program in Sisters — and this will help them get fun puzzles and…
Continue ReadingDon’t blame Adele. Concert cancellations and postponements will become common due to Covid
CNN By Marianne Garvey Some would-be concertgoers are disappointed Adele has postponed her Las Vegas residency — just one day before it was set…
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Assistance League of Bend gives out free gloves, hats for kids
The Assistance League of Bend gave out free hats and gloves for youngsters Thursday at a NeighborImpact Mobile Food Bank stop at Redmond High School.…
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Special Olympics Polar Plunge fundraiser returns to frigid Deschutes on Feb. 5
Oregonians have a longstanding and beloved winter tradition of Plunging into the frigid waters of the Deschutes each winter to raise money and…
Continue ReadingFormer Trump campaign adviser acknowledges being part of 2020 ‘alternate electors’ plot
CNN By Sonnet Swire Boris Epshteyn, an adviser for former President Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign, acknowledged Friday that he was…
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Bend city councilors OK $4.55 million purchase of Rainbow Motel site
Bend city councilors Wednesday night unanimously approved the city buying a just over one-acre site at 154 NE Franklin Avenue, which includes the…
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State posts second-highest HS graduation rate; Crook County HS touts 98% rate, highest in C.O.
Despite the continued challenges of COVID-19, Oregon’s statewide high school graduation rate for the class of 2020-21 was 80.6 percent, the…
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Two years into pandemic, Oregon hospitals still struggling
Oregon Association of Hospitals CEO Becky Hultberg said Thursday, “There is a war going on in our hospitals against this virus that isn’t visible to…
Continue Reading Proposed Oregon mask mandate extension draws fire
The Oregon Health Authority heard plenty of negative views Thursday at a hearing on plans to make an expiring temporary mask mandate “permanent,”…
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‘Covid fatigue’ impacting mask enforcement at some C.O. businesses
Traci Haley is the co-owner of the Yo Central frozen yogurt shop in Prineville, and she acknowledges “Covid fatigue is…
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Continue ReadingCovid-19 hospitalizations are dropping in the Northeast. In other parts of the country, they’re rising
CNN By Christina Maxouris, CNN During what has been another devastating surge of Covid-19 across the country, there is good news: Some states are…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 vaccinations do not impair fertility in men or women, study finds
CNN, POOL, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, KOAT, WISN, MOORE POLICE By Jacqueline Howard, CNN A new study adds to growing evidence that there is no…
Continue ReadingFAA approves more airliners — including some smaller, regional jets — to fly near 5G towers
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Pete Muntean The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared more commercial airliners — notably more smaller, regional…
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