A garage fire in Powell Butte Saturday night was likely caused by failure of a portable lithium ion battery pack. There were no injuries and the property owners were home at the time of the fire, according to a news release from Crook County Fire and Rescue. Ten Read More
Bend’s newest roundabout opened Friday at Columbia Avenue and Simpson Avenue thanks to a multi-agency partnership. The addition of the roundabout was made possible with funding from the Bend Park and Recreation District (BPRD) and Oregon State University-Cascades. The Read More
Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Betty White is the last woman standing. Ed Asner, who along with White was one of two living main cast members of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died at age 91, according to his verified Twitter account. “We Read More
FatCamera/iStock (NEW YORK) — As many parents wait for COVID-19 vaccines to be authorized for children younger than 12, doctors increasingly are alarmed at the rising number of kids who are missing routine vaccinations — a trend that’s had a domino effect Read More
Carvana (WASHINGTON) — Imagine buying a new car, at your home computer, in 19 minutes. That’s what MINI, the funky British marque, says is now possible. The brand recently introduced MINI Anywhere, a pilot program in California where MINI enthusiasts can choose Read More
KeithBinns/iStock (New York) — Bombings, death, and uncertainty — life in Afghanistan has become a nightmare for many Afghans looking to escape the country they call home. Waheed Arian, a doctor and ex-refugee from Afghanistan, was born into war in 1983. He told Read More
Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images (New York) — School board meetings have become emotional battlegrounds for parents and local officials who disagree over mask and vaccine mandates as children return to brick-and-mortar learning. At least nine states — Arizona, Read More
oleksii Liskonih/iStock (WASHINGTON) — With fewer than 4 in 10 Americans approving of President Joe Biden’s handling of Afghanistan, there is overwhelming bipartisan support for keeping U.S. troops in the country until all Americans and Afghans who aided the Read More
Bill Oxford/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Public health officials are sticking with the recommendation that people get booster shots eight months after getting the COVID-19 vaccine, but that could change based on reviewing the data, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Read More
Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., accused President Joe Biden and his administration for painting a rosier picture of the Afghanistan evacuations as the Aug. 31 U.S. troop withdrawal looms. “There is clearly no plan. There has been Read More
