Month: May 2017

Edwin Lara, the Redmond man accused of aggravated murder in the July 2016 killing of Bend resident Kaylee Sawyer, will go on trial on Oct. 8, 2018,…

A business owner is breathing a sigh of relief after his stolen cash and iPhone were returned, thanks to an app that led police to the suspects.…

Bend-La Pine Schools’ record-breaking $268 million bond measure passed handily with voters Tuesday night. Now, the real work can begin.…

Forest Service fuels specialists plan to ignite an 88-acre prescribed burn south of Bend Thursday in an area adjacent to the Woodside Ranch, Sundance…

There are not many things that Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., agree on these days — but both men had a positive…

(Update with investigation results; gunshot apparently accidental, self-inflicted) A juvenile resident of the Juniper Acres subdivision south of…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon secretary of state says 86,000 people who are receiving Medicaid benefits in the state may be ineligible. In an…

The Oregon Senate voted Wednesday to pass a bill requiring that women and other protected classes statewide to be paid the same wages for the same…

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., led a bipartisan group of senators Wenesday in introducing legislation to ensure that legal cannabis businesses can access…

COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) – A Coos Bay day care has shut down following an incident where children and staff members suffered injuries from…

Starting with a public meeting in Salem next Wednesday, a broad-based committee put together by the Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Voters in Oregon approved two-thirds of the school bonds that were on ballots in communities statewide, as well as…

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is increasing traffic patrols during daylight hours for the purpose of enforcing seatbelt, child…

Here are the results of Tuesday’s KTVZ.COM Poll about the “kicker law”: Would you be willing to give up your state tax…

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, led a hearing Wednesday on modernizing America’s emergency alert…

(Update with later election results) The initial results came in quickly for Tuesday night’s special election — and in the top item of…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Lane County District Attorney Patty Perlow says police did not use deadly force against a man who died last week after…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – State economists say the Oregon economy has been bustling this year, so much so that the state’s ‘kicker…

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – Klamath County deputies have testified that former Sheriff Frank Skrah used excessive force against suspects who…

In recent months, the FBI has been getting more and more reports of hiring fraud scams hitting Oregonians, the agency announced Tuesday. Here’s…