Redmond security service reports seeing higher demand for guards, cameras
After several theft cases and recent shootings across Central Oregon, the question of security is in heavy…
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Man hailed as Safeway shooting hero had criminal past
BEND, Ore. (AP) — A man lauded as a hero for confronting a shooter inside an Oregon grocery store Sunday was convicted of child sex crimes while in…
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‘Tragic outcomes’: Mentally ill face fatal risk with police
By ANDREW SELSKY and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — One summer night, Misty Castillo stepped out of her house in Salem, called…
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Safeway shooter’s online threats draw concern about C.O schools’ security measures
With the Safeway shooting on the east side of Bend that claimed the lives of two Central Oregonians Sunday night, one of whom fought heroically to…
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Bend community searches for healing after shooting tragedy
Days after a tragic shooting at Safeway on Bend’s Eastside in which three people died, including the gunman, community members are searching for…
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‘He’s going to be hard to replace’: Community offering support for family of Bend’s Safeway shooting hero
Sunday night’s Safeway shooting on Bend’s Eastside was a tragedy in which three people died, including the gunman. But the killing of a store…
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Drug agents raid 4 illegal marijuana grows in Clackamas, Yamhill counties, seize 17,000 plants, guns, stolen vehicles
Drug agents raided two illegal marijuana grows north of Woodburn, seizing more than 11,000 marijuana plants and a large amount of harvested…
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Bend PD release new info on Safeway shooting: Over 100 shots fired; hero went after gunman with produce knife
Bend police released new details late Tuesday afternoon on Sunday night’s shooting at the Eastside Safeway, including that more than 100 shots were…
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Community Assistance Center available through Friday at Pilot Butte Middle School, offers support to all
Deschutes County Health Services, the DA Victims’ Assistance Program, St. Charles Health System and local chaplains are partnering with Bend-La Pine…
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Hugs and prayers, hope and anger: Vigil held at Drake Park for Bend Safeway shooting victims
Sunday night’s Safeway shooting on Bend’s Eastside resulted in the tragic deaths of a customer at the front of the store and employee in the produce…
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Bend Safeway shooter reportedly planned to attack Mtn. View HS; police investigate threatening online posts
Information from an online blog/manifesto and comments from a friend are giving us more information about a gunman who police say shot and killed two…
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‘This doesn’t have to happen’: Reactions to Bend shooting from officials, city council, Safeway, workers’ union
Gov. Kate Brown, Oregon’s two U.S. senators and others issued statements Monday in the wake of Sunday evening’s shooting at Bend’s Forum Shopping…
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Bend Police ID Safeway gunman and two victims, including ‘heroic’ store worker who died trying to disarm him
Police on Monday identified a 20-year-old gunman who opened fire at Bend’s Eastside Safeway Sunday evening, fatally shooting a shopper at the…
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Gunman opens fire at East Bend shopping center, inside Safeway: 3 people dead, including shooter
A gunman armed with a rifle and shotgun fired several shots in the parking lot of a northeast Bend shopping center Sunday evening, then entered a…
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Two Bend murder suspects appear in court
A Deschutes County judge on Friday afternoon set a Sept. 15 plea entry date for the 41-year-old Bend man recently accused of killing two Bend…
Continue ReadingJudge won’t block Idaho wolf trapping, snaring regulations
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Trappers can continue pursuing wolves under Idaho’s current regulations after a federal…
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Klamath County raid on illegal marijuana grow turns up 4,500 plants worth over $22 million
Klamath County sheriff’s deputies and the Basin Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team raided and destroyed an illegal marijuana production…
Continue ReadingSheriff: Man arrested at Gorge wasn’t planning mass shooting
GEORGE, Wash. (AP) — The Grant County Sheriff’s Office now says a man arrested at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington state wasn’t planning a…
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Bend couple gets scam ‘bank’ text messages, loses nearly $10K, warns people to beware
A text scam going around recently hit a Central Oregon couple. Bend resident Jill Sievers said nearly $10,000 was taken out of their joint…
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Idaho Power Co. agrees to pay $1.5 million in federal civil settlement over 2 Baker County fires
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced Thursday that Idaho Power Company, a Boise, Idaho-based…
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