14-year-old girl shot, killed while riding in car in Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A 14-year-old girl was shot and killed Wednesday while riding in a car in Tacoma, Washington, police said. The Tacoma Police…
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Downtown Bend barber shop victim of vandalism over holiday weekend
The Metropolitan Barber Shop on Wall Street in downtown Bend is not closed, but it looked like it was Tuesday, thanks to the boarded-up front…
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Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday: Beware of resume scams
So you’ve just graduated college, and it’s time to look for that job you’ve always wanted – but be careful, not every job offer is legit, and…
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Oregon reports of hate crimes, bias incidents on the rise, according to third annual statewide report
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Friday received the third annual report from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission on data from 2021…
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Called threat of suspicious objects prompts evacuations at COCC’s Bend, Redmond campuses; nothing was found
Buildings on the Central Oregon Community College Bend and Redmond campuses were evacuated as a precaution Thursday afternoon due to a 911 call that…
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Crooked River Ranch man arrested in child pornography raid, accused of molesting Redmond child
A Crooked River Ranch man who was arrested in a raid on his home Wednesday for alleged child pornography also faces several other charges for…
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‘Do more, and do it now!’ Rosenblum, other AGs demand federal action on toxic metals in baby food
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Wednesday joined 22 state attorneys general calling on the heads of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
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Police surround SE Bend home when fugitive refuses to come out, eventually surrenders
When a parole and probation officer came calling, a 35-year-old Bend man wanted on a felony warrant went back inside a southeast Bend home and…
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Federal judge halts logging of former Elliott State Forest tract sold to private timber firm
A U.S. District Court judge issued a ruling Tuesday preventing Scott Timber from clearcutting old-growth forest that was previously part of the…
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2023, 2024 trial dates set for two men charged in August 2020 double-homicide of NE Bend couple
A Deschutes County judge set late 2023 and early 2024 trial dates Tuesday afternoon for a Bend-area man and his nephew, accused of murder in the…
Continue ReadingEx-lawyer who stole over $3.4M from clients pleads guilty
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Oregon personal injury lawyer who stole more than $3.4 million from her clients has pleaded guilty to seven federal…
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Conservationists call for action on Northwest wolf poaching
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Wildlife advocates say there has been a distressing uptick in wolf poaching cases in…
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‘Disgusting thrill kill’: Oregon hunters offer $500 reward to find shooter of deer at Reedsport boat launch parking lot
Oregon hunters are offering a $500 reward for information on a poacher who shot a deer and left it dead in a Reedsport boat launch parking lot at…
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8-hour standoff with barricaded man at La Pine home ends in his arrest on numerous charges
An eight-hour standoff at a La Pine home that involved the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team ended early Monday morning with the arrest…
Continue Reading10 arrested in Eugene protest over abortion ruling
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Police in Eugene say 10 people were arrested during a Friday night protest following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to…
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Prineville Police Chief Dale Cummins announces he’ll retire in a week; Larry Seymour set to take the helm
Prineville Police Chief Dale Cummins announced Friday his decision to retire from the Prineville Police Department in just a week, on Friday, July 1,…
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Oregon elected officials, groups, candidates react to US Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade
Swift reaction arrived from Oregon’s elected officials, numerous organizations and election candidates Friday morning in response to the historic…
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OSP, Jackson County agencies seize 2,800 marijuana plants in third Eagle Point grow raid in 2 weeks
More than 2,800 illegal marijuana plants were seized from 10 greenhouses Wednesday in a raid on a property in the southern Oregon town of Eagle…
Continue ReadingPolice: Man arrested in YMCA child sex abuse incident
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Police detectives have arrested a convicted sex offender in southern Oregon after a child was sexually touched at a YMCA…
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Wanted Portland man jailed after traffic stop near Warm Springs; seized drugs may bring federal charges
A traffic stop on Highway 26 Wednesday by Warm Springs Tribal Police led to a Portland man’s arrest on an outstanding warrant, as well as new charges…
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