Merkley welcomes Biden administration move to designate Rohingya genocide
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a leading voice on the Rohingya crisis, issued…
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Madras man jailed on criminally negligent homicide, DUII charges in fatal crash
A 22-year-old Madras man was arrested on criminally negligent homicide, DUII-alcohol and other charges after a crash early Sunday morning that killed…
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Police: Juvenile boy shot, wounded at Salem mall
A juvenile boy was shot and wounded at a downtown Salem shopping mall on Friday, police…
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Dozen indicted in Oregon drug ring, allegedly distributed fake oxycodone pills with fentanyl
A dozen people are facing federal charges for conspiring to distribute counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl in the Pacific Northwest and…
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Suspect in Salem drug trafficking, major ‘ghost gun’ manufacturing faces federal charges
A federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment Thursday charging a Salem man with distributing counterfeit oxycodone pills containing…
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Giant white sturgeon, over 7 feet long, seized from Scappoose Bay poachers, released
A giant white sturgeon more than seven feet long was among five sturgeon seized and released by Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife troopers…
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Bundy gets probation, no jail, in 2nd trespassing conviction
Far-right activist Ammon Bundy has again been convicted of trespassing at the Idaho Capitol…
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C. Oregonians join in virtual training for mentors to help veterans in court system
Central Oregonians in various locations took part in a virtual training session Tuesday to prepare mentors for veterans facing criminal charges. For…
Continue Reading Idaho hospital locks down amid Bundy call for protest in child protection case
A major Boise hospital went on lockdown for about an hour Tuesday after far-right activist Ammon Bundy urged supporters to go the facility in protest…
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Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday: Building a digital defense against hacked social media accounts
This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against hacked social media…
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NE Bend attempted burglary suspect runs, tries to hide, caught with help of police drone, K-9 Kim
A 42-year-old Bend man accused of attempting to burglarize a pair of northeast Bend businesses was scared off by an alarm and tried to run and hide…
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Eugene man pleads guilty to importing, exporting hundreds of live scorpions
A Eugene man who formerly resided in Southern Oregon pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to violating the Lacey Act by illegally importing and…
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Ex-Coffee Creek state prison nurse charged with sexual assaults of 12 women in custody
The U.S. Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment that accuses a former Oregon Department of Corrections nurse of sexually assaulting a dozen…
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Oregon Dept. of Justice hires anti-poaching special prosecutor
Oregon poachers beware, there is a new force in the courts: an anti-poaching special prosecutor. Jay D. Hall, hired last month as a new assistant…
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Former Warm Springs Ventures CEO pleads guilty in federal court for role in tribal fraud scheme
A resident of the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho and former CEO of the Warm Springs Economic Development Corp. pleaded guilty Monday in federal court…
Continue Reading Police: Ammon Bundy arrested in Idaho hospital trespassing case
Far-right activist Ammon Bundy, who’s running for governor in Idaho, has been arrested after refusing to leave a hospital in connection with a…
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20 community members sworn in as CASA volunteers to support C.O. children in foster care
Local children in foster care now have 20 more CASA volunteers advocating for them. The community volunteers were sworn-in this week as Court…
Continue Reading Bend police arrest pickup theft suspect after worker spots, reports broken window
A northeast Bend worker spotted a pickup truck with a driver’s-side window broken out Wednesday morning and contacted police, who learned it had…
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Bend man charged with threatening grocery employees with knife
A Bend man who had been “trespassed” from the Third Street Safeway, meaning he was not allowed there, threatened three workers with a knife early…
Continue ReadingEugene man sentenced to life for killing grandmother
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A Eugene man who pleaded guilty to beating his grandmother to death in Creswell has been sentenced to life in prison without…
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