By DAMIAN DOVARGANES CHRISTOPHER WEBER and DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) — A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church, killing one person and wounding five senior citizens before a pastor hit the gunman on the head with a chair and parishioners hog-tied him with electrical cords.
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A Prineville woman accused of importing fentanyl and methamphetamine from the Portland area and distributing it in Crook County was stopped and arrested early Saturday at a Madras truck stop and taken to jail, drug agents said.
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A Bend man wanted on a parole violation warrant was arrested Thursday while parked at his storage unit, and a raid turned up more than two pounds of methamphetamine, a BHO (butane hash oil) lab and a “felony amount” of the drug, a Deschutes County sheriff’s detective said.
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About 2,000 northeast Redmond residents got an emergency alert late Wednesday night that police were searching for a fugitive who ran from a traffic stop and “who may be armed and dangerous.” Despite an extensive search, the man had not been found by Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
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Foreign drug cartels that established illegal outdoor marijuana farms in Oregon last year are adapting as pressure on them begins to mount, law enforcement officials said Thursday.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Prospective homebuyers in Oregon can continue to send “love letters” to people selling homes. U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez on Wednesday permanently blocked a ban on the personal messages some buyers write in an effort to sweeten their offers on homes, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The Oregon Legislature approved the ban last
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Prospective homebuyers in Oregon can continue to send “love letters” to people selling homes. U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez on Wednesday permanently blocked a ban on the personal messages some buyers write in an effort to sweeten their offers on homes, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The Oregon Legislature approved the ban last
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A Portland man was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday for using a Bend residential property he did not own as collateral to obtain a bank loan worth more than $316,000, prosecutors said.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — After a snowy and rainy winter, you may be looking to escape to a warmer climate for summer vacation. And guess what? The scammers know that and hope to “cash in” on your travel plans. Travel scams come in many forms; emails, cold calls, social media, even submit or play to
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A ransomware attack on a campaign finance firm has prompted the Oregon Elections Division to require that 1,100 users of the state’s online campaign contribution reporting system change their passwords, but Sectary of State Shemia Fagan stressed late Monday that the agency’s systems have not been hacked.
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A Eugene man who showed up at the Bend’s Second Street warming shelter Saturday morning, asking for food, was soon kicked out for making offensive comments — and shortly afterward, police said he followed and assaulted another man who had just left the shelter after an overnight stay.
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Last week, Logan Williams was playing a basketball game at the Athletic Club in Bend.
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Police raided a northeast Bend massage business Thursday after a six-month investigation determined it did not have a state license, and recommended its owner, a Washington state resident, be charged as a result.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On May 4, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. proclaimed Thursday, May 5 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. The proclamation reaffirmed the nation’s commitment to solving all missing and murdered Indigenous persons cases and addressing the underlying causes of these crimes, including sexual violence, human trafficking, domestic violence, other violent crime,
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Providing office supplies has helped keep Strive Workplace Solutions in business for years, but when the pandemic happened, that all changed.
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Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies made a high-risk, guns-drawn traffic stop Wednesday on Highway 97 north of Terrebonne of a pickup towing a flatbed trailer loaded with items stolen from a property east of Sisters, where they conducted surveillance since Sunday’s break-in.
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Warm Springs Tribal Police were called to a car at the Indian Head Casino on a report of drug activity early Tuesday morning, and as a result, two men face tribal and federal drug charges, according to Police Chief Bill Elliott, who warned that his department will enforce their drug laws, “no matter the amount.”
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The State of Oregon remembered and honored 192 fallen law enforcement officers, and the families they left behind, during a memorial ceremony on Tuesday afternoon, attended by Governor Kate Brown. The event took place outdoors, at the state memorial which is located at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem.
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About 200 abortion rights supporters rallied on the steps of the Deschutes County Courthouse on Tuesday evening as Oregonians joined the rest of the nation in reacting strongly to a leaked draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion indicating they may vote to overturn the 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling that said pregnant women have a constitutional right to access an abortion.
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Four hours after a Bend man’s pickup truck – with his dog inside – was stolen from the Bend Lowe’s Home Improvement parking lot, the truck – and dog – were found in the Redmond Lowe’s parking lot, and a Redmond woman was arrested, police said.
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