BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The founder of DAWNS House, a Bend nonprofit that provides housing for women recovering from addiction, has pleaded guilty to five counts of aggravated theft, agreeing to serve 3 ½ years in prison and pay over $400,000 in restitution. Dawn Holland, 53, was arrested in May of last year and indicted on
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Samson Garner, the Portland resident recently convicted by a jury of plotting a mass shooting at a Smith Rock climbing event two years ago, was sentenced Monday afternoon to 30 years in prison.
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McKENZIE BRIDGE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A dispute between two men led to a shootout Sunday in McKenzie Bridge that sent both to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, authorities said. Lane County sheriff’s deputies responded around 11 a.m. to a report of two people shooting at each other in the 54700 block of Caddis Lane in
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether states may count mail-in ballots received after Election Day, taking up a Republican-led lawsuit that could affect election laws in more than a dozen states across the country. It is the latest of several high-profile voting cases to make it on
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A federal judge in Oregon on Friday issued a permanent injunction barring the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard on the streets of Portland in response to protests against the president’s immigration policies. “This Court arrives at the necessary conclusion that there was neither ‘a rebellion or danger of a rebellion’ nor was
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(Update: Police make eight arrests in robbery, assault at Ponderosa Park in late Septemberl) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — An armed robbery and pistol-whipping by a masked man at Ponderosa Park in late September led to three coordinated raids in Bend on Tuesday and the arrest of eight young people on robbery, bias crime and other
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.A 17-year-old Redmond resident was arrested on assault and other charges Tuesday in the shooting of a Bend 18-year-old in the East Bend Safeway parking lot last Wednesday evening, police said.
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(Update: Jezrah Tracy located safe) LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday Jezrah Tracy has been located and is in good health. Tracy had been missing since Saturday. Read the full press release below: “The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is happy to report that Jezrah Starflower Tracy, the woman reported
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(Update: Adding video) BEND, Ore. KTVZ) — The Oregon Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded the manslaughter conviction of Ian Cranston in the September 2021 shooting death of Barry Washington Jr. in downtown Bend, due to a special instruction related to self-defense that was not given to the jury. Cranston was sentenced to 10
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Building Codes Division and Crook County warned the public Friday of a phishing scam targeting people awaiting approval of a project from their local building or planning department. In this scam, someone claiming to be from the local building or planning department emails a person to get them to
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(Update: Adding video) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Prineville church pastor who allegedly shot a neighborhood cat and placed in a church dumpster now faces a first-degree animal abuse charge. The Prineville Review was first to report the charge against Jason Andrew Swick,48, this week, having confirmed the filing with Crook County District Attorney Kari
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(Update: adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Three men have been indicted on felony drug trafficking charges after a year-long investigation by the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team and federal Drug Enforcement Administration, authorities said Thursday. Several narcotics units around the region helped iin the investigation that led to the Oct. 16 federal indictment of
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(UPDATE: adding video) SILETZ, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Lincoln County father has been charged with child neglect in connection with the drowning death of his 2-year-old son, whose disappearance earlier this year prompted an extensive search effort, according to KGW. Court records show that Aaron Paulsen faces one count of second-degree child neglect in the March
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(Update: New Ninth Circuit Court ruling puts hold on earlier stay of judge’s decision) PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A federal judge held another hearing Friday and expects to decide in coming days whether President Trump can deploy National Guard troops to Portland, the latest in weeks of legal wrangling between the administration and Oregon officials.
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CULVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — Jefferson County authorities are investigating an incident in which gunfire from apparent target shooting crossed a canyon and struck near a worker in the Opal Springs area southwest of Culver, according to Sheriff Jason Pollock. Pollock said in a Facebook post late Thursday that deputies were called on Tuesday to a
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A federal immigration office in Portland, long at the center of protests and controversy, opened its doors to local media this week after months of restricted access.
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(Update: Adding video, text of statement) MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Jefferson County Sheriff Jason Pollock posted a statement on the agency’s Facebook page Monday evening, refuting rumors of immigration raids and saying the local officers, some in plainclothes, actually were part of a national domestic violence sweep. Here’s the full statement from the sheriff: Clarification
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Governor Tina Kotek and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle offered reactions to a Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Monday that said President Trump’s administration can deploy National Guard troops to Portland.
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.A Madras man was arrested Thursday and was arraigned on several charges Friday after allegedly kidnapping and robbing a Prineville woman at gunpoint last weekend, Bend Police said.
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(Update: Adding video of explosion from viewer) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Numerous residents in the Romaine Village area of southern Bend were awakened early Friday by the sound of explosions or a possible crash morning, bringing numerous police to the area as one caller reported seeing a person walking around with a gun. Nothing was
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