Bend police K-9 bites man with knife who officers say refused to follow commands
A Bend man who displayed a knife while disputing his bill at a medical marijuana dispensary Friday evening later refused to follow officers’ commands…
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Bend PD: Drunk driver, accused of backing into police car, faces charges
A 34-year-old Bend man faces drunk driving and other charges after officers said he was pulled over Friday afternoon, backed into a Bend police car…
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Couple’s minivan shot on Hwy. 22E near Mill City; OSP seeks tips from public
Oregon State Police requested the public’s help Thursday as it investigates a gunshot that broke the rear window of a Milwaukie couple’s minivan…
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Warm Springs police chief details why they won’t curb drug enforcement, despite M. 110
While voter-approved Measure 110 will largely decriminalize possessing small amounts of several hard drugs in Oregon, law enforcement on the Warm…
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DCSO: Investigators find use of force on woman resisting arrest was ‘reasonable’
Nearly five months after the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation of a social media photo that appeared to show a…
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Bend-area man jailed, accused of luring minor online, arranging to meet
A 69-year-old Bend-area man was arrested in a raid on his home Tuesday, accused of several months of lewd online interactions with an underage child…
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Redmond PD update: Pickup found, not linked to fatal dog attack by off-leash dog
Redmond police said Thursday they have found the pickup truck caught on security cameras after a fatal dog attack by an off-leash dog on Halloween…
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Portland-area man driving stolen pickup arrested after chase SE of Prineville
A Clackamas County man being pursued by Crook County sheriff’s deputies got a stolen pickup truck stuck on a large butte southeast of Prineville,…
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Redmond police release photos, seek owner of off-leash dog in fatal dog attack
Redmond police released two security-camera photos Wednesday in hopes the public can help them find a vehicle of interest regarding a recent fatal…
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DCSO testing, evaluating body, dash camera systems
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday it recently began the testing and evaluation of body-worn and in-car camera systems.…
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Fishing, environmental groups sue over Umpqua River dam
Environmental and fishing groups are suing a small, private water district in southern Oregon over a 130-year-old dam on a pristine stretch of the…
Continue Reading Redmond PD to crack down, enforce off-leash dog laws after fatal attack
The Redmond Police Department said Thursday it will crack down on leash laws after receiving complaints regarding dogs being off-leash in public…
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Family of Klamath Falls man killed in mill accident files suit
The family of a Klamath Falls man who died while working at the Columbia Forest Products mill has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.…
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Judge lifts restriction on federal officers at Portland protests
A federal judge has removed a restriction he placed on federal officers’ actions in response to protests outside the federal courthouse in downtown…
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Recent poaching incidents have C.O. hunters dismayed
Oregon State Police said Sunday they are seeking the public’s help in identifying whoever shot and killed three elk and left them to waste near…
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Bend man accused of pulling airsoft gun on street sweeper driver in road rage incident
A Bend man has been charged with menacing, accused of pulling a handgun, which later turned out to be an airsoft gun, on a street sweeper driver in a…
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Portland police arrest 14, tow 16 cars in street racing crackdown
Authorities say 14 people were arrested and 16 cars were towed after street racers took over several streets in Portland Sunday night.…
Continue ReadingGov. Brown disbands joint Portland security command
Citing a weekend of mostly peaceful protests and demonstrations, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has rescinded an executive order that put state troopers,…
Continue Reading Complaint: Judge ignores mask mandate in Oregon courtroom
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating reports that a circuit court judge is endangering the health of workers…
Continue Reading Troutdale man charged with conspiring to aid Islamic State
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A Troutdale man was indicted after authorities said he supported the Islamic State group by distributing articles on how to kill…
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