The city of Bend announced Monday five candidates to be the next police chief and invited community input this week in the process of choosing the successor to retiring Chief Jim Porter.
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Leaders of the Oregon House and Senate judiciary committees released a multi-pronged “decompression” plan Monday to address the problem of COVID-19 in the state’s prisons, calling Gov. Kate Brown’s plans to release some inmates a good “first step.”
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Contact tracing is important in curbing the spread of the COVID-19 virus. But Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum warned Saturday to watch out for scammer impersonators who want to steal your personal information.
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Two long-standing statues have been torn down on the University of Oregon campus this weekend — the Pioneer Mother and the Pioneer outside Johnson Hall.
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A Bend woman faces drunken and reckless driving charges after her SUV left Highway 97 south of Redmond Saturday morning and rolled, throwing her to the ground, also catching fire and striking a power pole that fell and landed on her arm, Oregon State Police said.
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has asked for a list of names by June 22 of inmates eligible for possible release to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the state prison system.
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A La Pine towing company worker who kept going back into the burning business to look for a missing cat early Saturday morning interfered with firefighting efforts and was cited for threatening Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies with two axes for trying to stop him, officials said.
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The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Baker County judge erred in ruling that Gov. Kate Brown’s executive orders relating to the coronavirus pandemic violated a 28-day statutory time limit and had therefore expired.
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A Culver woman pleaded not guilty Thursday to second-degree murder and other charges in the shooting death of her boyfriend, whose body was found in an unplugged refrigerator just over a month ago.
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In a rare joint statement to the public, five unions representing police officers and sheriff’s deputies across Deschutes County said Wednesday they are “absolutely committed to engaging in the tough conversations about race and police practices.”
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has backed Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s restrictions on the city’s police use of a common tear gas with a 14-day court order banning the agent except when a life is at risk. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernandez’s ruling came following about an hour of
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The Bend Police Department said it saw a significant increase in the number of calls for service it received last year.
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An upset patient’s telephoned threat to bring a gun to the Redmond branch of The Center, an orthopedic and neurosurgery care facility, prompted a half-hour lockout and an “active weapons” alert at nearby St. Charles Redmond on Wednesday morning, a spokeswoman said.
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday it is now offering a Blue Line Safety Zone in the parking lot of its La Pine substation.
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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is warning Oregonians that scammers may be taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to file for unemployment in your name.
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MILWAUKIE, Ore. (AP) — A grand jury has concluded that three Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office deputies were justified in their use of deadly force on a man in response to an April 11 call in the Milwaukie area. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the shooting happened at the home of Lori and Tim Barker after she called
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say human remains have been found at an Idaho man’s home that has been searched in an investigation into the disappearance of his new wife’s two children. Police in the small town of Rexburg say Chad Daybell was taken into custody Tuesday. Daybell recently married the children’s mother, Lori Vallow
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Not yet six months into her job as police chief, Jami Resch is stepping down from leading the Portland Police Bureau as protests over the death of George Floyd roil the city.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Monday co-sponsored legislation he said would hold police accountable, change the culture of law enforcement and build trust between law enforcement and our communities in Oregon and nationwide. Wyden said he supports the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 introduced by U.S. Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Congressional Black Caucus
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Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel on Monday strongly urged Oregon officials and lawmakers to make major police and justice reform efforts, from requiring policy body cameras to repealing Measure 11 and sending a death penalty repeal to voters.
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