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AG: Oregonians may receive compensation from $49 million partial settlement of generic drug price-fixing lawsuits

November 4, 2024 1:53 pm KTVZ News Partners

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Monday two significant cooperation agreements and antitrust settlements with two generic prescription drug-makers, expected to total $49.1 million, and said Oregonians who used their drugs could be eligible for future compensation as a result. The settlements resolve allegations that both Heritage Pharmaceuticals and Apotex engaged in

Pilot Butte Middle School student accused of bringing gun to school released from custody over DA’s objections

November 2, 2024 1:57 pm Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 12-year-old Pilot Butte Middle School student arrested last week on charges of bringing a loaded handgun to school with plans and an intended target list was released from custody by a juvenile court judge over the objections of prosecutors and others, Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels said Saturday. Gunnels

Portland police gear up for potential election violence and National Guard on standby

November 1, 2024 10:54 pm KTVZ News Partners

As tensions tighten across the country heading toward Election Day, Portland police are gearing up to tackle any unrest and the National Guard is standing ready as political leaders call for peaceful protests.

Violation: Bend residents report mailbox vandalism as police investigate possible mail theft cases

November 1, 2024 11:57 am Matthew Draxton

Lorraine Yahnke has a mailbox near Keyte Lane in northeast Bend and says it was vandalized two weeks ago.

BLM seeks tips from the public after vandals cut nearly a mile of fence west of Redmond

November 1, 2024 6:16 pm Barney Lerten

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bureau of Land Management’s Prineville District on Friday asked the public for tips to help them find whoever vandalized a fence on public lands west of Redmond earlier this fall. The fence served to mark the boundary between public and private land along Kingwood Avenue. In September, vandals systematically cut

Police seek suspect in shooting at Vancouver Mall that left 1 dead, 2 injured

October 31, 2024 9:14 pm KTVZ News Partners

(Update: Police provide details, still looking for suspect) VANCOUVER, Wash. (KGW) — One person is dead and two are injured after a shooting at the Vancouver Mall on Thursday evening, KGW reported. Police are looking for the suspect who is presumed to still be armed — however, a spokesperson stressed that it was not an

Former St. Vincent de Paul of Bend executive director admits to drug delivery; 41-month prison term expected

October 31, 2024 4:07 pm Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The former executive director of St. Vincent de Paul of Bend pleaded guilty Thursday to delivery of methamphetamine, a felony charge that is expected to result in a nearly four-year prison sentence. Deschutes County Circuit Judge Beth Bagley set a Dec. 4 sentencing date for Gary Lee Hewitt, 58, of Redmond,

Oregon gun-control Measure 114 is still on hold two years later as court fights continue; Safeway shooting survivor speaks

October 30, 2024 12:05 pm KTVZ

(Update: Adding video, comments from Safeway survivor, firearms instructor) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As Central Oregonians focus on next week’s election, a controversial ballot measure approved two years ago, is still in legal limbo. It’s now been two years since voters approved Measure 114, and the measure remains a hot-button issue – and a legal

Police say they think man suspected of setting fires at ballot boxes in the Portland, Oregon, area intends to strike again

October 30, 2024 1:03 pm CNN Newsource

By Chris Boyette and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Investigators in Oregon searching for the person responsible for three fires at ballot drop boxes in the past few weeks – which damaged hundreds of ballots – believe “it is very possible the suspect intends to continue the attacks,” a police spokesperson said Wednesday. Portland Police

Three young siblings who went missing from Bend with their mother have been found, Oregon DHS reports

October 4, 2024 12:26 pm KTVZ News Partners

Nearly a month after three young siblings went missing with their mother from Bend, the Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare Division said Wednesday that the children have been located.

Police are searching for the person who set ballot boxes on fire in Washington and Oregon. Here’s what we know

October 29, 2024 7:50 am CNN Newsource

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of ballots were destroyed or damaged in fires set Monday at two ballot drop boxes in the Pacific Northwest – and investigators are searching for a person they believe is responsible for both incidents. Almost all the ballots that were damaged or destroyed were in a drop box in

‘There’s nothing more important’: Deschutes County clerk seeks to reassure voters in wake of ballot box attacks

October 29, 2024 10:34 am KTVZ

It’s officially a week before Election Day, and recent arson attacks are raising more concerns about ballot drop box safety. Two ballot boxes were set on fire Monday in Portland and Vancouver, Washington, raising questions for many voters about whether their ballot will be safe.

Police investigate after a dead infant is found in a baby box at an Idaho hospital

October 28, 2024 7:30 pm The Associated Press

BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) — Police are investigating after the body of a baby girl was found at a southeastern Idaho hospital in a box meant for people to anonymously give up a newborn, officials said Monday. Police officers in Blackfoot, Idaho, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) east of Boise, responded Oct. 13 to a report

Fires set in drop boxes destroy hundreds of ballots in Washington and damage 3 in Oregon

October 28, 2024 9:52 am The Associated Press

Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Incendiary devices were set off Monday at two ballot drop boxes — one in Portland and another in nearby Vancouver, Washington — destroying hundreds of ballots in what one official called a “direct attack on democracy” about a week before a heated Election Day. The early morning fire at

Two ballot boxes set ablaze by incendiary, suspicious devices in Portland, Vancouver; 100s of ballots destroyed

October 28, 2024 9:49 am KTVZ News Partners

PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — Hundreds of ballots were destroyed in a ballot box fire in Vancouver early Monday morning, and another ballot box fire in Portland destroyed three ballots, just over a week before the general election. . It’s currently unclear whether the two incidents are connected. Portland police officers responded around 3:30 a.m. to

La Grande store worker charged with stealing, trying to cash a winning $25,000 Oregon Lottery ticket in undercover sting

October 25, 2024 9:11 am KTVZ News Partners

A La Grande retail store employee is facing charges after they were caught stealing a winning $25,000 lottery ticket as part of a Retail Integrity Check operation conducted by Oregon State Police and the Oregon Lottery.

In wake of PBMS student’s loaded gun, target list, Bend-La Pine Schools supt. urges community to avoid speculation

October 24, 2024 4:35 pm KTVZ, Barney Lerten

The Bend-La Pine Schools superintendent urged caution in communication by parents and others Friday, a day after police said a 12-year-old Pilot Butte Middle School arrested Monday for bringing a loaded handgun to school had “a plan to use it” and “an identified list of targets.”

An 11-year-old girl played dead before escaping after 5 family members were killed at their Washington state home

October 25, 2024 1:59 pm CNN Newsource

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — An 11-year-old in Washington state fled home in the early morning hours to escape a shooting that left her bloodied and wounded, and killed her entire family. For days this week, authorities have been investigating the gruesome, fatal shootings of five people in Fall City, Washington. Now, the girl’s

15-year-old boy charged in shooting deaths of parents, 3 siblings in Washington state

October 24, 2024 8:15 pm The Associated Press

SEATTLE (AP) — A 15-year-old boy accused of killing his parents and three of his siblings this week east of Seattle tried to pin the slayings on his younger brother, but a sister who survived after playing dead escaped to a neighbor’s house and told police who really carried out the shootings, authorities said in

Wilsonville woman sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for laundering $4.6 million in drug proceeds

October 24, 2024 12:16 am KTVZ News Partners

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Wilsonville woman was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison Wednesday for laundering millions of dollars in drug proceeds as the chief money launderer for a drug trafficking organization operating in the Pacific Northwest and California. Jacqueline Paola Rodriguez Barrientos, 44, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison

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