SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Corrections said it became aware Friday that a case of tuberculosis was suspected in an Oregon State Penitentiary inmate. The agency said the individual has been in their custody for about four months and is currently isolated and undergoing further testing. Tuberculosis is a serious but treatable
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Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels is trying to prevent those dramatic organized retail thefts going viral on social media from occurring here.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Thursday, August 8, Redmond Police patrol and traffic officers conducted 101 traffic stops on Highway 97, near the SW Evergreen Avenue intersection, and citations were issued for 32 violations, officials said Friday. The remainder of the enforcement efforts resulted in warnings and traffic safety reminders to motorists, Lt. Eric Beckwith
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend 19-year-old assaulted a woman in a vehicle in a grocery store parking lot Thursday, threatened an acquaintance with a gun and ran from police, then attacked gas station workers who along with a community member detained him until officers arrived, police said. Officers responded around 1:10 p.m. to a
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MEDFORD, Ore. (KTVZ) — A traffic stop of a semi-truck by an Oregon State Police K-9 unit on Interstate 5 in Southern Oregon netted 60 pounds of fentanyl-laced pills destined for Portland, the agency reported Wednesday. On Monday at 8:00 a.m., an OSP K-9 trooper stopped a commercial motor vehicle tractor unit on I-5 in
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BEND, Ore, (KTVZ) – Two newly opened businesses in northwest Bend are having to close down for now and pick up the pieces after a suspected drunk driver rammed into their building early Wednesday morning. The driver was arrested on suspicion of DUII after the 3:30 a.m. crash into the structure at the corner of
Continue ReadingSEATAC, Wash. (AP) — More than three dozen pro-Palestinian protesters accused of blocking a main road into the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in April are set to have misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and failing to disperse dropped. City of SeaTac prosecutors agreed this week to dismiss the charges after a maximum of six months on
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Salem-area man on parole for a previous methamphetamine delivery conviction was pulled over on a motorcycle and arrested Saturday evening east of Sisters and a large amount of the drug was seized, the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team said. Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies conducted a traffic stop around 7 p.m.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Portland Police Bureau on Friday announced one of the largest single-day seizures of illegal drugs in Portland Police history, with an estimated street value of about $2 million. On Thursday, investigators from PPB’s Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit/HIDTA Interdiction Taskforce seized 90 pounds of methamphetamine, 11 pounds of fentanyl and
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Reports just after midnight Friday of gunshots fired in Sisters led to the discovery and arrest of a 23-year-old Sisters man, accused of firing several pistol shots into the ground while riding his bike home from a bar before crashing it, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies were dispatched around 12:20
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A Bend man was cited for careless driving Thursday after a crash caused a utility pole to fall onto and close Baker Road in Deschutes River Woods, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Bob Casey, D-Pa., released bipartisan legislation Thursday to help Customs and Border Protection stop the flow of illicit goods, including fentanyl, counterfeits, and products made with forced labor, into the country by tightening import requirements for low-value packages.
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Central Oregon is at the center of a social media controversy following hundreds of calls for action from across the country to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) are leading more than 25 Members of Congress in filing an amicus brief urging the Federal District Court for the District of Oregon to grant the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction in the Kroger-Albertson’s merger case. The brief outlines three
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PASCO, Wash. (KTVZ) — A rock-climbing instructor from Bend, accused of molesting a 15-year-old female climbing student in Leavenworth, Washington, will serve a 120-day sentence on work release under a plea agreement, News Radio KONA reported. A plea deal reduced assault charges against 37-year-old Brady Wayne Kendrick, who is being allowed to serve his sentence through
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A 57-year-old man was found fatally stabbed Thursday night in the backyard of his southeast Bend home and his 46-year-old roommate was arrested, then arraigned Friday afternoon on second-degree murder and assault charges.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 30-year-old Bend man has been arrested on four counts of encouraging child sex abuse after a months-long investigation prompted by cyber-tip from a national organization found he was distributing child sex abuse material online, authorities said Thursday. More charges were filed after a search of his cellphone. Detectives with the
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bureau of Land Management law enforcement rangers recently caught an arsonist who ignited a small wildfire earlier this month, the agency said Wednesday. On Saturday, July 6, the Oregon Department of Forestry responded to reports that a helicopter had located a column of smoke near the Willamette National Forest. They put
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(Update: All evacuation levels dropped around Jackpine, Wickiup fires) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A person who shot a pound of Tannerite explosive target compound on BLM land south of Prineville Saturday afternoon, sparking a fast-growing 20-acre wildfire, was cited by Crook County sheriff’s deputies for reckless burning and criminal mischief, an official said Tuesday —
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – On Thursday, August 8, the Redmond Police Department said it plans to conduct a “focus patrol” effort on off-leash dogs along the Dry Canyon Trail, “to support users abiding by the rules, and to have contact with those who are not.” The department said in a Saturday Facebook post it “has
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