A Bend man was arrested this week in the west Bend Safeway parking lot, accused of harassing and stalking several women in Central Oregon and elsewhere this year, as well as a call threatening to commit a shooting at an area grocery store, police said Friday.
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Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge said Friday that Attorney General Bob Ferguson is not entitled to enforce a subpoena seeking decades of records from the Seattle Archdiocese, despite his assertion that the records are needed to learn whether the Catholic church used charitable trust funds to cover up sexual abuse by
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – On Thursday, Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), Gabe Vasquez (NM-02), and Eric Sorensen (IL-17) introduced the bipartisan Stop Fentanyl at the Border Act. This bill would increase funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), helping provide them with additional resources that are needed to combat the fentanyl crisis. “Oregon had the highest
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Sunriver Police have turned to the public for any information to help find who left a cardboard box of several deceased puppies near the gate to Sunriver Utilities Co.
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The Oregon Department of Forestry has billed property owner James Verheyden almost $69,000 for the costs of fighting the March 2021 Bull Springs Fire that burned 211 acres northwest of Bend, near Tumalo.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland last week requesting the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate potential violations of ethics, false statement, and tax laws by Supreme
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SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) – Sunriver Police turned to the public seeking information Tuesday after a Sunriver Utilities Co. worker found a cardboard box containing several deceased puppies. Police were notified shortly before 8 a.m. by the employee who said they found the box near the gate at the Sunriver Utilities’ Cottonwood Road entry, police spokeswoman
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A 27-year-old Madras woman entered a negotiated guilty plea Monday afternoon to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter in the December 2022 fatal shooting of her ex-husband and faces a likely sentence of nearly 18 years in prison.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – After a half-dozen postponements over several months, Dahnte Cegers pleaded not guilty Monday to hindering younger brother Caleb’s prosecution when the pair fled to Tennessee after last summer’s fatal shooting of Taylor Wyss outside a downtown Bend bar. Cegers, 26, stood beside defense attorney Sara Gross, who entered the plea on
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A reported dispute involving gunfire brought Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies to a La Pine home late Saturday night – and when they heard more gunshots, the SWAT Team was activated. A 33-year-old La Pine man was arrested, with the help of a K-9 bite, and no one else was injured.
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Redmond firefighters’ busy Fourth of July continued early Thursday evening, when a Ring doorbell camera caught a motorist pulling over and firing an illegal firework mortar, sparking a one-acre grass fire below a Bonneville Power Administration transmission line and a police hunt for the culprit.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A multi-agency investigation over the past several months led to the arrest early Wednesday morning of a Redmond woman on fentanyl possession charges during a traffic stop by Redmond Police Street Crimes Unit detectives. The arrest of the woman, who police did not identify, resulted from an investigation that included a
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An attorney and former Terrebonne resident was arrested Wednesday near his Portland home, charged with criminally negligent homicide in a June 2023 hit-and-run crash in Redmond that claimed the life of a Redmond motorcyclist.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The duties of Bend police officers this week include a heightened effort to get drunk drivers off the road over the Fourth of July holiday. During a recent ride-along, Tracee Tuesday witnessed a DUII arrest after what started as a routine evening. During the ride-along with Officer Zachary Childers, NewsChannel 21 captured
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Crews from three fire departments were sent to stop an unattended, escaped debris burn in Terrebonne that had Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies evacuating threatened neighbors, prompting a homeowner citation and a reminder Tuesday that burning season is over – and fire danger rising.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Justice Civil Rights Unit has provided its annual update on the groundbreaking work of DOJ’s statewide Bias Response Hotline. The Hotline, now in its fifth year, helps thousands of Oregonians every year who have been impacted by bias and hate. The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) released this data
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office again warned residents Monday of a recurring warrant scam hitting the area. Sergeant Jason Wall said the sheriff’s office has taken reports recently that community members have been contacted by subject(s) requesting money for not responding to a subpoena. The caller(s) demanded the money be sent
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One day after nine former Black Butte Ranch employees filed a $13.5 million civil lawsuit against the resort and a 77-year-old fired server, alleging sexual abuse, assault, harassment and negligence, the resort issued a media statement and a letter to workers and the community, urging any employees with similar issues to come forward and vowing to take such matters “extremely seriously.”
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing cities to enforce regulations against the homeless sleeping on public property draw a somewhat predictable mix of reactions from Oregon officials, with a housing agency official calling it “devastating” and Democratic lawmakers saying it does nothing to solve the crisis while top Republican lawmakers celebrated
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Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court allowing cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside in public spaces will allow San Francisco to begin clearing homeless encampments that have plagued the city, the mayor said Friday as she applauded the ruling. The case is the most significant on the issue
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