CENTRALIA, Wash. (KTVZ) – The Washington State Patrol this week helped police in Centralia, Washington catch a car-theft suspect who stole a kayak and eventually ran aground and was captured. The suspect fled on foot from a stolen car they were driving to the nearby river, troopers said in a Facebook post. “The scallywag then
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MEDFORD, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — A former southern Oregon nurse now faces criminal charges after she allegedly diverted drugs and replaced them with non-sterile tap water, resulting in a number of patients developing serious infections, KGW reported. The Medford Police Department confirmed Thursday that it had arrested 36-year-old Dani Marie Schofield, previously an ICU nurse at Asante
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A five-mile stretch of Interstate 84 in Portland will be closed in both directions to rail and highway traffic overnight from 11 p.m. Saturday, July 13 to noon Sunday, July 14 for graffiti cleaning and trash removal between I-5 and I-205. In addition to the I-84 closure in Sullivan’s Gulch, northbound
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Kasey Watson recounted to NewsChannel 21 what happened as she hiked near Cline Falls State Park on Tuesday, June 4th.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend woman accused of transporting drugs into Deschutes County and trafficking fentanyl in the Bend area was arrested in a traffic stop early last Friday at the Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint, and a drug-detection K-9 helped locate fentanyl pills and powder in her car. By that night, she
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 36-year-old Bend man was recently arrested on cocaine trafficking charges after he left a motel room. A subsequent raid on that room and his vehicle turned up a variety of drugs, scales, packaging material, a gun and cash, authorities said Wednesday. The man was arrested after the Central Oregon Drug
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A Bend man facing harassment and disorderly conduct charges for his alleged actions at the downtown McMenamins called police Tuesday evening after a NewsChannel 21 report on the incident that included security photos, agreeing to meet with officers Wednesday and receive a citation.
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — An Oregon State Police traffic stop in Eugene ended in a fatal officer-involved shooting late Tuesday afternoon, the agency said. Around 4:25 p.m., an OSP trooper conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of River Avenue and State Route 569 (Beltline Highway) in Eugene. During the encounter, OSP said the driver
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — An off-duty security guard in a Seattle suburb has been charged with second-degree murder by prosecutors who said that he fatally shot a 17-year-old six times in the back as the teen and his friends tried to return a toy gun that the guard believed was a
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The Sunriver Police Department held a public forum Monday afternoon to share information and answer questions about the planned addition of automated license plate readers at the two main entrances to the resort community.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and 42 other attorneys general announced Tuesday they have reached a $700 million nationwide settlement to resolve allegations related to the marketing of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and body powder products that contained talc. As its share of the settlement, (which is pending judicial approval), Oregon will
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Bend community members were invited to meet at Bend Municipal Court Monday evening for a Public Safety Open House, to learn about how the Bend Police Department and Transportation teams plan to enhance traffic safety and enforce traffic laws.
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A tentative July 1 plea date was set Monday for Brian Lee Wynn 31, of Bend, arraigned on a murder indictment in the killing of another homeless man, David Hickman, 62, found in a ditch by his campsite off North Highway 97. The plea date could change based on the availability of the judge on
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A Bend-area man facing attempted murder and other charges, accused of shooting a Redmond-area man in the face, appeared in court Monday afternoon by video hookup from the jail after refusing to do so on Friday. But things nearly went awry in another way Monday, as for a few minutes he was mistakenly arraigned on a murder charge.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – Crook County sheriff’s deputies and Prineville Police raided a southeast Prineville home Saturday, finding about $40,000 worth of stolen items, including four trailers, a skid steer and artificial turf. One of the two women living there was arrested on 17 charges. Deputies and officers served a search warrant in the 2200
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A rollover crash of an SUV Friday evening closed the new roundabout at U.S. Highway 20 and the Old Bend-Redmond Highway west of Bend for a time and sent the driver to the hospital. He also was cited for going too fast to navigate the traffic circle safely.
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Officials released details and photos Friday of the vandalism and theft at Mountain View High School during a ‘senior prank’ gone awry that led to cancellation of two traditional end-of-school year activities. They also detailed punishments handed out to those involved, including community service, a “sincere” letter to future seniors – and some not allowed to take part in Saturday’s graduation.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend-area man charged with attempted murder, accused of shooting a Redmond-area man in the face last Monday, surrendered to police in Prineville Thursday and was taken to the Deschutes County Jail in Bend, but he refused to make his first court appearance Friday. Shooting victim Lowell Edward Templeton, 56, drove
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A sign pointing customers in the right direction for over 20 years has been stolen from the front lawn of the world’s last Blockbuster, NewsChannel 21 has learned. The general manager of Bend’s Blockbuster, Sandi Harding, told us they don’t have a surveillance camera that could have caught the crime and
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MEDFORD, Ore. (KTVZ) —A Portland-area high school teacher was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Friday after admitting that he traveled to Bend in late 2022 in hopes of meeting a “15-year-old child” he’d met online, who turned out to be an undercover Bend Police officer, prosecutors said Edward Hernandez-Corchado, 27, who was a
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