BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes County Dog Control Board held a hearing Tuesday to decide the fate of a Bernese Mountain Dog/Great Pyrenees mix that chased and killed five chickens last month in Terrebonne. The board is made up of five county residents and three alternates. At least two members must be directly or
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PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — A jury in Oregon has ordered PacifiCorp to pay more than $42 million to 10 victims of devastating wildfires on Labor Day 2020 — the latest verdict in litigation that is expected to see the electric utility on the hook for billions in damages. Last June, a jury found PacifiCorp liable
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — To mark National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Monday released the Oregon Department of Justice’s list of 2023’s top 10 consumer complaints. The Attorney General’s Consumer Hotline fielded 11,631 phone calls and 9,076 written complaints. And for the fourth year in a row, auto sales and repairs, imposter scams and
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Residents in the southwest corner of Deschutes River Woods awakened to a frightening alert from Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies early Sunday morning, warning them to “LOCK YOUR DOORS” due to a wanted man armed with a large, sheathed knife in the area.
Continue ReadingOn Jan. 5, 2024, Kyle Rinker and his girlfriend boarded an Alaska Airlines flight to Ontario, California. They’d taken this particular flight several times before, and were expecting to land about two hours later.
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A 20-year-old Madras man allegedly driving at 130 mph without headlights led law enforcement on a high-speed pursuit late Saturday night that turned into a manhunt involving Jefferson, Crook and Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies, a K-9 team and a drone and led to the arrest of the driver and two passengers.
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A memorial on a downtown Bend street for Taylor Wyss, a Redmond man who was shot and killed there last year, was torn down this weekend.
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Some Oregonians are pushing back on the passage of House Bill 4002.
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A Washington State Patrol trooper who was struck and killed on Interstate 5 early Saturday morning was a “truly dedicated” member and “an even better human being,” Chief John Batiste said Saturday afternoon, KGW reported.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – This week, Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), Michelle Steel (CA-45), and Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) introduced a resolution that expresses support for in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments in the wake of an Alabama court ruling that has raised issues about their legality. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 19 percent
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A Redmond woman has entered into a plea deal involving a 2021 rape charge in Wenatchee, Washington, and prosecutors are recommending a nine-month prison term.
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Documents obtained by NewsChannel 21 show the state Department of Human Services has administered a 90-day ‘stop work order’ for Juniper Canyon Living. It means the Redmond behavioral and mental health treatment facility is unable to take in new residents.
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The number of students caught bringing a gun to school in Oregon increased significantly last year, KGW reported this week.
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Jamie Parfitt, Thomas Shults, KGW SALEM, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — In a 21-8 vote, the Oregon Senate on Friday approved a bill rolling back the drug decriminalization portion of Measure 110. Having already passed the state House, the bill only awaits Gov. Tina Kotek’s signature before it becomes law, KGW reports. Recriminalization is just one part
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For the second time in less than a week, a 7-Eleven in Bend, this time on Southeast Third Street, has found a credit card skimmer on one of their credit card machines, police confirmed Thursday. And the clerk who found it says she quit after bosses told her to not contact police, but throw it away.
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Human Services, through its Office of Aging and People with Disabilities, confirmed to NewsChannel 21 that it is investigating both abuse allegations and licensing complaints at Juniper Canyon Living, a residential care facility in Redmond.
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ST. HELENS, Ore. (KTVZ). — Three men owe thousands in fines, and one served jail time after a felony conviction for poaching five oversized sturgeon fish, including one giant white sturgeon, in Scappoose Bay in 2022, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reported this week. The original incident gained attention in 2022, when sportsmen fishing
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A man wanted on a warrant and new charges left his SUV and fled Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies along China Hat Road south of Bend Monday night, leading to a manhunt using two K-9s and a drone and his arrest at his trailer in the Deschutes National Forest.
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Bend Police have just released their 2023 annual report, and we took a look Monday at some of what it shows and tells.
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An 18-year-old man told Bend Police early Sunday morning that he’d been kidnapped, attacked and robbed by a group of people over a marijuana vape cartridge, leading to the arrest of two women and a man on robbery, burglary, kidnap and other charges, officers said Monday.
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