SEATTLE (AP) — A 26-year-old man was killed in a shooting on a light rail train in Seattle and a suspect who fled the scene remains on the loose, police said Monday. Officers responded around 11:30 p.m. Sunday to a report of a man shot on the light rail train downtown, the Seattle Police Department
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With no time to spare in a “short” legislative session, a major step was cleared on a Measure 110 “fix” package Monday as Oregon cities, counties and law enforcement endorsed compromise legislation to recriminalize drug possession but also provide “deflection” programs to divert those charged to treatment programs, when appropriate.
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The Oregon Court of Appeals has upheld a state land-use board’s ruling against opponents of a planned gas station in southeast Bend, and one of the organizers of the more than 2-year fight said a boycott might have to be their next step.
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A Bend couple argued in federal court that they were offered a $1.3 million insurance settlement after they filed a claim that the woman was injured when she was knocked off her feet by a man’s off-leash Great Pyrenees dog while walking on a local trail, court records show.
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — For nearly 50 years, Idaho’s prison staffers have been serving Thomas Eugene Creech three meals a day, checking on him during rounds and taking him to medical appointments. This Wednesday, some of Idaho’s prison staffers will be asked to kill him. Barring any last-minute stay, the
Continue Reading A U.S. appeals court panel on Friday declined to delay Idaho’s scheduled execution next week of one of the nation’s longest-serving death row inmates.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The driver involved in a NE Bend car crash by The Riverhouse that went viral with photos online was arrested on suspicion of DUII, but not before resisting arrest and having to be restrained, police said Friday. Photos circulated online showing a driver who crashed around 2 p.m. Thursday onto the
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The City of Madras said Tuesday it’s concerned about “the impact of shopping carts being removed from premises and misused by individuals, leading to various challenges for our community including the well-being and safety of our community members.” It will host an open house on proposed regulations requiring stores to keep them on-site.
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Two law firms filed a federal class-action lawsuit Friday against St. Charles Health System, accusing the hospital group of failing to provide the financial assistance to low-income patients that’s required by state and federal law, and instead sending those bills to debt collectors.
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — A man who witnesses say stabbed another passenger on an airline flight and told authorities he intended to kill the victim has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. The man made an improvised weapon by wrapping rubber bands around several pens. A grand jury handed down a one-count indictment
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The remains of a teenager found more than 50 years ago have been identified through advanced DNA technology as a young woman who went missing from Portland, Oregon State Police said. The remains are that of Sandra Young, a high school student who disappeared in 1968 or 1969, police said Thursday
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During a four-month internal investigation into now-former Prineville Police chief Larry Seymour and captain Rob Gray, the pair, along with former administrative services manager Nikki Hepworth, were paid nearly $200,000 in taxpayer money.
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A rash of seven recent pride flag thefts from outside a downtown Bend coffee shop led to a recent visit from Mayor Melanie Kebler and her City Hall pride flag display and remarks at Wednesday night’s city council meeting, as well as a show of support from fellow councilors.
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The father of a 22-year-old Deschutes County Jail inmate who died of suicide while in withdrawal from fentanyl a year ago has filed a federal negligence and wrongful death against the sheriff’s office, Sheriff Shane Nelson and other jail officials, alleging they failed to take proper steps to prevent her death.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) recently joined Reps. Morgan Luttrell (TX-08) and Chris Deluzio (PA-17) to introduce the Empowering Law Enforcement to Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act. It would expand the definition of a federal grant program to include human trafficking – opening up additional funding opportunities for local law enforcement to carry
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A late 2021 crash into a power pole in southwest Redmond became a homicide investigation when investigators learned the driver had been fatally shot. Now, more than two years later, Redmond Police have yet to develop a suspect and are turning to the public for help in solving the case.
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An alleged fentanyl trafficker arrested last week in a traffic stop and a raid on his trailer near the Bend Airport faces additional charges after a second raid turned up more fake pills containing fentanyl and a large amount of U.S. and Australian cash, authorities said Tuesday.
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A Redmond woman who allegedly tried to run into and threatened to assault others at the Shepherd’s House Redmond Center early Tuesday barricaded herself in her car, prompting call-out of a police negotiator and armored rescue vehicle and the use of spike strips and pepper spray to take her into custody.
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Amid talks in Salem on Measure 110 fixes, Rep. Kevin Mannix proposes creation of ‘special misdemeanor’ SALEM, OR – New predictive data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control found that overdose deaths are rising at a faster rate in Oregon than anywhere else in the country. Oregon saw a 41% increase in overdose deaths between 2022 and
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Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies who had sought the public’s assistance in finding a 41-year-old man last seen on Thursday morning, when he left a home along Highway 31 in the La Pine area now report he’s been found.
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