The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday it is offering a $50,000 reward as it seeks information regarding the deaths of three endangered gray wolves found east of Bly in southern Oregon late last year.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In the span of just six hours Tuesday, Bend fire medics and police officers responded to four fentanyl overdoses, helping all four survive by administering Narcan. This happened just a day before Deschutes County commissioners voted on party lines (with Phil Chang abstaining) to enact a 90 day countywide fentanyl state
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 23-year-old Redmond man was found guilty of murder except for insanity Thursday in the May 2022 strangulation death of Cloverdale farmer Tina Klein-Lewis, at the close of a rare two-day stipulated-facts trial, and was immediately sentenced to lifetime custody with the state Psychiatric Review Board.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — After receiving calls about possible gunshots being fired near Juniper Swim & Fitness early Wednesday morning, Bend Police are investigating the situation but say they didn’t find any injuries or damage to property. The shots were reportedly heard about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of NE Greeley Avenue, just
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Redmond’s Hola Restaurant has been burglarized for the second time in less than a month, but this time police said they found no signs of forced entry. The second burglary occurred between 11 p.m. Tuesday and 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, Lieutenant Eric Beckwith said. Items stolen from the business include three bottles
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – An off-and-on high-speed chase in the Prineville area and extensive manhunt south of town Wednesday for a Prineville man wanted on several warrants did not locate him, but he was arrested later when he went to a house and asked a homeowner to use the phone, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said.
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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems poised to reject attempts to kick former President Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot, with conservative and liberal justices in apparent agreement in a case that puts them at the heart of a presidential election. A definitive ruling for Trump, the leading Republican
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(Update: More details of last year’s arrest, link to previous story) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend man facing pending drug charges from 10 months ago was arrested again late Tuesday evening after a short police chase at a northeast Bend hotel. Drug agents said he possessed a “substantial quantity of methamphetamine,” and more was
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Deschutes County declared a state of emergency Wednesday due to the sharp increase in fentanyl overdoses. As the issue causes more tragic outcomes and draws a brighter spotlight, we took a look at the impacts local treatment centers face.
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A Bend woman has pleaded no contest to three counts of manslaughter and DUII-alcohol in a November 2022 head-on crash on Highway 26 that killed three members of a Warm Springs family. Prosecutors are recommending a 25-year prison term at sentencing set for Friday.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, along with 40 counterparts nationwide, sent a letter Wednesday urging Congress to authorize much-needed 2024 bridge funding for the federal Crime Victims Fund. The VOCA Fund supports essential direct services for crime victims and survivors throughout the country, including in Oregon. These services can include medical
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man scheduled to be executed at the end of the month is asking a federal court to put his lethal injection on hold and order a new clemency hearing after the previous one resulted in a tie vote. Thomas Eugene Creech is Idaho’s longest-serving
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Deschutes County sheriff’s detectives with its illegal marijuana enforcement team raided a residential property south of Redmond Wednesday, finding over 150 pounds of processed marijuana worth $100,000, cash and guns, and arrested the 39-year-old resident after a traffic stop.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — With technology becoming more essential in our daily lives, Bend Police are using drones to help respond to calls. The department’s drone pilots made 721 flights during 230 events last year.
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A man wielding a samurai sword and threatening to hurt people was arrested after he entered a Walmart store in southwest Washington state, police said. Multiple people called 911 around 5:30 p.m. Sunday about a man walking in Vancouver traffic with the sword while screaming and making threats to injure people,
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Drug agents wrapped up a months-long investigation of a Bend man who allegedly dealt cocaine in or around bars on Bend’s south end with his arrest Thursday night while he was making a sale in the parking lot of one such South Highway 97 establishment.
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Four suspected drug traffickers with apparent ties to a Sinaloa, Mexico-based transnational criminal organization are facing federal charges after they were caught transporting nearly 370 gallons of liquid heroin, federal prosecutors said late last week.
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(Update: FS reports no ‘substantive’ leads to shooter) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The American Wild Horse Campaign announced Thursday that it has pledged a $5,000 reward fund in hopes of bringing justice to the case of the brutal slaying of a federally protected wild horse from the Big Summit Wild Horse Territory in the Ochoco National Forest.
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – An armed fugitive trying to enter a La Pine-area home Thursday evening resisted arrest and fled an Oregon State Police trooper who deployed his Taser and pepper spray and managed to disarm him. The encounter prompted an alert to area residents to shelter in place, but a manhunt involving several
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A missing Terrebonne woman who the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office asked for the public’s help to find Thursday has been located, deputies said Friday morning.
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