By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — For the first time, an advertising company that worked on Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin account has settled a lawsuit that accused it of falsely marketing opioids as safe. Publicis, a French marketing company, agreed to pay $350 million within the next two months and will not take on
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The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun rights cannot run for reelection.
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Police said company did much right, with good inventory, security cameras REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Washington construction business working on a Redmond project is thanking police for saving jobs — and possibly their business. Workers on a CNC job site arrived on Jan. 8 to find their construction trailer had been stolen, containing all
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In Our Backyard, a Bend-based nonprofit devoted to stopping human trafficking, is once again traveling to the Super Bowl, as it has for several years, to work with local groups and law enforcement in an effort to stop trafficking at the event.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — An alleged fentanyl trafficker, his brother and girlfriend were arrested earlier this week, accused of dealing the drug around a Bend homeless shelter. On Wednesday, we explored the Bend’s Lighthouse Navigation Centers policies aimed at preventing drug use. The navigation center offers 24-hour support for the homeless, providing shelter and resources. “Our
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — A multistate coalition of 24 state attorneys general, including Oregon, banded together Wednesday to protect access to medication abortion nationwide. The coalition filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s and Danco Laboratories LLC’s efforts to reverse a ruling by a conservative federal appeals
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Community tips led to the arrest of a Bend-area fentanyl trafficker during a Highway 97 traffic stop in Terrebonne, as well as his older brother and girlfriend, the seizure of a “commercial quantity” of fentanyl pills and powder, and a raid on the couple’s Bend shelter room, the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team said Tuesday.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Several elected leaders declared a state of emergency on Tuesday for downtown Portland over the public health and public safety crisis fueled by fentanyl. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson made the declaration for a 90-day period during which collaboration and response
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A two-week Redmond Police Department investigation led to a raid Tuesday on a homeless camp on BLM land east of the city, the recovery of $50,000 worth of stolen tools and other items and the arrest of a man and woman on theft, vehicle theft and other charges, police said.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Gresham man faced federal charges Monday after authorities intercepted an international parcel he had ordered containing MDMA and quantities of at least 16 different drugs and 42 firearms were found in and seized from his home, prosecutors said Monday. Riley James Hinds, 38, has been charged by criminal complaint with
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered an Oregon newspaper not to publish documents that it obtained regarding a sex discrimination lawsuit against sports behemoth Nike. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that an attorney who represents plaintiffs in the case sent the documents to one of its reporters on Jan. 19 and then asked for
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A confrontation over an attempted beer theft led to a report of shots fired at a Madras gas station and store this week and the arrest of three suspects, one also accused of shooting another person in the leg two days earlier, police said Saturday.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 24-year-old driver who sped down Bend’s Northeast Third Street the wrong way and onto the sidewalk Friday morning was arrested on DUII charges after crashing and rolling his Tesla several times, coming to rest at a bank retaining wall, police said. Officers were called shortly before 8 a.m. to the
Continue ReadingSix months after Prineville Police Chief Larry Seymour and Captain Rob Gray were placed on “paid non-disciplinary leave,” pending an investigation, the city announced Monday that both men have resigned, under a negotiated settlement. But they stayed mum on what that investigation found, citing restrictions on public disclosure in state statutes.
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(Update: Adding video) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigation is seeking information from the public as they work with Oregon State Police to solve the shooting death of a wild horse on the Ochoco National Forest about a week to 10 days ago, officials said Thursday. Forest Service LE&I is
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Questions have been raised about the length of the investigation into former Bend Police Officer Kevin Uballez, as he was paid over $180,000 in taxpayer money during his 2 1/2 years of paid leave before he was fired last Friday. In July of 2021, Uballez was placed on paid leave for
Continue ReadingAfter the Deschutes County Dog Board voted 3-0 this week to euthanize three dogs who fatally mauled a man living at a Juniper Ridge homeless camp last summer, NewsChannel 21 wanted to look deeper into the board’s purpose and history.
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A student at High Desert Middle School released pepper spray in a crowded hallway as the lunch period ended Thursday, bringing police and medics to the scene while several directly affected students rinsed their eyes, hands and arms, school officials said.
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Several tips from community members and further investigation has led to the arrest of a 32-year-old Redmond man accused of passing at least six counterfeit $100 bills at several businesses around the city, police said Thursday.
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Three dogs who fatally mauled a man living at a Juniper Ridge homeless camp last summer, leading to their owner’s guilty plea to criminally negligent homicide and three-year prison term,
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