Fentanyl fuels string of deadly weekend overdoses in Portland, Oregon
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A series of suspected drug overdoses left at least eight people dead over…
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Prineville man receives 4-plus year prison term for fentanyl trafficking
A 27-year-old Prineville man arrested last August for trafficking fentanyl between Portland and Central Oregon has been sentenced to more than four…
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Randy Guzek, Terrebonne couple’s killer in 1987, will get fifth trial, if judge’s latest ruling stands
One of the most notorious killers in Central Oregon history may be getting yet another new trial – his fifth – if a judge’s ruling Friday…
Continue ReadingLori Vallow Daybell found guilty of murdering her children and conspiring to kill her husband’s first wife
By Ashley R. Williams, Konstantin Toropin and Steve Almasy, CNN A jury has found Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell guilty on all counts of killing her…
Continue ReadingA look at who’s who in the murder trial of slain kids’ mom
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho jurors will soon begin deciding the guilt or innocence of a mother charged in a bizarre…
Continue Reading‘Money, power, sex’: Idaho jury deliberates case against slain kids’ mom in alleged doomsday plot
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho jury is weighing the fate of a woman charged in the slayings of her two youngest…
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Bend man arraigned on murder, manslaughter charges in fatal shooting of Powell Butte man
A Bend man accused of fatally shooting a Powell Butte man at the victim’s home on Sunday, stealing his car and later engaging in a police chase…
Continue ReadingU of Idaho awarding posthumous degrees to stabbing victims
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — The University of Idaho will award posthumous degrees and certificates on Saturday to four students who were killed in a…
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South-county man arrested in domestic violence incident; pointed gun at family member
An intoxicated man was arrested on several charges Monday evening, accused of pointing a handgun at his adult daughter in their home south of…
Continue ReadingMan convicted of killing corrections director fully freed
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who spent nearly three decades in prison for the 1989 killing of Oregon’s prisons director has been granted his full…
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Gov. Kotek orders flags lowered to half-staff in honor, remembrance of Allen, Texas shooting victims
Gov. Tina Kotek ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff immediately Monday in honor and remembrance of the victims…
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Jury duty scams again targeting Oregonians; courts warn to beware of bogus calls, emails or texts
The Oregon Judicial Department is reporting that Oregonians are once again being targeted by fraudulent phone calls, emails, or texts threatening…
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Parole Board grants early prison release to Ashley Summers, 15 at the time of Redmond woman’s brutal killing
A 37-year-old woman who at 15 was the youngest of the “Redmond 5” teens convicted for their roles in the brutal March 2001 killing of Barbara…
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Pennsylvania teen arrested in at least 9 false-alarm ‘swatting’ calls across US, including one in SW Bend
Pennsylvania State Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with at least nine false-emergency “swatting” calls across the country,…
Continue ReadingPolice video shows Idaho killings suspect in traffic stop
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Newly released body camera video shows the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students being pulled…
Continue ReadingSheriff: Child chained up and abused, couple charged
TIGARD, Ore. (AP) — A couple has been arrested and accused of chaining up a child for 12 hours at a time in their home near Portland, Oregon,…
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Ex-FBI supervisory agent arrested on Capitol riot charges
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A former FBI supervisory agent has been arrested on charges that he joined a mob storming the U.S. Capitol,…
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11 former St. Charles employees sue hospital system for $2.5 million over COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Eleven former St. Charles Health System employees are suing the organization for more than $2.5 million, claiming the hospital system violated their…
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Madras man pleads guilty to abusing young girl for years, receives 50-year prison term
A 37-year-old Madras man has pleaded guilty Monday to rape, sexual abuse and other charges in the molestation of a young girl over a period of…
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OSP I-5 traffic stop in Salem turns up 11.5 lbs. of powdered fentanyl, 1,000 counterfeit pills; driver, passenger arrested
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bothell, Washington man made his first federal court appearance on drug charges in Portland on Friday, one day after an…
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