Verdict in Oregon wildfires case highlights risks utilities face amid climate change
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury verdict that found an Oregon power company liable for devastating…
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Man accused of killing 2 near Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre during musical festival is held on suspicion of murder
By Andy Rose, Eric Levenson and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of killing two people and wounding several others over the weekend in…
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Mini-bike rider seriously injured in collision with SUV at SW Bend intersection; police cite both driver and rider
A mini-bike rider was seriously injured in a collision with an SUV at a southwest Bend intersection Friday evening, a crash in which police cited…
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Bend jury trial underway for father seeking $15 million from Mt. Bachelor, Powdr after son’s 2018 tree-well death
A jury heard a third day of testimony Friday in a $15 million wrongful death lawsuit filed against Mt. Bachelor and its parent Powdr Corp., by the…
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Oregon DOJ’s Consumer Protection Office urges Oregonians to be proactive in wake of major DMV data breach
The Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicles Division of ODOT confirmed that an estimated 3.5 million driver’s license and identification card files were…
Continue ReadingOregon man pleads guilty to hate crimes charges in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to hate crime charges for threatening to use his vehicle to hit an Idaho library worker who defended a…
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Bend driver sentenced to 7 years in prison for 2021 DUII hit-and-run crash that killed popular cyclist
Flynn David Lovejoy was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to drunken driving, hit-and-run and other charges in the…
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Deschutes County deputies, Bend Police seek driver who fled traffic stop in NE Bend
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies and Bend police are searching for the driver of an SUV who fled an attempted traffic stop in northeast Bend on…
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Global hackers accessed DMV info of 3.5 million Oregonians; ODOT urges steps to protect from misuse
The Oregon Department of Transportation said Thursday it is among many organizations affected by a data breach inflicted by a global hack of the data…
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Former Prineville man faces federal charges of role in torture, killing of monkeys, ‘animal crush’ videos
A federal indictment was unsealed Wednesday charging a former Prineville man with administering an online animal abuse group and illegally possessing…
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Grieving sister of Redmond motorcyclist killed in hit-and-run crash urges driver to come forward
“It was like an, ‘Oh, my God.’ How could someone leave my brother on the side of the road? He never regained consciousness. He was had (a) brain…
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Crook County Sheriff’s Office, Prineville Police report enhanced traffic enforcement operation results
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Beginning Monday, May 22, and extending through Sunday, June 4, the Crook County Sheriff’s Office and the Prineville…
Continue ReadingIraqi immigrant pleads guilty in federal court in Oregon to supporting Islamic State
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An immigrant from Iraq pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Portland, Oregon, to…
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Bend-area cocaine trafficking suspect arrested in guns-drawn traffic stop; raid on home turns up drugs, guns, silencers
A suspected cocaine trafficker from southern Deschutes County was arrested Monday in a guns-drawn traffic stop, drug agents said, and a raid on his…
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Oregon AG: Opioid settlements with 4 drug makers, pharmacies will provide $220 million for crisis response
Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Friday the final acceptance of $17.3 billion in opioid agreements by drug makers Teva and Allergan and…
Continue Reading3 men charged with drug trafficking after fentanyl linked to fatal Oregon overdose
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A U.S. magistrate judge on Friday ordered three men detained on drug trafficking charges accusing them of supplying illicit…
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Terrebonne man arrested on 10 charges alleging rape, abuse of juvenile
A 44-year-old Terrebonne man was arrested in a raid on his home Thursday, accused of five counts each of rape and sex abuse involving a juvenile,…
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Crane Prairie fishing feud leads to gunfire, SWAT callout; 2 shots fired at DCSO drone, Bend man arrested
A fishing feud led to gunfire, an armored vehicle and SWAT team call-out and a Bend man’s arrest on the shores of Crane Prairie Reservoir Thursday…
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Oregon, mecca of weed, to crack down on illegal pot growers by holding landowners responsible
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has long been known as a mecca for high-quality marijuana, but that reputation has come…
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Armed man who called hotline, threatened to harm self, others surrenders, ending closure of Phil’s Trailhead
An armed 33-year-old Canby man who contacted a national hotline and threatened harm to himself and others surrendered and was taken into custody…
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